[rsponholtz]

I need some pricing help/advice. I'm looking at a 2001 996 with 27,000 miles, and I just looked up the carfax - at least 5 owners (!) and the current owner has only had it 7 months. This makes me really nervous:

owner 1 - 1 year 8 months, 2098 miles
owner 2 - 10 months, either 2308 or 32085 miles (inconsistent according to carfax)
owner 3 - 6 months, 8285 miles
(probably another owner here for 3 years)
owner 4 - 1 year 11 months
owner 5 - 7 months

Does this seem reasonable? It is a 10 year old car.. The previous owner also said something about having a head gasket replaced (or something like that). I don't have any service history information (I'll ask for that), but was scheduling a PPI. I called the local shop for the ppi - it's where the PO takes his car. They knew the current owner's name - makes me nervous..

He wants a good (i.e. high) price based on the low mileage, but it looks to me that we should probably consider it to have around 57,000 miles or so, due to the mileage inconsistency.

Thanks for your opinions!!