Luke18917

Hello, just got this DME report back from a Porsche PPI and I am wondering your thoughts. It doesn’t look great but I am not an expert and want input.
Thanks

Bxstr

You'll want to get total operating hours to know how much time has elapsed between the over revs and current. But I tend to stay away from range 6 over rev cars as you have no idea how high they went.

DC911S

Looks like it all happened at 1018.08 hours. Some event did this, probably a missed downshift from 5th to 2nd gear instead of 4th. It’s got 43 revolutions in range 6. That’s a pretty quick event. I guess we need to see how many total running hours, to determine how long ago this happened.

VII7

Since last event is from range 1 to 6 this is likely a recent poorly done test drive or joy ride from the dealership.

desmotesta

Given that the Over revs are all the way into Range 6 and Very Recent, I would walk away from this without a second thought unless the car is at a Major discount or branded title and will be used for Track and Racing only.

If this is a regular purchase for daily use or weekend toy, you will be extremely hard pressed to get anywhere near your investment at the time of sale. I am personally aware of a 4GTS that spent 19 months at 3 different dealership between 2020 and early 2022 because it had Range 4 and 5 Over revs (even though the Over revs were 175 hours old)
This, my friend, will become a liability regardless of how bad or dangerous the Over rev really is. (only time will tell)

Lastly, having been in your shoes (looking at perspective cars to buy with Over Revs) I remind and implore you to NOT talk yourself into this or any car with a blemish like that. There WILL be more and better/cleaner cars available. Be patient and you will be rewarded.
If the stories of a softening market are true, you can rest assure that at the very least cars arent getting more expensive and patience will be rewarded with a better deal on a cleaner car.

Good luck and hope this helps

Luke18917

Thank you all for the insight. This is what I thought and I will definitely be passing on the car.

HardRider

If that scares you away I suggest either a Honda or Camry...... Porsche is synonymous with performance. If in your mind the fragility of the engine is such it can't handle a sporadic excursion, look elsewhere as rain will melt it.

TEXIGO

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VII7

​​​​​​I mean why did you get a manual if you are not going to over Rev it all the way? Lol
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MingusDew

Why buy something abused and neglected for no discernible discount when there are plenty of examples that were well taken care of at comparable pricing? Foolish to buy overpriced examples, but I guess we can’t prove how manly we are without being idiots.

HardRider

The difference is some people own the car others are owned by the car. If the car over-revs while driving so be it, no damage is done. I didn't even know what a DME report was until the hypochondraics on this forum push it to drive prices down or use it as a reason not to purchase as being more substantial reason than just not having the funds.

VII7

Would you buy a flood car?
A salvage?
A Porsche driving school car?

There is no reason to take the additional risk, the fact that you did not know does not mean that others don't want to make a better decision.
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HardRider

So this DME report is so critical, I assume it's part of the Porsche CPO process? It appears you perceive lung cancer the same as a cold, A scrape the same as an amputation. A flooded car the same as an engine over-reved for .000001% of its life. Where I compare something as a cup of water spilled you compare to a flood. Again if the engine is so fragile by design avoid....

VII7

It is indeed part of the CPO process.
​​​​​​IIRC range 4 and up cannot be CPOed.
You neither know about this nor care, why are you trying so hard to push an uninformed opinion?