Anyone near Burbank, CA? Need your help!
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Anyone near Burbank, CA? Need your help!
Hi guys,
I'm extremely interested in this car:
http://www.autotrader.com/dealers/in...nalm&cardist=0
It's in Burbank, CA. I just spoke to the dealer and they got it as trade-in. It's a one owner car, owned by a 60 year old company VP who apparently took excellent care of it from new. They claim it comes with a huge history file. It's the exact color/spec I want and from the photos it looks very, very clean. I am in Texas though, so can't go and see it for myself soon enough.
Can any of my fellow 964ers go and check it out for me in the meantime? Or can anyone recommend someone for a full PPI in the Burbank area? Should I just call the local Porsche dealer to fo the PPI?
Thanks!
I'm extremely interested in this car:
http://www.autotrader.com/dealers/in...nalm&cardist=0
It's in Burbank, CA. I just spoke to the dealer and they got it as trade-in. It's a one owner car, owned by a 60 year old company VP who apparently took excellent care of it from new. They claim it comes with a huge history file. It's the exact color/spec I want and from the photos it looks very, very clean. I am in Texas though, so can't go and see it for myself soon enough.
Can any of my fellow 964ers go and check it out for me in the meantime? Or can anyone recommend someone for a full PPI in the Burbank area? Should I just call the local Porsche dealer to fo the PPI?
Thanks!
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Originally Posted by girlracer
Hi guys,
I'm extremely interested in this car:
http://www.autotrader.com/dealers/in...nalm&cardist=0
It's in Burbank, CA. I just spoke to the dealer and they got it as trade-in. It's a one owner car, owned by a 60 year old company VP who apparently took excellent care of it from new. They claim it comes with a huge history file. It's the exact color/spec I want and from the photos it looks very, very clean. I am in Texas though, so can't go and see it for myself soon enough.
Can any of my fellow 964ers go and check it out for me in the meantime? Or can anyone recommend someone for a full PPI in the Burbank area? Should I just call the local Porsche dealer to fo the PPI?
Thanks!
I'm extremely interested in this car:
http://www.autotrader.com/dealers/in...nalm&cardist=0
It's in Burbank, CA. I just spoke to the dealer and they got it as trade-in. It's a one owner car, owned by a 60 year old company VP who apparently took excellent care of it from new. They claim it comes with a huge history file. It's the exact color/spec I want and from the photos it looks very, very clean. I am in Texas though, so can't go and see it for myself soon enough.
Can any of my fellow 964ers go and check it out for me in the meantime? Or can anyone recommend someone for a full PPI in the Burbank area? Should I just call the local Porsche dealer to fo the PPI?
Thanks!
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Carfax is totally clean. I have emailed TREMotorsports about PPI-ing it for me, they are just down the road. If it checks out I will buy it, yup - well, providing it is still there by the 20th. I can't get to my escrow funds from my 987S sale until the 20th and the dealer said they would NOT hold the car for a deposit. Probably just trying to put a fire under me... Fingers crossed I get it but if not, there will be others.
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How would you know what the person doing the ppi will do before hand ?
I took mine to the MB / Porsche dealer in honolulu , they took the money and did a very poor ppi .
I took mine to the MB / Porsche dealer in honolulu , they took the money and did a very poor ppi .
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I bought my car long distance and had the PPI done at a recommended independent. I indicated what i wanted done before we agreed on price for the service. To this day i still wonder whether or not our agreed list of actions was complete. It could be the cynic in me but the leak-down numbers and compression just seemed tooo darn good to be true and there were some minor things that were missed that should have been rather obvious. I did get a written report and used it to work the price down a bit.
On some level you have to trust them but also know that they know they are unlikely to ever see you or your car again... and therein lies the rub.
On some level you have to trust them but also know that they know they are unlikely to ever see you or your car again... and therein lies the rub.
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Originally Posted by greenjt
I bought my car long distance and had the PPI done at a recommended independent. I indicated what i wanted done before we agreed on price for the service. To this day i still wonder whether or not our agreed list of actions was complete. It could be the cynic in me but the leak-down numbers and compression just seemed tooo darn good to be true and there were some minor things that were missed that should have been rather obvious. I did get a written report and used it to work the price down a bit.
On some level you have to trust them but also know that they know they are unlikely to ever see you or your car again... and therein lies the rub.
On some level you have to trust them but also know that they know they are unlikely to ever see you or your car again... and therein lies the rub.
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Originally Posted by Bearclaw
...and if the seller happens to be a customer, they run the risk of losing him if they deliver a "warts-and-all" report. Little to win and maybe lots to potentially lose for them.
Not sure why they are so strongly advocated, unless it's by those who have paid so much for them they need to justify the expense.