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Originally Posted by Ernest Hill
i routinely work overseas for a month to six weeks, and i am single. the car shall sit. should be moving near sugarland w/in 6 months, maybe a bro could help me out and drive my car once a week  . i have been researching this purchase since i bought my first 944na almost 20yrs ago, i am aware of the usual issues.
no, i am concerned abt the refrain i see repeated: "and don't let it sit!"; hoping for opinions from ppl who have garage queens, or have bought them, or have friends who own them. i am going to pay top dollar for a car w low mileage in excellent condition, so if it is a bad idea, then i will wait until after i quit traveling; or, i might buy a normal mileage in good condition for now. thanks |
Wow! I also live in Sugar Land Texas! Yeah, I will drive your Porsche while you are away!
Your desire sounds like my story. I bought a garage Queen a year and a half ago. I purchased a 2000 Carrera with 20,000 miles on her in March 2011.
It was a 2 owner car. The original purchaser put 10,000 miles on her in 2000, then sold the car. The second owner put 10,000 miles on her in 10 years!
So I picked up a car that had service records at my local Porche dealer, Momentum Porsche in SW Houston, near Sugar Land. The first thing I did was change ALL fluids.
The Momentum records showed that the last oil change was 3 years prior! Ouch. Maybe the 2nd owner had the oil changed elsewhere? There were a few problems with the car. The rear running light was out. Turned out to be a bad wiring harness, nothing $400 couldn't fix. Then when 30,000 miles rolled around, I had the 30K service for $1100. The dealer found that the low tone horn was non-functional and the radiator fans were not turning on at low speed. Got that fixed. Then I did the LN Engineering IMS retrofit and RMS fix along with the clutch. It is in really good shape now. Nothing wrong at all, showroom clean.