I might be opening a can of worm but I am interested to know what's everyone acceptable number of services stamps and owners when buying a 996? Could a car with a poor service history be made more sellable again? Do people worry less about service history gap the older the car gets or is it the otherway around?
I'm asking because I had a 04 C4S that was in mint condition, 45k unmodified but there was a service gap of 3 or 4 years (prior owner did 1k miles a year during that period and the car was garaged) and I was the 5th owner. I had the car for 3 years serviced it every year and hadn't had a single issue all invoices were kept and paperwork was pretty dense. However when it came to sell it I found that that service gap made people not even interested in coming and seeing it...It seems that people were more worried about paperwork than actual condition of the car. Now that I am looking for another one, I am tempted to just do the same to avoid any further problems if I was to sell..
I'm asking because I had a 04 C4S that was in mint condition, 45k unmodified but there was a service gap of 3 or 4 years (prior owner did 1k miles a year during that period and the car was garaged) and I was the 5th owner. I had the car for 3 years serviced it every year and hadn't had a single issue all invoices were kept and paperwork was pretty dense. However when it came to sell it I found that that service gap made people not even interested in coming and seeing it...It seems that people were more worried about paperwork than actual condition of the car. Now that I am looking for another one, I am tempted to just do the same to avoid any further problems if I was to sell..