STG

Yet as you see, there are NICE ones out there at great prices

HFS hand picks the HOT ones. The only thing you need to do is seal the deal $$$.

There is years of research and knowledge put into these "HFS Approved" ones. Like the Cliff Notes accelerated course for getting into a 991.1. Can't beat it

We should be charging tuition here. But yet, it's free enrollment for the smart shopper.

smbryan

For all the talk about inflated prices and lack of inventory at reasonable prices, a few of the recently posted ones look like good deals, and ironically are sitting unsold still...

STG

down to $84,991.00

WP0AB2A91ES121994

STG

I agree, there are some nice ones. Some of these dealers have gotten a little too excited with the pricing. I've seen some ridiculous ones.

I think and know some of them have been lurking on HFS too much

OBX

OK - long time, first time. Outed by @Hurricane, so got to say hello, but most of all thanks to @STG for moderating and to all the regular contributors.

Just a brief intro - started reading from post #1 back in the Fall of '16 and followed regularly. Owned Macan S and did AX and DE with PCA Potomac and was looking for a gently used 991. After signing up for first DE this season, I got an email that said no more SUVs at DE. That hastened my search, and I used every search available to anyone with an internet connection: Porsche Locator, major dealer web sites (Penske, Sonic, etc.), cars.com, carmax, autotrader, HFS - if it had a web page I was looking at it.

On Sonic site one night and Momentum Porsche had just listed a 2013 Aqua Blue metallic, C4S with 15,260 miles on it and warranty set to expire in less than 30 days. No pixs, just VIN (WP0AB2A93DS122434) and price ($79,980). Next day I went to Rockville Porsche, a Sonic dealer, where I bought Macan (and had it routinely serviced). From previous discussions with my SA I knew dealers in same family routinely moved cars around for customers. I asked if he could "help me" on this car. Spent about 90 minutes going over car and it's history from dealer database, transfer, etc. They would gladly ship car up to Maryland (covered carrier) provided color and price were acceptable. After confirming they would pick up transfer costs, allow PPI at location of my choice and I could back out for any reason, I said yes to color and price. No deposit required.

Long story short - car arrived 3 days later, I had PPI done and asked for CPO. (Ultimately ended up paying $2,200 for it/peace of mind but got 2 rear tires + 4 year service done.)

HFS helped me a lot by providing pricing data sufficient so that when I saw price for my gently used C4S, with leather, PDK, SC, PDCC, glass roof and Aqua Blue, I did not hesitate. [ I]Carpe Diem[/I] HFS'ers! Thanks to all.

Hurricane

Great meeting you and a great build on your car! You did very well! Beautiful car. Love that color and the interior was gorgeous, too!



Great meeting you at AX yesterday, too - good that you missed the rain we had in the afternoon runs. It make my last two runs rather entertaining LOL.

STG

Pictures!!!

Thanks for the post OBX and congrats on the purchase. A long time to come out of lurking and finally post!!

Where are all you other guys?? Lurkers step forward before Hurricane finds you.

R_Rated

I've seen this one in person. No dings but plan on an extensive paint correction. Unfortunately this is the case with many of the cars here... no big deal but likely 1500 in paint correction to be perfect with all the swirls.

grego119

Thanks Gordon, much appreciated.

Txtonyo

I caught this car the day it was traded into the dealership. As I was not quite up to speed on the market (via this thread) and had just been there to try some base .1 models, the salesperson said this car just arrived earlier that day as a trade on a Turbo I believe. Drove it and thought it was a huge step from the base models. As a current owner of an Audi S5 V8 and an R8 V10 manual (in Sepang Blue which is not too far off of the Aqua Blue), the extra power of the S was noticeable.

In any event, I had a work trip to Geneva coming up and went back by the dealer a day before I left and spoke to the mechanic while it was on the lift and it looked fantastic. Had ignored all the signs of greatness - one local owner, a PCA sticker, excellent shape, etc.

While on my trip, I communicated with the sales manager and was ready to put a deposit down to hold until I returned. I decided to wait until I returned to Houston and skipped the deposit. When I got back to town I then saw it had been transferred to the MD dealer through your arrangement and concluded it was not meant to be.

You did get a wonderful example and I made out myself as the dealer notified me in advance of a super low mileage lease return (mentioned earlier in this thread) upon which I secured a deposit immediately and was able to purchase and am happily driving it daily.

Glad it worked out for both of us !

STG

Wow. Amazing how these stories all come together here with all the HFS followers we have.

Bartleby7334

New lurker here, still searching for my next bride. I want to thank each and every one of you matchmakers in advance!

Neebs

I also inquired about the car the day it was traded in and saw it in person 2-3 days later. Awesome color combo. Here are the pics:

STG

Thanks for the post and hope you find something to your liking soon.

Neebs

STG is the authority here, but I don't think the price is that great. Its an incredible build at a decent price in this market. It has the premium for low mileage and awesome build somewhat factored into it. We have seen high $120k builds 2012.5 with low mileage go for low 70s. Aqua blue one above has similar msrp and only slightly more miles, but was a few thousand lower. Another $3k off listed price and negotiate down another $2k and this is HOT for sure. Having said that, these sort of builds don't come around often and if this is what you want, you have to jump, and in that way, its HFS. Just my 2 cents.

Edit: Listed price down $1k today ($88k to $87k).