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Originally Posted by MOMO3.2
FWIW, my 1987 G50 Carrera has 170,xxx miles on the original motor and transmission. I anticipate it going for another 100,000 before needing a rebuild.
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My first 911 was a 1980 SC that had 220k miles on it when I bought it, and the engine had been maintained but never opened. It burned a little oil, and on start up when it was cold you could hear the pistons slapping around just a little bit. The guy that did the PPI told me to budget for an engine rebuild. But it felt fast as hell and ran great, so I figured I would drive it hard until it blew up and then rebuild it.
It was my ONLY car, and I drove the hell out of it. I did about five track events a year in it, and just hammered the ever-loving bejeezus out of it everywhere I went, but it never broke. It never even CHANGED. It never burned any more oil then when I bought it, the pistons never made any more noise than when I bought it... It just kept running great. If anything, it kept feeling faster and faster. It was truly amazing.
I ended up selling it to a buddy when it had almost 300k miles. He knew the car the whole time I had it, and he kept driving it too. As long as I kept in touch with him, the car was still running fine.
I had a similar experience with my 944 Turbo. Higher mileage Porsches DO NOT worry me a bit.