Originally Posted by USMC_DS1

Thanks... And yes that was unusual but I wanted to see this one through in spite of the p-dealer obstacles. They even asked that I pay them $300 to use their bay... I OK'd $150 on condition of a clean PPI. I suspect they really did not wanted to sell me the car and/or did not want a PPI performed due to hidden mechanical issues. There was a bit of noise as well about a $10K typo error for the asking price on their website (the official Porsche CPO site). But I already had printouts/hard copies and email exchanges with their sales rep re the prior posted price. Perhaps the other buyer was a last minute attempt at recovering some $$ on their part. They positioned that with the "website price error" they were underwater by a few thousands on the PO's trade in and that I was lucky to get the car... blah, blah, blah. That seemed plausible back then, 3 yrs ago, based on the prices I was seeing over the months of searching the nation and multiple offers falling through. In fact, my backup car on that trip was in NorCal - an '06 C2S with aero kit, stories(replacement engine), PO was a boy racer, trade-in with similar options otherwise... Sonnet wanted $3K more and would not budge on price even though I had told them about the "clean" '08 C2S with more warranty time (1.5 yrs original warranty left plus 2 yrs of CPO) that I intended to pick up in SoCal... I don't think they believed me as the website price went up $10 overnight for my '08 C2S in SoCal. But when it sounds too good to be true I double down on caution. In the end the PPI was clean enough as the mech only identified serviceable items and the p-dealer replaced both the RMS and the one broken tailpipe prior to delivery. And just to be doubly sure I had my local p-dealer tech, a friend, re-inspect the car here in Austin... flying colors.

I pinch myself every time I drive the car but it was the insight of those on RL that helped me through the process correctly. Of course the best advice was simply to get a PPI and DME report... even if it sounds perfect(the car and the deal) with the p-dealer pressuring you to buy now and the fear that your other half might pull the plug any second on your current obsession. GL to those on the hunt. I envy you... that is until I crank up the engine and hit the road. Post some pics to make it official when you get the "one".