Preowned question

[TorpedoZone]

Thanks for the responses.

I have learned a ton from this forum , but most of all I have learned the necessity for a PPI! I guess a PPI is only as good as the mechanic doing it though.

The CPO thing sounds good, especially with the longer warrantly, but I'm not sure if its worth 5k. I'm probably looking for a 1-2 year old car, and adding 5k would take a bite out of the preowned savings.

Joe

[lancelot092466]

Is there any documentation that comes with the CPO?

Richard

[wetstuff]

Torpedo: Another route to the same result is to buy outside the Porsche network. A) P-dealers value cars a helluva lot higher than a used exotic dealer who thinks they're not really that special... B) A 1-2yr old car is already covered... and as long as you still have some factory - you can buy an external for another X years elsewhere.

I bought a near-perfect 01 with 4mos of factory warranty from a Chevy dealer in CT - it came from P-Leasing. A Urologist had put 12k on it. I had my P-dealer do a Cert. Inspection for $100..just to see - and get a base-line established - then bought an extended that gives me cash back.

The one key thing about these cars vs. a BMW, Merc, etc. is that there are soooooo many options....and that's where you may (should) know more about the car than the dealer. He sees the price he paid at auction - not the fact that there can be a $10k spread between two cars painted the same color. This Chevy dealer didn't have a clue about the options on the two cars he bought that day at Manheim. I did.

j i m


....the 997 I got in Cleveland in Nov. was P-Cert. (good dealer: Porsche North Olmstead)


Lancelot: There's a whole, big packet - mostly the same Welcome-Wagon stuff you'd get with a new car. Haven't read it all yet...

[lancelot092466]

Wetstuff

Do you get that when you take delivery of the car or after in the mail?

[wetstuff]

........came in the mail a few week later. I suspect the Porsche website details most of the pre-owned info..

j i m

[lancelot092466]

Jim

Thanks. I recently purchased a 03 boxster and I was getting a little worried. The dealer said it was CPO, but I have not seen any paperwork on this and unless it's in writing I don't beleive it. It was on the sales contract but no package. Mercedes gives you the package when you take delivery of the car. Since this my first Porsche I was not sure about the porcedure.

Richard

[Brucelee]

Originally Posted by lancelot092466

Jim

Thanks. I recently purchased a 03 boxster and I was getting a little worried. The dealer said it was CPO, but I have not seen any paperwork on this and unless it's in writing I don't beleive it. It was on the sales contract but no package. Mercedes gives you the package when you take delivery of the car. Since this my first Porsche I was not sure about the porcedure.

Richard

Porsche is very sloppy about this process. Perhaps they should hire someone from Lexus.