986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners - View Single Post - Some PPI and pre-owned questions

RandallNeighbour · 03-09-2006, 09:58 AM

A PPI is simply a thorough check by a Porsche technician who may or may not work at a dealership. He looks for failed or worn parts you don't know about and tells you about it if he finds it.

Just because a PPI is done at a dealership does not make the car a CPO car. Porsche dealers do sell Boxsters that come without a warranty because they're too old for it or can't pass the CPO certification process. My 97 would never be given a CPO warranty, even if it had 10k on it and was showroom new. That's just a bad gamble.

However, all CPO Porsches have had a PPI done AND had repairs made to insure the car's suspension, brakes, tires, and everything else is "like new" or in fantastic condition...

well, at least that's what they're supposed to do! I know guys who payed a $3k premium for a CPO boxster and it had not been repaired as it should have been prior to being put on the lot for sale as a CPO car. However, the dealership fixed all the boo boos right away at no charge.

A CPO Porsche with their long warranty is absolutely the best peace of mind one can buy, within reason. I have heard that Porsche does deny repairs if there is the slightest chance you've abused the car and they can determine it's been beat up or modified and that's what's caused the problem (custom exhaust systems fouling out the 02 sensors, oil-based air filter fouling out the $400 MAF, excessive redlining of the engine, etc.)

Extended warranties offered by Non-Porsche sources are sketchy. Do a search here and you'll find that they are expensive and they wiggle out of paying the full labor rate and exclude things with the tiniest print in the contract they give you to enterpret. I'd not waste my cash on one, but I sure would buy a CPO boxster with a nice long warranty on it... stuff does wear out early on our cars, and if you should have an RMS leak and you have a CPO car in warranty, it will be covered.

On an unrelated note, save up and buy an S. You will not be disappointed, and you'll never drive around and see one and think, "I wonder if I should have spent the extra couple of grand to get the bigger engine."

03-09-2006, 09:58 AM	#3
RandallNeighbour Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 7,243	A PPI is simply a thorough check by a Porsche technician who may or may not work at a dealership. He looks for failed or worn parts you don't know about and tells you about it if he finds it. Just because a PPI is done at a dealership does not make the car a CPO car. Porsche dealers do sell Boxsters that come without a warranty because they're too old for it or can't pass the CPO certification process. My 97 would never be given a CPO warranty, even if it had 10k on it and was showroom new. That's just a bad gamble. However, all CPO Porsches have had a PPI done AND had repairs made to insure the car's suspension, brakes, tires, and everything else is "like new" or in fantastic condition... well, at least that's what they're supposed to do! I know guys who payed a $3k premium for a CPO boxster and it had not been repaired as it should have been prior to being put on the lot for sale as a CPO car. However, the dealership fixed all the boo boos right away at no charge. A CPO Porsche with their long warranty is absolutely the best peace of mind one can buy, within reason. I have heard that Porsche does deny repairs if there is the slightest chance you've abused the car and they can determine it's been beat up or modified and that's what's caused the problem (custom exhaust systems fouling out the 02 sensors, oil-based air filter fouling out the $400 MAF, excessive redlining of the engine, etc.) Extended warranties offered by Non-Porsche sources are sketchy. Do a search here and you'll find that they are expensive and they wiggle out of paying the full labor rate and exclude things with the tiniest print in the contract they give you to enterpret. I'd not waste my cash on one, but I sure would buy a CPO boxster with a nice long warranty on it... stuff does wear out early on our cars, and if you should have an RMS leak and you have a CPO car in warranty, it will be covered. On an unrelated note, save up and buy an S. You will not be disappointed, and you'll never drive around and see one and think, "I wonder if I should have spent the extra couple of grand to get the bigger engine." Last edited by RandallNeighbour; 03-09-2006 at 10:01 AM.