The one time I've let mileage rank high on my list though was when shopping for my 996 C2. I've said it before but Hartech say it too, once you get over 100k, certainly 120k+ things are starting to wear. There's always an exception like Poppops (which isn't standard anyway) but generally worn crankshaft bearings and oval bores MAY be setting in.
No problem if you're happy to rebuild the motor quite soon into ownership but with all that in mind I wanted the best chance possible of hopefully getting a few trouble free years while I perfect the car in all the other areas, before having to to fork out for engine work.
My car has 75k on the clock but the engine has only covered 65k due to replacement because of an earlier IMS bearing failure.
I fully appreciate it could drop a valve, crack a head, D chunk a pot etc but I felt happier holding out for a sub 80k car.
As far as everything else goes though I'm happy to admit it needs everything a 100k car does. Rads, condensers, waterpump, some suspension bushes etc as these are all affected by age as much as miles when they're 20 years old so there's no benefit to buying lower mileage with regards to that.
I personally would go for the Silver car first then add the Aerokit if I wanted that look (which I do). Then you have a low mileage car in the spec you want for a smidge over £20k if you're a little bit lucky. You can do it gradually but end up with a car with almost half the mileage which will sell much quicker should you ever need out of it in a hurry.
Just my 2p worth and it's only because of the faults of the M96 engine that I couldn't take my usual "high miles is fine" approach. There are too many faults than can render the car worthless.
Edited to add - I haven't even started my car up for about two months, so you know it's going to go bang when I start using it. :grin:
