stevebmd

i have seen cars with port damage and dealer damage sold as new as well. a friend works on the docks for mb and bmw..happens all the time

peterm

all this is well and good- most of the obsessive behavior can be avoided by having a good - read non-adversarial relationship with the dealer. I'm on my fith car from the dealership.

Really are you going to check air pressure before accepting delivery? Is it that difficult to correct on your own. Paint thickness- are you going to suffer a dimished value claim for a repair that doesnt show up on a car fax- whats the downside there? Waiting three months for another new delivery would be a bigger downside to me

Macster

goes to trade-in or sell car non-factory paint could be detected. I've seen used car managers walk around car checking paint with paint gage.

(A "clean" Carfax report does not necessarily mean car has not received some body/paint work.)

If non-factory paint found and no official record of this then this calls into question current owner's honesty regarding rest of car's condition. He will find it hard to convince anyone he didn't know of any paint/body work.

I always check new car for signs of body/paint work. New cars can get banged up anytime from when they leave the factory to when the car parked in the show off customer pick up space at prominent location on dealer's new car lot.

My relationship with a dealer is non-adversarial but this can be one sided.

But the legal system recognizes the inherent adversarial nature of a seller/buyer relationship with the caution "let buyer beware".

And I think this a good mind set to have. If one suspects a dealer of being dishonest he should avoid doing business dealer at any level.

But even an honest dealer can have a bad day. Trust in God but tie up your camel.

Sincerely,

Macster.

DPorcella

Again, thanks for the snippets of random advice that go to create collective wisdom (and a checklist)!

I've never really done a thorough walkaround on a new car I've bought, but I've never bought a new car this valuable. So I think I'll ask for the port report, look at everything I can look at, do a little test drive, the whole nine yards.

After all, they've made me wait seven and a half months for this car; they can wait a couple hours while I do some diligent inspection to save me from the inconvenience of returning after the fact to correct oversights. I like and trust these guys; nevertheless. . .

I.e., trust but verify, because it's not the dealership's evil intent to be feared but common human carelessness. If Porsche dealers all had that mythic quality of Teutonic perfectionism with which the Pcars are ostensibly created, THEY'D be doing a two-day PDI on my behalf, but, well. . .