malahhaor

hi all. I am looking for the right 991 for me and found one that I like, however, CarFax shows the car was bought back by Porsche under lemon law for a.... horn?!?!?!

now its for sale again at one of those smaller dealerships.
Is that something that would not be a big deal? Or usually it's an iceberg type of a situation?

P.S.
Will be doing PPI, but don't know if I should even bother with this car.....

any info is appreciated.

LexVan

Pass.

Study the Hot For Sale thread.

Dewinator

Maybe it wasn't that the horn wouldn't go on, maybe they couldn't get it to turn off.

flickroll

I agree to pass on this one. Too many other good deals out there. If Porsche couldn't fix a faulty horn then I'd bet there is more to the story.

Dewinator

Then again just to pay for the devil's avocado, what if the horn doesn't work but it didn't register a fault code so the dealership was powerless to do anything to try to fix it.

fuddman

When a car is lemoned, it's a big deal.
When a car is lemoned, the state law usually requires the subsequent seller to label and disclose it as such so any potential buyer is alerted to the fact it has been lemoned. Not a good way to advertise a car brand. Which is one of the reasons why a new car which has been lemoned never shows up on new car dealers lot. They often end up overseas somewhere.
If you're seeing a lemoned Porsche at a Porsche dealership, then the dealer, despite knowing he has to disclose the lemon status, thinks the lemon label is trivial and he's willing to try and sell it. I'd say it's worth looking into. Mainly because (a) the dealer got it for next to nothing, and (b) depending on your negotiating skills, you can get it for next to nothing plus a few bucks. Maybe he'll throw in extended warranty.
I'd suggest you start by calling him to confirm the lemon status. And go from there.
Good luck with it

malahhaor

Got it. Thank you all. Much appreciated.

R_Rated

Don't discount this car. Is is incredibly cheap? Depending on your risk tolerance it may be worth it.

I am the Walrus

Maybe the horn would just go off intermittently as the vehicle was driven..
Imagine the road rage possibilities lol

R_Rated

It's not road rage. It;s travel turrets!

malahhaor

OMG that would save me so much energy laying on that horn my self.....

Dewinator

Lol if only it would give other drivers the finger on its own too!

Mumbles

Maybe the horn wouldn't go on and he ran someone over ..........lawsuit, impounding, sue porsche.

Needsdecaf

Did you mean "play the devil's advocate"? Or did autocorrect turn it into:

Dewinator

Haha nice devil avocado. Maybe you're right, advocating for the devil doesn't make sense but then again, I don't see why the devil can't afford the $1 or two for avocado on his own damn burrito either.