MarkRobinson

I just placed a deposit on a red 6-speed manual GTS a city away. Very excited as I've always wanted one and it still has a warranty left but that wont last long, so a few questions for you guys:

1. Clean carfax, 1 owner. Still under warranty: I plan to have a Porsche dealership PPI done: anything to ask them to specifically check? Last P-car dealership PPI I had done they missed a LOT: fading paint, soaked undercarriage, low-boost, etc.

2. Warranty: I plan to take it by my dealership while under warranty to have codes run, recalls checked, and ______________ (fill in the blanks please

3. Extended warranty: recommended or simple enough with the manual transmission to forgo that?

Did I miss anything? Thanks guys!! (I just updated my signature

pjdavis67

you should pay to have a Porsche dealer CPO it for 2yr / 100k miles ... worth the extra $'s.

bgsntth

Things that were issues with mine that were repaired under warranty (from memory):

1. e-brake spring - would not release, and light stayed on
2. water-pump - never failed but was part of a service campaign
3. transfer case switch - would not shift from low-range to high-range after taking the truck off-road_PITA
4. Radio/Nav/etc died - replaced, dealer tried to reprogram w/o success. It failing every now and then is routine, and it typically comes back after cycling on/off a few times, but

this time it did not.

Did not happen to my truck, but my dealer had replaced the clutch on a few manual GTS's at <10K miles, so I would have that checked. This may be the result of folks riding the clutch, as first gear is so short I assume most people never actually take their foot off the pedal before shifting to Second. Or they just start in Second all the time and slip the clutch a bit. I would also have them check for over-revs, as one can hit the rev limiter relatively easily merging into traffic from a cross street (i.e., you will hit the rev limiter before the truck is going straight. The gear box is also notchy (truckish?), so I perceive the chance at a miss shift (e.g., 4th to 2nd).

Great truck - wish I had mine back.

GTS 6 spd

Congrats and enjoy!

Only very minor issues here:
- '08 GTS #1 had the slave cylinder fail around 28K, and needed the rear hatch lock replaced
- '09 GTS #2 is at 40K and no warranty issues

And GTS Red is the best color by far!

XR4Tim

Agreed.

Switchfoot614

ignition over rev's.. porsche dealer missed that check on mine.. happened early on at 900 hours..

mcbit

+2

It should have had the high pressure fuel pump changed onder a service campaign. Mine was done twice.

kosmo

over revs