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'14 981 CS CPO 16k miles, stacked options for $52k
Doing some research for my first Porsche. Looking to get a 981 but sadly probably won't happen until next year. I came across this CPO from Porsche of Rancho Mirage in CA. Seems like a killer build for an amazing price. Does it seem to good to be true?
I figure I'm currently not in the position to buy right now but someone in the community should investigate and hopefully buy it. Hope this helps!
Ah ok. I'm surprised to hear you say that it isn't a great price. It seems to be an outlier in the National CPO search when you compare similar price or build. I'm just educating myself so good to hear others thoughts.
And yes, sport exhaust seems to be more on the rare side for the current lot of CPOs (in my price range of <$55k anyway)
Wrong steering wheel, no sport chrono, but yes, given the options and miles if the car checks out with no prior big crash damage and PPI is clean, price is OK. If not planning to track the car, the steering wheel and no SC are probably not big deal, IMO of course.
Great point. I wasn’t even considering the steering wheel. I do plan to track the car. So the sport wheel is considerably different? I’ll have to find an example of each and try them.
Great point. I wasn’t even considering the steering wheel. I do plan to track the car. So the sport wheel is considerably different? I’ll have to find an example of each and try them.
The sport wheel has aluminum flappy paddles for the PDK instead of the thumb push buttons, but sport wheel also has no ability to provide multi-function buttons to control music, etc. The flappy paddles are nice and long, cover a good area of the circumference of the steering wheel. You don't have to have your hands so your thumbs are right by the buttons. You can always use the shift lever though with either wheel. The sport wheel is a better looking piece of hardware also, if that matters to you.
Sport chrono will give you more aggressive sport plus mode for automatic transmission shift points and also the dynamic transmission mounts that stiffen up when the car is driven aggressively. If you were a serious track rat, you could accomplish the aggressive auto shift points with a Cobb PDK tune (expensive, because you have to buy the basic Cobb first, $1,295, and then the PDK tune for $700), and you could install solid or semi-solid engine and transmission mounts, but for a dual purpose street/track car, sport chrono with the dynamic gearbox mounts is a better choice, IMO.
As a data point, I picked up a 2013 981 Boxster S earlier this year that had PDK, sport chrono, sport steering wheel, PASM, nav, etc. It was pretty heavily loaded. Only thing missing that I really cared about was the sport exhaust. 10K miles that I bought for upper $40K’s from a Porsche dealer, CPO.
The sport wheel has aluminum flappy paddles for the PDK instead of the thumb push buttons, but sport wheel also has no ability to provide multi-function buttons to control music, etc. The flappy paddles are nice and long, cover a good area of the circumference of the steering wheel. You don't have to have your hands so your thumbs are right by the buttons. You can always use the shift lever though with either wheel. The sport wheel is a better looking piece of hardware also, if that matters to you.
Well, I’m still having the great debate between manual and PDK but definitely good to know about the wheel if I get a PDK. I had a dual clutch in an Audi S4 that had tiny paddles and that was sometimes painful.
I really appreciate your explaination of SC. I thought for a manual it was just a throttle response change but the dynamic engine mounts are significant. I probably wouldn’t go the after market route. This will be a DD with spirited driving and only about 6-8 track/auto-x sessions a season. Sounds like SC is going in the “must” category.
Correction- I see you said “transmission” mounts and not “engine” mount.
Yes, OEM engine mount (there is only 1) is the same on base and S 981 cars. It can be replaced with progressively firmer durometer rubber depending on your tolerance for vibration and harshness and desire for less jiggle and movement of the front of the engine as power comes on/off or with gear changes. There are sources you can obtain three stages of harder rubber for the motor mount, or go all the way and just make it solid. The engine mount is at the front in the center of the car. There are 2 transmission mounts, one each side just aft of the axles..
09-20-2018, 02:57 PM
'14 981 CS CPO 16k miles, stacked options for $52k
