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The 55 is a sweetspot. I love the 65's but they're a different strata pricewise. I have a v12 sl r129, but man, I'd like to have the folding hardtop. The dated mmi, not so much.
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Yeah I would not consider it if the harness was not replaced. My guess is that if it's running today then it probably was but still.
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The 65's go for about the same as 55's. Some have modded 65 engines to around 1000hp.......alas, the driveline can't handle that. Old cars come with compromises. Performance wise, the 230 platform has a slow shifting transmission. Not sure what it would take to put in the newer quicker shifting 7 speed transmission. I don't think the world is ever going to see these types of vehicles again. |
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That having been said, as they get more complicated, long term maintainability is increasingly questionable. Water cooled (non-Metzger) Porsches aren't a lottery...just replace that IMS bearing on purchase.
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Huh?
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My last BMW, a 530, went till 160k miles and really only got rid of it because the seat kept getting screwed up (a common issue) and it was 16 years old. |
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I feel like I've read a few articles recently about the lack of used cars currently available. People are supposedly buying cars in a frenzy because they don't want to use mass transit. There's also supposedly a dearth of new cars since manufacturing was shut down for a while. Maybe it's like the bike sales boom - mostly at the lower end? I'm mildly tempted to upgrade from our 12 yr old 4Runner, but no real need to. We barely drove much before the virus hit. There were times when neither car moved for a week. Those big German sedans are darn nice. Going the CPO route is the way to do it, in my opinion. The M760i in flat black caught my eye a few years ago! Wonder where they are at price-wise nowadays... |
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Come back to this thread after a few more years of ownership and putting on enough miles to hit the 80k+ range.
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By the end of the year there may be a glut of used cars because as part of Hertz' recovery attempt they are required to sell 180,000 cars from their fleet. They have already dumped some new Corvettes.
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On the other hand, talking about irrational markets:
https://www.importavehicle.com/inventory Including vehicles described by Lil Bow Wow as "the Mona Lisa of drifting"... |
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Always wanted a 2017+ 328D AWD BMW wagon. Luxury wagons in general would be nice!
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you can get a W215 CL600 for 5000€/$ - but you really shouldnt
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Once you get to the third or fourth owner, the car has become an inexpensive status symbol for someone who doesn't understand preventive maintenance and can't afford either the scheduled or unscheduled work. Then it's a money pit...unless of course you *really* know what you're getting into. Case in point...I bought an '04 allroad 5 years ago for 3% of original list. Yea. It had gallons of water sloshing in the footwells, needed a timing belt done, etc. I put $4K of required work into it plus another $5K of upgrades - suspension, Cayenne brakes, S6 sport interior, etc., and have driven it for 60K miles since. I bought it in part because for most of its life it was serviced at a Porsche/Audi dealer in Beverly Hills, and had been neglected for its last two years. And I know the platform well.
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This could apply to all makes and models. All my used cars I’ve bought have been this case. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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I look at it simply lime I could drive a seriously high end car and throw 3k or so a year at maintenance/ wear items or drive something mid range but new for the same payment or opportunity cost. It helps to have a couple, as the one downside is lack if loaners from indys.
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