Evening all.
Currently on the lookout for my next Porsche. Viewed a 2009 997.2 C4S, 63k miles, £42k yesterday. It’s well spec’d and in good cosmetic condition. The dealer (not Porsche) sent me pics of the service history prior to my visit and everything’s in order. It’s just had a major at OPC Wolverhampton and I didn’t spot any horrors when poking about.
But (as it’s a C4S it’s a big but) I was surprised to be told there are no invoices for it. The dealer has no record of any non-scheduled maintenance for this car. That’s not to say it hasn’t had any - it clearly has. There’s just no paperwork to show for it.
All of which leaves me to ask: what would you do?
Walk away? Based on face value, negotiate as big a discount as you can and take a punt? Get an inspection, see what’s what and go from there? Get the dealer to do some detective work?
Or something else I haven’t thought of?
Currently on the lookout for my next Porsche. Viewed a 2009 997.2 C4S, 63k miles, £42k yesterday. It’s well spec’d and in good cosmetic condition. The dealer (not Porsche) sent me pics of the service history prior to my visit and everything’s in order. It’s just had a major at OPC Wolverhampton and I didn’t spot any horrors when poking about.
But (as it’s a C4S it’s a big but) I was surprised to be told there are no invoices for it. The dealer has no record of any non-scheduled maintenance for this car. That’s not to say it hasn’t had any - it clearly has. There’s just no paperwork to show for it.
All of which leaves me to ask: what would you do?
Walk away? Based on face value, negotiate as big a discount as you can and take a punt? Get an inspection, see what’s what and go from there? Get the dealer to do some detective work?
Or something else I haven’t thought of?