Hi Alan,
I don't know the full story of why the car has such a low mileage.
It was supplied by Porsche Reading to its first owner and I luckily have all the receipts for the servicing he did with OPC Reading while in his care.
It was registered in November 2012 and was bought back into the OPC Network in December 2015.
It arrived at my dealers,Porsche Bristol (who I have a great relationship with) and within a few hours I had put a deposit on it.
i was aware that it maybe the only 2012 997 Turbo S with less than 1K miles left with only one keeper so the pondering I have been doing for a year trying to decide between Cabrio and hard top was instantly decided.
I am a strong believer in going with instinct and heart when the right car comes up and I have found in the past that one needs to make a quick decision when something rare like a low mileage example comes along,particularly with the peace of mind purchasing direct from OPC and specifically my dealer gives me.
I had asked Sam Cross at the Bristol dealership to keep his eye out for the right Gen 2 Turbo for me a year earlier and I was prepared to wait another year to get one from Bristol (I live in London but I am so impressed with their customer service I even take my car to them for annual minor services).
Anyway,back to the Turbo S.
In the 3 years that the first owner had the car he only drove it 735 miles but did two minor services and a major service in that time all at the supplying dealer OPC Reading.
As the car was sold back to Porsche directly after its last minor,unscheduled service (same day) I strongly suspect that something in the showroom caught the owners eye when he went to pick the car up from its service.
i am not 100% sure if he was sticking to the stipulated Porsche running in rules but I was pleasantly surprised when I had the over-Rev history printed out by Bristol prior to my purchase and there was not even one single over rev recorded in number 1 rev range.
I think this points towards the first owner following Porsche running in procedure or at the very least was mechanically sympathetic.
i have decided to continue to run the car in under the assumption the period was never completed.
I am not doing short journeys,warming the car up carefully and sticking to less than 4500 rpm while being careful not to labour the engine and changing gear a lot to vary the revs on the motorway even if actual speed is constant.
We are currently on 1350 miles,so another 650 to go before I can open her up.
Regarding your kind invitation to the SW tour,I have quite a hectic work schedule but if I can find the time I will try to make it.
It had already caught my eye actually in this months Porsche Post.
Best Regards
Simon
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