Used 2022 992 4S PEC LA "track car" - yea or nay ?
06-12-2023, 07:41 AM
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What others said is true. If you’ve ever run a DE event you will understand.
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06-12-2023, 09:10 AM
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That CPO car will have new tires, brakes, rotors (if needed), and fluids. And that car will have been inspected weekly (and perhaps daily) by expert mechanics who are employed by PNA in a racing garage, with the best diagnostic equipment. But sure, listen to everyone here who tells you to run for the hills. A 911 is meant to be driven and raced. This is not a Honda Accord rented for a year at Hertz.
I was at PEC-LA yesterday for the 75th anniversary celebration. It was a blast. We were allowed in the garage. And I happened to ask a 45 year-old mechanic who has been at Porsche for over 20 years this exact question. He said he'd have no problem having a PEC 911 in his garage. The cars are driven hard and to extremes, he said, but the PDK prevents any overrevs, and each car is meticulously maintained. "And where can you by a used 911 with less than 10,000 miles with brand new brakes, rotors, and tires?" he asked. He also said that if there were issues with the vehicle -- engine, transmission, suspension, etc -- they would have been discovered early on and corrected.
I'm not sure I'd rather have a babied 911 over one of the PEC track cars.
I was at PEC-LA yesterday for the 75th anniversary celebration. It was a blast. We were allowed in the garage. And I happened to ask a 45 year-old mechanic who has been at Porsche for over 20 years this exact question. He said he'd have no problem having a PEC 911 in his garage. The cars are driven hard and to extremes, he said, but the PDK prevents any overrevs, and each car is meticulously maintained. "And where can you by a used 911 with less than 10,000 miles with brand new brakes, rotors, and tires?" he asked. He also said that if there were issues with the vehicle -- engine, transmission, suspension, etc -- they would have been discovered early on and corrected.
I'm not sure I'd rather have a babied 911 over one of the PEC track cars.
06-12-2023, 10:17 AM
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That CPO car will have new tires, brakes, rotors (if needed), and fluids. And that car will have been inspected weekly (and perhaps daily) by expert mechanics who are employed by PNA in a racing garage, with the best diagnostic equipment. But sure, listen to everyone here who tells you to run for the hills. A 911 is meant to be driven and raced. This is not a Honda Accord rented for a year at Hertz.
I was at PEC-LA yesterday for the 75th anniversary celebration. It was a blast. We were allowed in the garage. And I happened to ask a 45 year-old mechanic who has been at Porsche for over 20 years this exact question. He said he'd have no problem having a PEC 911 in his garage. The cars are driven hard and to extremes, he said, but the PDK prevents any overrevs, and each car is meticulously maintained. "And where can you by a used 911 with less than 10,000 miles with brand new brakes, rotors, and tires?" he asked. He also said that if there were issues with the vehicle -- engine, transmission, suspension, etc -- they would have been discovered early on and corrected.
I'm not sure I'd rather have a babied 911 over one of the PEC track cars.
I was at PEC-LA yesterday for the 75th anniversary celebration. It was a blast. We were allowed in the garage. And I happened to ask a 45 year-old mechanic who has been at Porsche for over 20 years this exact question. He said he'd have no problem having a PEC 911 in his garage. The cars are driven hard and to extremes, he said, but the PDK prevents any overrevs, and each car is meticulously maintained. "And where can you by a used 911 with less than 10,000 miles with brand new brakes, rotors, and tires?" he asked. He also said that if there were issues with the vehicle -- engine, transmission, suspension, etc -- they would have been discovered early on and corrected.
I'm not sure I'd rather have a babied 911 over one of the PEC track cars.
06-12-2023, 11:01 AM
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The point isn't whether to buy or not buy a PECLA track car. That's an incomplete question.
The question is at what price one should buy a PECLA track car.
And as I said up above, at over MSRP, that is not the right price to buy a PECLA car.
I would definitely buy a PECLA car, at the right price, however.
And, in fact, that price might be even lower than most would figure.
A PECLA car will have been better maintained than most cars on the resell market. There's nothing wrong in and of itself with running a car hard, and I mean hard, as long as it was properly maintained and the price reflects the car's history.
The question is at what price one should buy a PECLA track car.
And as I said up above, at over MSRP, that is not the right price to buy a PECLA car.
I would definitely buy a PECLA car, at the right price, however.
And, in fact, that price might be even lower than most would figure.
A PECLA car will have been better maintained than most cars on the resell market. There's nothing wrong in and of itself with running a car hard, and I mean hard, as long as it was properly maintained and the price reflects the car's history.