RobMc

I came close to buying this car last spring but went with another choice, however I have been keeping an eye on it to see where it ended up. The dealer who had it when I was looking at it wholesaled it to european engineering and I just e-mailed them about it and they told me it was sold. I was wondering if the new owner was here.

ACFOUR

I nearly bought that car myself last fall, but after a PPE by EPE of Natick was told that it needed a new clutch, possibly had a LW flywhell and no distributor vent kit. EE was not willing to budge on price so I passed. Found a car in Michigan last month instead that I am very happy with. Glad I passed on EE's.

JoeW

I looked at it, too, and got as far as a drive. I'm hopeful that no one here ended up with it ... had some bad feelings about it. J

RobMc

Thanks for your reply Ralph. I guess I was right with my decision, due to what I learned from this site I had noticed that that car didn't have the distributor vent kit and also on a test drive I noticed on a 1-2 redline shift that it did not seem right it overrevved. When I mentioned this to the salesman his reply was " I spoke with some people at Porsche and they told me that this was normal that it had to do with gear ratios" of course as soon as he said this I knew he was full of bull. It is a shame since when I looked at this car it was represented at one of the biggest Porsche dealers in the world, I guess you can't trust any dealers.
However with a site like rennlist you can get the info. you need to make an informed purchase.

RobMc

The really sad thing is when this car first went up for sale they (inskip) wanted 30,995 for it!

RobMc

Ya know this really pisses me off! When I looked at this car they assured me that the whole car had been gone through and that it needed nothing. When I asked about the clutch and the flywheel and the distr. vent kit they assured me that every update had been taken care of and that this car needed nothing. I felt that the clutch wasn't right but I figured they were Inskip and they knew better than me. Fortunately I made the right decision and passed on the car however what is worse is that I have recommended them to other people and I obviously shouldn't of.
It would be nice if some car dealers actually sold decent cars without 'stretching the truth' on their mechanical condition.

Jay Gratton

Rob,
I tell people all the time if the car doesn't feel 100% correct then you should walk away. Glad you trusted your gut feeling on that one. It is to bad that some dealers mis-represent certain cars that they just want to move. Best wishes - Jay Gratton

RobMc

I hear what you are saying Jay whenever I mention a car for sale to someone I always mention that they should definately get a p.p.i. done, always. What really irks me about this car is that if the dealer had the flywheel/clutch and distributor vent kit done it would of been a decent example. They had everything else done on the car 60k service, belts, plugs etc, had new tires put on but skimped on the tranny work to try and save a few bucks. The car was one owner with records to day one so if it was prepared for resale properly it would of been a top example.