[911dean]

Originally Posted by r-mm

Two months and still looking...~20k price range, willing to go higher for the right one. Don't need a smoking deal but fairly sure there's a lot of fluff out there.

95% sure I want an SC or 3.2, flirt with 964s occasionally.

The thing thats hard for me is knowing how to value originality & history vs recent maintenance. Was just reflecting to a friend how at around 20k these cars seem to coalesce into two categories. Millage is often not a differentiator.

1. Longtime if not original owner. Fair weather driven, good records, but no major reconditioning. Pros are obvious, cons include worrying about all the maintenance items that I often see receipts for on #2 cars....

2. Checkered past cars with less history, maybe they sat for a while, but have had a major reconditioning within the last year or so, often with $5-15k in receipts. Brakes, shocks, fuel lines, clutch, maybe motor/trans rebuild or a partial respray. On the one hand you wonder why a ~100k mile car needed all this work, on the other hand you look at the #1 cars and wonder when not if they'll need the same work. Maybe not major engine/trans work, but stuff like fuel lines, clutch shocks, etc.

Maybe I'm over thinking it. I've bought a number of newer, less expensive cars & bikes site unseen at a distance and always had a good experience, but a $6k 2006 Ducati is a bit less of an investment than a 911...

This comes with the territory. 30 year old cars usually need something. Most important to me is an excellent body with original paint and no rust. This includes underbody and all fastners. I also like everything to be there.

Dean