Fleeced! (?)

[jderiansf]

Originally Posted by greenandtan

I'm feeling fleeced. So I bought her right at KBB for "excellent" (2001 with 42K miles). I didn't inspect it beforehand because I was over the moon about finding the color I wanted and it came as a dealer trade-in for two lexus'. Guess the guy let it all wait and passed it on.

Came back with $6k worth of work it needs:

window rollers
brake pads (3% left!)
bearing
extremely dirty filters

then all the standard 45000 issues.

any words of consolation or am I just a sucker?

:troll:

Consider it payment for this (see highlight above).

Keep reminding yourself of how much you like the color combo and how it drives, and its all worth it.

[brian325is]

I don't think you have a bad car. I do think that $6000 seems high for these repairs if these are the main things wrong.

Buy the brake parts and do them yourself. Very easy job and lots of how to write ups available.

Air filter dirty is a very easy and cheap do it yourself. Oil change is also simple.

I would leave the bearing to the shop as pullers are probably necessary.

Don't know what window rollers are??

You best buy will be a manual if you are at all mecanically inclined. Not to mention the satisfaction of doing the work yourself.

No sucker here. Your new car is 10 years old.

[ekam]

You're not alone. Almost all the recent "new" owners here bought theirs without being inspected or seen in person.

[RandallNeighbour]

I was compelled (not forced, mind you) to spend nearly $10k on mine when bought sight unseen. :ah:

It could have been much worse for you. My lesson was far more costly than yours.

[Gforrest2]

Originally Posted by ekam

You're not alone. Almost all the recent "new" owners here bought theirs without being inspected or seen in person.

Yup, I'm one of those. Bought on Ebay, sight unseen except for photos. Turns out it had a broken motor mount, needed three tires (his photo of the tires was of the one good one), and needs new CV boots plus the brake fluid flushed, all according to my "post" PPI. But I'm happy. Got if for a good price ($12.5k) and what a joy to drive. Too bad the weather is going to be crappy here for the next 8 months.

[Topless]

Wait! don't let the dealer fix it. All that stuff is pretty easy DIY for about $800 in parts. The only fleecing going on is the service writer who quoted $6k for repairs. Kindly thank him for his advice and get it out of there pronto!

[greenandtan]

Not the dealer in town. But apparently willing to charge me an arm and a leg for most of what I can do myself. Thanks!

Time to get down and dirty.

[Surfncpa]

Similar story here. Spent 12.5k for the Boxster. $600 in repairs paid so far with another $4k pending when I get the car back from the mechanic hopefully by the end of the week. I am not surprised or upset about the repair costs, at least up to the total so far, but I really miss my car.

[Mark_T]

I guess "fleeced" would depend on what you paid for it. I would expect to spend a few grand fixing up a 10 year old Porsche and would factor that into the purchase price.

And don't think that this will be the end of it - you're just getting started. Check out RandallNeighbor's saga for some insight on the potential costs of owning an older P-car.

All worth it for the perma-grin you get from driving it. What Extanker said.

Enjoy! And show us some pics!

Mark

[KellyC]

If you're handy, DIY saves a LOT of money...

I've owned my Boxster for only about a month, and I've been educating myself about the car online. I've found there are MANY MANY MANY resources available in terms of how-to articles and websites that give you step-by-step instruction, including big color photos on almost any non-major service.

And I'd call all the things on your list non-major (Brake pads, wheel bearing, window mechanicals...) They are just really expensive if you have a Porsche technician do the work.