How many have found errors on the Porsche "Certificate of Authenticity"?
06-13-2007 | 11:40 AM
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With everything being electronic and tied to VINs you would think that PORSCHE or any car MFG company should be able to duplicate the Window Sticker. Unfortunately since I'm the 3rd owner, The Window sticker was not in the stack of reciepts from the car. 
06-13-2007 | 12:22 PM
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If you request them from your dealer (salesman) on a new car they will generally get it for you for free. There is little value in these things today,--perhaps in many years it will help ascertain the way the car was equiped. PCNA had the wrong engine code on mine,--still waiting for that corrected one to show up. No big deal.
06-13-2007 | 09:49 PM
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I had ordered mine 6 months ago and when i received it was missing half of the options. I called them back and she said, can you take a picture of your hood with all of the options and email it to me!?! I would think that would be in there system. She calls and tells me she did not scroll down on her computer and that's why she missed it. I took them 3 more months and a hand full of phone calls to finally get my authenticity. To top it all off, they did not even laminate it like the first one they sent me.
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06-13-2007 | 10:24 PM
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Originally Posted by cetro
I had ordered mine 6 months ago and when i received it was missing half of the options. I called them back and she said, can you take a picture of your hood with all of the options and email it to me!?! I would think that would be in there system. She calls and tells me she did not stroll down on her computer and that's why she missed it. I took them 3 more months and a hand full of phone calls to finally get my authenticity. To top it all off, they did not even laminate it like the first one they sent me.
I could send an e-mail to them with someone else's option sticker and my VIN and my Cab could be an authentic Widebody Turbo.
06-13-2007 | 10:33 PM
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Originally Posted by cabrio993
Basically, this tells me that the only thing authentic on these "certificates" is the Porsche logo.
I could send an e-mail to them with someone else's option sticker and my VIN and my Cab could be an authentic Widebody Turbo.
I could send an e-mail to them with someone else's option sticker and my VIN and my Cab could be an authentic Widebody Turbo.
I'm with you. Can I get someone's RS vin number? Turbo S? GT2? I think if I had one of those rare cars I would need to get the cert. But with my plain Jane 993... no need.
07-12-2007 | 10:02 PM
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For what its worth:
I received the corrected Certificate from Porsche today.
I received the corrected Certificate from Porsche today.
Originally Posted by air eater
I spent nearly an 1/2 hour with the Porsche person discussing the errors on my recently received Certificate of Authenticity.
The most glaring error was they had my interior color as Savanna Beige. WRONG! Black it is.
They also missed the factory installed carbon fiber shifter and e-brake.
The noted Technic pacakge was not supposed to be on the the C of A either.
They also called the Litronic headlights Xenon on the C of A.
She apologized several times for the errors and said it will be corrected and sent to me again in the very near future.
I would have thought that for $100 it would be highly accurate and complete.
Any one else found any errors on your C of A?
The most glaring error was they had my interior color as Savanna Beige. WRONG! Black it is.
They also missed the factory installed carbon fiber shifter and e-brake.
The noted Technic pacakge was not supposed to be on the the C of A either.
They also called the Litronic headlights Xenon on the C of A.
She apologized several times for the errors and said it will be corrected and sent to me again in the very near future.
I would have thought that for $100 it would be highly accurate and complete.
Any one else found any errors on your C of A?
