You must be in England. 60,000 miles on a German made product is not even broken in!!! When you buy it, insist upon having all the fluids changed. Use Pentosin products. Even brake fluid should be changed using GIrling or Porsche blue racing fluid. This car can last your lifetime if it is loved and the maintenance schedule is kept up. Please, READ the manual, cover to cover, 4-5 times. For oil, I recommend ELF from France. Good luck!!
If the car was properly cared for, 60,000 miles is not bad. At 60K miles, the mileage does not matter as much as the care and maintenance the car received. Check maintenance history and look for signs of abuse on the vehicle.
Mileage is a rough meter to measure wear and tear on a car. 60,000 miles is not too bad for a used car, a lot tend to be within 40,000 -90,000 range. However you should be more careful with sporty cars as people tend to drive them more aggressively then say a saloon or station wagon, and this can lead to some costly repairs (engine or drive train related) not included in the 19k asking price. See if you can ask for a test drive and be sure to inspect the gearbox, the paddle shift gear box (triptronic) are costly to repair and may have mechanical issues.
IMPORTANT: ask for owner and service/repair history, if they don’t there are hot lines in UK where through license plate numbers they can tell you if it has been in an accident.
Is this a 2004? If so, that’s about average U.S. mileage. If the car is newer, it’s anywhere from “kind of high” to “very high” mileage. Mileage does matter, as you’ll find out when you sell the vehicle. This car was broken in at about 12,000 miles on the odometer; some people would say even less.
The most important thing when considering a used car is service history. If this vehicle comes with “full documentation” — proof that it has received all scheduled maintenance with Porsche recommended fluids (Mobil 1 oil, for example) and parts, that’s good. If you’re given verbal promises or excuses for lack of service documentation, that’s worth absolutely nothing.
Pay to have a mechanic check the vehicle thoroughly. Get this done at a Porsche dealership. A couple of hundred U.S dollars spent on this may prevent thousands of headaches later.
Drive the car, paying particular attention to the Tiptronic transmission. Smooth shifts? Any sense that it’s slow to shift or that it shifts up and then back down on hills (searching)? This semi-auto transmission is the most complex and expensive to repair part of the car.
Get a CarFax or similar report on the car. This will tell you if: it has been a lease vehicle, it has been in a major accident, it has a salvage title, etc. Don’t even consider buying it if it has a salvage title; it will be worthless when it’s your turn to sell.
You should also consider that such a car may be expensive to insure. Check your insurance rates before buying one, for example here – carquotes.sinfree.net
I’ll gear this review to 2 types of people: current Zune owners who are considering an upgrade, and people trying to decide between a Zune and an iPod. (There are other players worth considering out there, like the Sony Walkman X, but I hope this gives you enough info to make an informed decision of the Zune vs players other than the iPod line as well.)
Hands down, Apple’s app store wins by a mile. It’s a huge selection of all sorts of apps vs a rather sad selection of a handful for Zune. Microsoft has plans, especially in the realm of games, but I’m not sure I’d want to bet on the future if this aspect is important to you. The iPod is a much better choice in that case.
Apple now has Rhapsody as an app, which is a great start, but it is currently hampered by the inability to store locally on your iPod, and has a dismal 64kbps bit rate. If this changes, then it will somewhat negate this advantage for the Zune, but the 10 songs per month will still be a big plus in Zune Pass’ favor.
Sorry for the huge review, but I’m really loving the new Zune, and hope this, as well as the excellent reviews some other people have written, will help you decide if it’s the right choice for you.
You must be in England. 60,000 miles on a German made product is not even broken in!!! When you buy it, insist upon having all the fluids changed. Use Pentosin products. Even brake fluid should be changed using GIrling or Porsche blue racing fluid. This car can last your lifetime if it is loved and the maintenance schedule is kept up. Please, READ the manual, cover to cover, 4-5 times. For oil, I recommend ELF from France. Good luck!!
If the car was properly cared for, 60,000 miles is not bad. At 60K miles, the mileage does not matter as much as the care and maintenance the car received. Check maintenance history and look for signs of abuse on the vehicle.
Enjoy the new ride if you get it.
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Mileage is a rough meter to measure wear and tear on a car. 60,000 miles is not too bad for a used car, a lot tend to be within 40,000 -90,000 range. However you should be more careful with sporty cars as people tend to drive them more aggressively then say a saloon or station wagon, and this can lead to some costly repairs (engine or drive train related) not included in the 19k asking price. See if you can ask for a test drive and be sure to inspect the gearbox, the paddle shift gear box (triptronic) are costly to repair and may have mechanical issues.
IMPORTANT: ask for owner and service/repair history, if they don’t there are hot lines in UK where through license plate numbers they can tell you if it has been in an accident.
Is this a 2004? If so, that’s about average U.S. mileage. If the car is newer, it’s anywhere from “kind of high” to “very high” mileage. Mileage does matter, as you’ll find out when you sell the vehicle. This car was broken in at about 12,000 miles on the odometer; some people would say even less.
The most important thing when considering a used car is service history. If this vehicle comes with “full documentation” — proof that it has received all scheduled maintenance with Porsche recommended fluids (Mobil 1 oil, for example) and parts, that’s good. If you’re given verbal promises or excuses for lack of service documentation, that’s worth absolutely nothing.
Pay to have a mechanic check the vehicle thoroughly. Get this done at a Porsche dealership. A couple of hundred U.S dollars spent on this may prevent thousands of headaches later.
Drive the car, paying particular attention to the Tiptronic transmission. Smooth shifts? Any sense that it’s slow to shift or that it shifts up and then back down on hills (searching)? This semi-auto transmission is the most complex and expensive to repair part of the car.
Get a CarFax or similar report on the car. This will tell you if: it has been a lease vehicle, it has been in a major accident, it has a salvage title, etc. Don’t even consider buying it if it has a salvage title; it will be worthless when it’s your turn to sell.
Mileage does not matter much especially since 60,000 miles is low mileage.
Porsches can easily reach 200,000 miles.
You should also consider that such a car may be expensive to insure. Check your insurance rates before buying one, for example here – carquotes.sinfree.net
I’ll gear this review to 2 types of people: current Zune owners who are considering an upgrade, and people trying to decide between a Zune and an iPod. (There are other players worth considering out there, like the Sony Walkman X, but I hope this gives you enough info to make an informed decision of the Zune vs players other than the iPod line as well.)
Hands down, Apple’s app store wins by a mile. It’s a huge selection of all sorts of apps vs a rather sad selection of a handful for Zune. Microsoft has plans, especially in the realm of games, but I’m not sure I’d want to bet on the future if this aspect is important to you. The iPod is a much better choice in that case.
Apple now has Rhapsody as an app, which is a great start, but it is currently hampered by the inability to store locally on your iPod, and has a dismal 64kbps bit rate. If this changes, then it will somewhat negate this advantage for the Zune, but the 10 songs per month will still be a big plus in Zune Pass’ favor.
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Sorry for the huge review, but I’m really loving the new Zune, and hope this, as well as the excellent reviews some other people have written, will help you decide if it’s the right choice for you.