Just told by a the Porsche dealer that the CPO cannot be transferred to a person I sell the car to, but can be transferred to a Porsche dealer if I trade or sell it to them..

Didn't know this..

 

If your car has cpo now and you sell it to other person then cpo stays. If you sell car to a non-porsche dealer cpo will be void.

 

Make$, $en$e, the dealer$hips want$ the action going through them.

 

yup, sounds like typical sales bullcrap

 

My understanding is that it is transferable to another buyer. I just checked the limited paperwork I received with my CPO when I purchased my car with a dealer-applied CPO 2 years ago. It says that the warranty covers the car up to 6 years or 100k cumulative miles from original in-service date if the warranty was applied before factory warranty expired, or 2 years/100k cumulative miles if applied after factory warranty expired. There is no mention of it being transferable or non-transferable.
The dealer may have been uninformed, like many are. What is true is that the CPO can only be applied by a dealer to a car they are selling.

 

From the Porsche Brochure

Can I transfer the warranty?
Should you wish to sell your
Porsche, you will also benefit
from the Porsche Pre-Owned
Limited Warranty. The
remaining warranty can be
transferred to the new owner

 

time to find an honest dealer

 

I don't think many are so dishonest but rather are just ignorant. I'm not sure which is worse.

 

As when you walk into the dealership and end up telling them about the car !

 

I tend to research major purchases pretty thoroughly, so usually find myself talking to salespeople who know less about their product than I do. You'd think they would at least try to be more informed about the (expensive) items they are selling.

 

+1000! (I'd list more zeros, but you guys get the point...)

This has been an issue with me for a very long time. Why is it so hard for a luxury car salesman to know their $100k+ product? Look at sales in other $100K+ deal industries... Baffles me...

-B

 

Stevinson Imports in Colorado, talking with their Finance mgr, he told me this. I asked again, and he said it was not transferrable to a guy next door, but to another Porsche dealer if I traded or just sold to them.

 

Interesting. That is who I bought my CPO'd car from 2 years ago. Seems like someone needs to show him the manual quoted above.

 

It baffled me for a while as well. I pride myself in knowing more about cars in general than most, but I never understood why there was a disconnect with even basic things when talking to salesmen. Then I remembered back to a new salesman at a Ferrari dealership where I worked in high school - the GM found the guy at Nordstrom. These guys are hired because of their sales skills, not their automotive knowledge.

And the GM was right - that dude sold blue alligator boots to a buddy of mine. Granted, this was the 1980s, but still...

 

I think you are right. And that would infer that the BUYER of these cars is no different than the BUYER at Nordstroms... To most, a car is a car - whether it is a $10K Kia or a $100K Porsche. Therefor, the sales approach is the same.