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mikefocke · 01-09-2011, 06:08 AM

used car warranty in the US (there are in other countries, BTW). It is a decision of the distributor.

Porsche North America (PNA) is the US distributor and offers a new car warranty and a CPO warranty and your '04 would be eligible for neither as it is not a new car, its warranty period has expired and it is being sold by a dealer who isn't authorized by PNA and thus couldn't be covered by a CPO even if the car was eligible. (Used CPOs can transfer only if from a Porsche dealer or private seller and there was no intervening auction or non-Porsche dealer etc)

You can not buy coverage backed by Porsche.

Now some Porsche dealers sell third party warranties and the salesperson makes them sound like Porsche warranties. Read the contract first before you sign. They are just moneymakers for the dealer/salesperson/etc. They pay out around one quarter of the money they cost.

01-09-2011, 06:08 AM	#6
mikefocke Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sanford NC Posts: 2,583	There is no Porsche sponsored/financed/backed used car warranty in the US (there are in other countries, BTW). It is a decision of the distributor. Porsche North America (PNA) is the US distributor and offers a new car warranty and a CPO warranty and your '04 would be eligible for neither as it is not a new car, its warranty period has expired and it is being sold by a dealer who isn't authorized by PNA and thus couldn't be covered by a CPO even if the car was eligible. (Used CPOs can transfer only if from a Porsche dealer or private seller and there was no intervening auction or non-Porsche dealer etc) You can not buy coverage backed by Porsche. Now some Porsche dealers sell third party warranties and the salesperson makes them sound like Porsche warranties. Read the contract first before you sign. They are just moneymakers for the dealer/salesperson/etc. They pay out around one quarter of the money they cost.