11-10-2010, 08:37 PM
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Location: Bay Area
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Originally Posted by SeaNile31
If they will come down to 40K I'll buy it!
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Wait till January. You will be able to negotiate even more.
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11-11-2010, 10:49 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Chadds Ford, PA
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I'm in no rush so I will wait. Not sure if 35k for an 05 S or mid 40's for an 09 is better. Maybe an 03/04 S for 20's is better yet.
I think the dealer with the 09 is going to stay very close to 50k. That's just too much for me.
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11-11-2010, 06:36 PM
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Location: Ann Arbor, MI
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New one.
I just was speaking to a friend who bought a 2009 - waited forever to get it. And then after winter storage the battery was dead this spring. Then a second battery died and then a third. Turns out they all had a cell go bad and couldn't be charged or jumped. Waited his whole life to buy a Porsche ( boyhood dream) and them got a guards red lemon. Returned it to the dealer and got a bimmer.
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11-12-2010, 05:29 AM
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SeaNile, for comparison purposes, I recently bought an 05 S w/pasm, 19" Carrera wheels, heated seats, auto climate and full leather, 32k miles and CPO for $30,500.
I had to make the same decisions as you. In the end, I'm really happy with this choice. Great car, very reasonably priced. Maybe I will get an 09 when my cpo runs out...Matt
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11-12-2010, 07:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Cardinalcreek
SeaNile, for comparison purposes, I recently bought an 05 S w/pasm, 19" Carrera wheels, heated seats, auto climate and full leather, 32k miles and CPO for $30,500.
I had to make the same decisions as you. In the end, I'm really happy with this choice. Great car, very reasonably priced. Maybe I will get an 09 when my cpo runs out...Matt
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Matt,
That is exactly what I am looking for. CPO would be a huge bonus, maybe even a necessity with the IMS issue.
Did you buy from a dealer or private? Where in PA are you? There was an 05 that recently sold at Rosen.
John
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11-12-2010, 11:08 AM
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Well, if we're doing comparisons, I bought my 06 exactly one year ago for $31,700. Base 2.7, triple black, Xenon, "S" wheels/tires, 14.5k miles, CPO , minor paint chips/scratches. Low miles and S models really seem to command premium prices with Porsches.
I'm planning on keeping it until I can afford a '10 S.
Steve
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11-12-2010, 12:15 PM
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Location: Sanford NC
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Maybe consider
a low mileage '05 with decent options and get the IMS done immediately. So you have to pay $1.5-3k for the LN IMS, you are saving $15k on the '05 versus the '08 and have the same basic styling and the no IMS-inner-seal design by taking this approach. The '05 is usually the easiest/cheapest IMS replacement there is on a 987. (I say usually because there are rare exceptions.)
Recall that in 2012 there will be a new model out...probably available mid 2011 so any 987 will be one model dated almost immediately. That means a drop in value for the 987s so you have to be careful not to overpay when buying any current model.
If you are looking for a CPO, look very carefully at the transferability of the CPO. "Once the covered vehicle is traded or sold to any non-authorized dealer or commercial broker, this warranty is void."
Good luck....
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11-12-2010, 12:52 PM
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11-12-2010, 03:00 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: PA
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Originally Posted by SeaNile31
Matt,
That is exactly what I am looking for. CPO would be a huge bonus, maybe even a necessity with the IMS issue.
Did you buy from a dealer or private? Where in PA are you? There was an 05 that recently sold at Rosen.
John
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John, I'm in Central Bucks. I got the car from a Porsche dealer in the midwest and had it shipped to me. I did a lot of research for about three months and found this to be far and away the best deal. Comparable cars both from dealers and private owners were more like 34-36k which seemed overpriced to me. Research + Patience = good deal most every time.  Matt
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