GraSox

Hi all!
need your help please!
looking to get a used Porsche 911.1 and when l had the dealer send me the carfax it showed as the first owner
corporate fleet car
dealer said the owner reg his cars like that because he owns a dearership in town. 1700 mi 2022.
and they said not used by any other people but him.
would thT scare anyone away?
it will always show up on carfax.

thanks for any help!!

quahogger

Use it to negotiate the price. Despite what the dealer says this will impact the value of the car on the secondary market. When it's time to sell you will have to explain to the potential buyers- so put yourself in the buyer's shoes.

koala

It wouldn't worry me personally whatsoever, but this is certainly going to be a deterrent for a lot of people and you should negotiate based on that.

dhirm5

1700 mile 2022 -- I wouldn't worry about it at all, and I don't agree anyone will care. Perfectly common for dealership cars to show up like that.

Falcon01

It would not worry me and I don't think it would deter most serious buyers anyway. Any car registered to a business will show up as a corporate fleet or corporate owned car. So if you registered it to your business for tax purposes, it'll show up on Carfax.

kim9701

Maybe it's also another sales tactic to charge above the MSRP.

suffer

My local BMW dealer is trying to sell a "new" car with 1300+ miles on it. It's the GM driving it. Other cars listed as "fleet" are loaners mostly, so I'd treated it as a negative on the carfax.

PHX

Has it been titled and registered (moreso titled)?

I personally wouldn't let it bother me at all, although I would try and wiggle a few $$ out of them over it.

Reselling it shouldn't be that big of a deal at all, although some people might balk at it, but then well enough, that isn't the buyer for your car then, is it?

If it is something you like and everything is falling into place, maybe negotiate extra maintenance or some PPF or something if they won't come down on the price.

icanthelpit

That would not be a concern to me based on a positive, professional third-party pre-purchase inspection. I would have a pre-purchase inspection on any 911 unless it was a Porsche dealership CPO car. If the individual owner or dealership does not agree to one, walk away.

EZ E

Clearly Fleet can be used for multiple reasons, maybe the owner of the company added his car under his business so the business would actually pay for the asset pass through with no taxable income. I've seen it done! That's still low miles!! Fleet isn't an issue.

dhirm5

There are no Porsche dealerships I've seen that use 911s as loaners.

dixonk

I would settle for a Panamera. All I ever get is base Macans and Cayennes. Completely free of all options lol.

EZ E

What are you guys talking about?? I got a 918 loaner!! LOL

EZ E

They doesn't title loaners!

mksz51

Not true. Maybe limited in the current market but certainly happened prior to Covid