|
Buying any 10 year old car with 100k+ miles I'd look to be in a position where, if it needed major work, I had the finances to be able to pay.
Bought one at 22k and one at 42k or so and both were great cars and dead on reliable. But to get the 42k car into shape for the next 6 years cost a bunch in terms of the little things like brakes, belts, alignment, etc. Once it was in good shape, really never had a serious $ problem with it.
But, at the 10 years 100k+ point, things do wear out and so knowing what maintenance has been done to things like the suspension, water pump, brakes, CV-joint boots, etc would be the difference between buying the car or running away quickly...unless the price was so right I knew I could afford to have those sorts of things done (or do em myself).
I'd want a Pre-Purchase Inspection on a car like this even more than I would on one with 1/3 the miles and half the age (it was amazing what someone who really really knew Porsches could point out to me about the condition of a car...and I had owned 2 Porsches and one Boxster before this one).
|