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Old 03-19-2007 | 03:04 PM
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Default How can you determine the sticker price of a car when it was new?

Anyone know???
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I have it obviously on my window sticker, but ALSO it is printed on my COA that you can get from PCNA for the low low price of roughly $100. Very cool though. Kind of like a birth cert that shows that options ordered and the ORIGINAL retail price that was on the window sticker. I assume you could call PCNA with the VIN and just ask what the MSRP was?
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I think enthusiast has a database that includes a list of the option codes and prices. Try sending him a pm.
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Dave, that would be a good way to estimate it but to find out the ORIGINAL msrp you need to contact PCNA. You could also get pretty close if you get a copy of the option sticker under the hood and a copy of the order guide for the specific model year. Loren over at Renntech has those available to contributing members.
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1.800.PORSCHE

Ask for customer commitment and have your VIN ready. They will give it to you over the phone.
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Thanx guys.
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Originally Posted by Michael B.
1.800.PORSCHE

Ask for customer commitment and have your VIN ready. They will give it to you over the phone.
Concur. I think it is also in the PCNA database available to the dealerships.
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Like Dell said order a Certificate of Authenticity and it will have everything listed. You'll want it anyway.
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Why? While it's nice certificate to have, it doesn't seem as though it would add anything to resale down the road. Heck even 40 years from now, if your car was considered a classic, would a CoA really be a measurable attraction on the value of the car?

Imagine your car hits the stage at Barrett-Jackson in 2047, and among the documentation sits a CoA that most people think is some kind of odd window sticker... but isn't.

I don't get it, but I'm new to Porsche ownership, and open to educaion.
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Like Dell said order a Certificate of Authenticity and it will have everything listed. You'll want it anyway.

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Old 03-23-2007 | 09:54 AM
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Many Porsche enthusiasts want to know exactly what the car had from the factory. The Certificate, while expensive, does provide the engine and gearbox numbers along with the options. 'Matching Numbers' is a phrase you here a lot in the collector car world but applies to new Porsches too.



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