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Originally Posted by jlucas
The have done the certified inspection but don't want to actually certify it because they'd have to replace all the tires to one of the 4 Porsche approved ones.
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I've been thinking about this and it seems curious to me. My 01S had tires that only had 2K left on them. I could see where tires would elevate the appeal of a car, but they're not a CPO warranty item so why would that be a reason to not approve the CPO? Also, why would they go through the entire inspection when they could immediately see the tires wouldn't pass? Are they hiding something else?
I would negotiate with them. Say you'll pay $1500 for the CPO w/o the new tires. That should give them a few $$$ profit on the CPO and give you some room to buy new tires - which you'll have to do if they don't CPO and you buy it. Since you're going to be not using this dealership for service, it's not like you'll be coming back to them for the warranty work if they CPO it (dealers get a lower $$$ rate / hr for warranty work than regular work).
If they don't want to dance, I'd look elsewhere. Bmuss is right, there are plenty of other options available. Here's a link to Porsche dealers nationwide. You can even look for CPO cars.
http://www.porschedealer.com/dealer/cgi-bin/locator_us_CI.cgi