matthewr87

Okay I received the service records. Looks like the last oil change was done on 06/2016 at 25,000 km. There were complaints about brake squealing on 11/2016, stalling on idle and excessive wind noise from driver's door on 01/2016,
front lip and rear wheel was refinished on 06/2015 and for some reason they performed the 30K maintenance then (at 17K), the horn and rear lid were not working on 12/2014, and they were supposed to perform some kind of vacuum
line replacement that was not completed because the car was out for a short term lease.

Also, the rear tires were replaced at 11,000 km.....is that normal for these tires?

koala

Really? How can it be a CPO if there is a lien? Very strange for sure. I wonder if it was repo'd

matthewr87

Yeah, they said they would clear the lien before purchase.....kinda strange. Think it might be best to move on, and just play the waiting game.

koala

I still look frequently, because I'm crazy like that. I'll let ya know if I come across anything! It'll be worth the wait. I'm kind of disappointed that I did find the right one at the end of the season. By the time my car got here, I only had less than 3 weeks of driving it. Very hard to look at it in the garage every day knowing I've only done like 700 km.

matthewr87

Hehe. Don't worry. It'll still be there in the spring. Will make driving it that much sweeter.

And thanks for keeping an eye out. I appreciate it.

matthewr87

This one seems pretty clean: https://porschelondon.com/ext/onepag...ory_id=1267107

Although it is not the S version and has the PDK.

Seems to have more options though.

koala

Its definitely priced right. How important is the transmission to you? PDK was an absolute deal breaker for me.

matthewr87

Yeah I'd much prefer the manual. Those will probably get harder and harder to find unfortunately.

matthewr87

https://markmotorsporsche.com/ext/on...ory_id=1441713

This one is a beauty. Out of my price range though. And it's not red

How does the sales process work with Porsche? Is it kind of a take it or leave it proposition? I was able to negotiate very aggressively with Ford for my Mustang, and also with Lexus for my wife's car. But I assume Porsche is a different ball game (you either have the money or you don't).

JonCanadian

The one at Marks is really nice. Don't know if this matters to you but it has been tracked and previous owner traded into a PDK so he could go faster. If you go with that one make sure you check the DME.

matthewr87

Over thanks for the heads up. I'd obviously prefer one that was not tracked or driven hard, but that is probably not realistic with a CPO 911 (unless it was grandma driven). Does Porsche check for over rev's when doing the CPO inspection?

koala

As far as I know, DME isn't part of the CPO process.

My theory, to make myself feel better, is that this car has such ludicrously tall gearing that the chances of an overrev should be fairly minimal. 2nd gear is something like 127 km/h.

That car is super nice for sure. You could always do a greasy lowball offer letting them know that you know its been tracked

matthewr87

Hehehe yeah I'd probably be banned from ever owning a Porsche if I did that

But that's why I was wondering how you guys handled the negotiation process when buying your cars. Do they ever give any wiggle room on price?

JonCanadian

It's December and Ottawa just got a few inches of snow. Now would be the moment to lowball.

matthewr87

What do you think would be a decent lowball offer for that car that wouldn't get me banned from Porsche dealerships in the future?