Porsche CPO warning/help request
12-03-2008 | 11:00 AM
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12-03-2008 | 11:03 AM
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. Seems like quite a run around for a Porsche CPO'd car, which made me consider that yours wasn't. Good Luck
12-03-2008 | 05:02 PM
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Damn, you're right. In that case, someone ran new speaker wire as well?? No wonder it's screwed up. Although I think you have a case with the dealer that there's no way they should have sold you an '03 with a CDR-220. I am guessing this has already occurred to you. I think it's the CDR-22 for MOST?
12-03-2008 | 05:32 PM
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Damn, you're right. In that case, someone ran new speaker wire as well?? No wonder it's screwed up. Although I think you have a case with the dealer that there's no way they should have sold you an '03 with a CDR-220. I am guessing this has already occurred to you. I think it's the CDR-22 for MOST?
12-03-2008 | 05:33 PM
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12-03-2008 | 05:37 PM
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Thanks. And, I have to agree. I just can't believe that Porsche would tolerate this sort of BS. To be honest, I've had a very "Chevy-like" experience with both Porsche dealerships I've tried for service. It's been disappointing, to say the least. I've had a totally different experience with Lexus and Acura. They really understand customer service.
12-03-2008 | 06:07 PM
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I can understand the second dealer upon seeing the bad wiring not wanting anything to do with it.
I can't understand the non-n rated tires and the aftermarket stuff that got by the first dealer that called it a CPO. Porsche needs to cut that dealers ***** off.If this doesn't work out we all need to know that dealers name.
I can't understand the non-n rated tires and the aftermarket stuff that got by the first dealer that called it a CPO. Porsche needs to cut that dealers ***** off.If this doesn't work out we all need to know that dealers name.
12-04-2008 | 12:58 PM
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Sorry to hear.
I have a similar story. In 2005 my wife and I bought a CPO audi A6 2.7T manual transmission car from a Porsche Audi dealer.
Six months into owning the car it just died. Nothing. Got towed to dealer. Dealer finds out the car had an aftermarket chip in it that fried the computer and he wants me to pay $1,400 or so for new computer and says that it is not covered.
I freaked and said, yes it is, you sold it to me this way. Dealer did not budge.
Had attorney friend draft a letter that I hand delivered. They covered the cost, repaired the car and gave me an A8 loaner.
I hate dealers.
I have a similar story. In 2005 my wife and I bought a CPO audi A6 2.7T manual transmission car from a Porsche Audi dealer.
Six months into owning the car it just died. Nothing. Got towed to dealer. Dealer finds out the car had an aftermarket chip in it that fried the computer and he wants me to pay $1,400 or so for new computer and says that it is not covered.
I freaked and said, yes it is, you sold it to me this way. Dealer did not budge.
Had attorney friend draft a letter that I hand delivered. They covered the cost, repaired the car and gave me an A8 loaner.
I hate dealers.
12-04-2008 | 10:24 PM
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Sorry to hear.
I have a similar story. In 2005 my wife and I bought a CPO audi A6 2.7T manual transmission car from a Porsche Audi dealer.
Six months into owning the car it just died. Nothing. Got towed to dealer. Dealer finds out the car had an aftermarket chip in it that fried the computer and he wants me to pay $1,400 or so for new computer and says that it is not covered.
I freaked and said, yes it is, you sold it to me this way. Dealer did not budge.
Had attorney friend draft a letter that I hand delivered. They covered the cost, repaired the car and gave me an A8 loaner.
I hate dealers.
I have a similar story. In 2005 my wife and I bought a CPO audi A6 2.7T manual transmission car from a Porsche Audi dealer.
Six months into owning the car it just died. Nothing. Got towed to dealer. Dealer finds out the car had an aftermarket chip in it that fried the computer and he wants me to pay $1,400 or so for new computer and says that it is not covered.
I freaked and said, yes it is, you sold it to me this way. Dealer did not budge.
Had attorney friend draft a letter that I hand delivered. They covered the cost, repaired the car and gave me an A8 loaner.
I hate dealers.
12-04-2008 | 11:46 PM
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Usually disputes like this are resolved by someone in authority. The service manager is authorized to say "no". Furthermore, someone who is perhaps responsible will do an outstanding job of ***-covering and doing his best to ensure that the real story does not reach someone authorized to say "yes". A letter from a lawyer usually brings it to the attention of someone in authority.
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12-05-2008 | 01:05 AM
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OH, I LOVE the car. I've put 20,000 miles on it in the 2 years I've had it, driving it year round. I just NEVER should have put the F-ing top up! If I hadn't tried the A/C that fateful day I'd still be in a perpetual state of Porsche bliss. Instead, I have the queasy, uneasy feel of damaged goods and a (weak) warrantee that's about to expire. Pass the Mylanta...