Hi Leon
With regard to a 10 year old Losmandy G-11, there are a couple of major differences, the older G-11 does'nt have the new "High Precision Worm" so your overall PE is a matter of hit and miss, also it only has 1 bolt on the altitude lock, this lead to a lot of difficulty adjusting your latitude to any great precision.
The new G-11's have both the High Precision Worm and dual altitude locks other than that there are only very small differences between the older G-11's and the current model.
Out of interest, my G-11 has run smoothly straight out of the box for the last 2 years now, I have not had to adjust the worms at all, a truly excellent mount for the price.
Also, still have my GM-8, which is an older model, and it runs perfectly with the stepper motors, in the 8 years I have had that, I have only adjusted the worm twice.
Cheers
JohnG