Just did the 30k service..

[xclusivecar]

Originally Posted by Ronzi

You are examining for purchase two 10 yr old Boxsters. Both have approximately the same mileage, both appear to be in the same excellent condition, and drive well. A pre-purchase inspection reveals no apparent problems with either car. The asking price for each is approximately the same.
One of them has complete documentation for all maintenance either from an authorized Porsche dealer or from a Porsche specialist after the expiration of the factory warranty. The other car has a manila folder with a bunch of sales receipts for oil and spark plugs from Auto Zone.
Which one do you buy?

Here's how I look at it...The seller who had Porsche maintain the car and is selling the car for the same price as the guy who DIY will LOSE BIG MONEY in your scenario. In theory, the guy who allowed Porsche to do the maintenance should get thousands MORE than the guy who DIY.

As far as someone buying the car they MAY favor the Porsche maintained car initially BUT...with good receipts and when talking to the seller if he seems truly into the car, I would buy from the DIYer hands down.

[99-Boxster-MK]

Her is a perfect example even though its not a Porsche..

I was working on getting my other car (VW golf) ready for the winter and decided to change the front brakes, not scheduled, but I thought it was a wise thing to do as they were not changed for ages..

Pop everything open and notice one of the splash panels has a crack around the mounting point and is close to falling of from one corner.. So I fix it by re-inforcing the mounting point.. Would the dealer of done this? probably not, and the panel would have fallen off and exposed my timing belt and cam gears to salt and slush..

All it took was my time to fix, but since I love all my cars I am more then happy to put in the time, but I doubt the dealer is willing to invest this time without charging, and I doubt the panel would have been brought to my attention as it was not technically broken..

so maybe sometimes it is not always best to buy dealer maintained, but that depends entirely on who was maintaning the car..

Mike

[Brucelee]

If I were doing my own service, you can bet the car from a dealer maintained owner is a better deal.

[blinkwatt]

What are you guys even talking about. You are on this board because you are a big time boxster fan and would like to gain more knowledge of your vehicle. I think resell value is useless on this board. I know I am never selling my Boxster.

[xclusivecar]

Originally Posted by blinkwatt

I know I am never selling my Boxster.

I will never, ever, ever, ever sell mine either. Actually ALL of us should never ever sell our cars and ALL of us should DIY maintenance. That will teach the dirty dealerships a lesson or two on overcharging!

[Brucelee]

"I know I am never selling my Boxster."

Wanna bet?

[blinkwatt]

Im pretty sure I will not sell my boxster because it was the first car i bought and paid for on my own. To be honest the car has been the most source of fun since all my friends went off to college, it has also helped bring my dad and I together more then we used to be(he is a big time Porsche fan).