advice in evaluating possible 997.2 purchase
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advice in evaluating possible 997.2 purchase
I'm going to look at a plain vanilla 2009 Carrera to replace my 2002 Carrera which suffered IMS failure. The 997.2 has 6-speed, sport chrono, but no other performance options other than Bose/XM and a couple of other minor options.
Questions:
1) since the Porsche dealer is offering it under a CPO warranty, do I really need a Pre-Purchase Inspection?
2) what is a reasonable price to pay for a 2009 Carrera with 40,000 miles?
3) when I do go to see the car next week, what else should I be looking for?
Thanks for any advice, Cringely
Questions:
1) since the Porsche dealer is offering it under a CPO warranty, do I really need a Pre-Purchase Inspection?
2) what is a reasonable price to pay for a 2009 Carrera with 40,000 miles?
3) when I do go to see the car next week, what else should I be looking for?
Thanks for any advice, Cringely
Last edited by cringely; Oct 5, 2015 at 11:36 AM.
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50 is reasonable if its a good color
IMO no PPI needed if CPO'd
would get them to dump out all service/recall records on the car from their service computer
look at the tires, drive it in city and on highway...
note whether the car tracks straight and get them to print out a record of the brake pad/rotor condition
and note the clutch action (unless it has shown replaced recently) - u never know how good the prior owner(s) was with stick shift - CPO obviously does not cover consumables...
...you can negotiate their addressing any of the consumables if they are needed soon, as a part of your price negotiation
IMO no PPI needed if CPO'd
would get them to dump out all service/recall records on the car from their service computer
look at the tires, drive it in city and on highway...
note whether the car tracks straight and get them to print out a record of the brake pad/rotor condition
and note the clutch action (unless it has shown replaced recently) - u never know how good the prior owner(s) was with stick shift - CPO obviously does not cover consumables...
...you can negotiate their addressing any of the consumables if they are needed soon, as a part of your price negotiation
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I would still pay for a PPI, however my experience is that dealers won't allow you bring it somewhere else to have done. Searching here there a lot of stories of cars CPO'd that didn't get everything done it should have, i.e. brakes, tires, etc. Couple pretty bad stories regarding repaint and accidents.
CPO is a good option nonetheless. I would at least try to have an indy look at it prior to purchase. Also ask what they did to bring it up to CPO, brakes, tires, service to get a good feel for whats new.
Here is a good thread on PPI on CPO vehicles Link.
CPO is a good option nonetheless. I would at least try to have an indy look at it prior to purchase. Also ask what they did to bring it up to CPO, brakes, tires, service to get a good feel for whats new.
Here is a good thread on PPI on CPO vehicles Link.
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Yep. Set enough time aside to sort through this 53 page thread if you still think CPO means it has to be a good car: https://rennlist.com/forums/997-foru...-poor-car.html
