PPI from the sellers side

[Ciao]

1. Negotiate!
2. Sell As is.
3. If buyer wants PPI charge the cost for it and you can then have it as a negotiating tactic for future potential buyers.

[husker boxster]

As a prospective buyer, I would be leery if a seller didn't want to take his car somewhere for a PPI. I deal with a little higher priced cars, but never balk if someone wants a PPI for one of my WD cars. I have a couple of places to suggest but let them decide where they want to take it and they do the initial contact with the mechanic and pay for the PPI. I drive the car to the location, not the buyer. They can meet me there if they want to. A lower-priced PPI should take at least a 1/2 day while a deluxe PPI takes a full day. I consider the time invested on a PPI part of the effort to sell a car.

[mikefocke]

Buyer pays even if he doesn't buy. Seller benefits because he gets documentation on the car's condition and can correct any defects and point to that when again offering. The buyer and seller should both be there to receive the same debriefing and receive the same documentation. The buyer and seller should have agreed on a price prior to the PPI and only if the PPI reveals something major is the sale voided. So the seller has the incentive to PPI to complete the sale.

For me the PPI revealed nothing major, just a bunch of minor things the mechanic and I agreed should be done but on my nickle. The sale went through at the agreed on price. I wanted the PPI even though I had driven a Boxster for the 4 months prior.

I think the seller drove the car to the mechanic. There was no question he knew Porsches, he had a half dozen Porsche race cars in various stages of race prep.