981 GT4 advise needed

[hughcam]

Evening all. I’m on the lookout for a interesting colour GT4 (sub £70k with leather dash) and interested in the car below:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202307270...

Rang the dealer all sounded good and above board but my wife noticed the badge spacing on the rear is completely wrong.

Are you able to specify Caymans from new with the Porsche lettering deleted? Or is possible evidence of a poor repair?

I was going to go view the car with a view to buying but it’s put me off.

[Jeronh]

Not stock, the badge has been off and put back on completely incorrectly.

It could be as simple as they removed a wrap from the car, it's unlikely they'd be removing PPF. If not that, then a bumper respray.

[julian987R]

hughcam said:

Evening all. I’m on the lookout for a interesting colour GT4 (sub £70k with leather dash) and interested in the car below:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202307270...

Rang the dealer all sounded good and above board but my wife noticed the badge spacing on the rear is completely wrong.

Are you able to specify Caymans from new with the Porsche lettering deleted? Or is possible evidence of a poor repair?

I was going to go view the car with a view to buying but it’s put me off.

It might be that it had or has PPF and someone hasn't done the best spacing job on fixing the logo back.....or it was this owners https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

and for a few £K more, this is a faaaaar better one. The one you have your eye on it over priced.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202307079...

Edited by julian987R on Monday 25th September 21:42

Edited by julian987R on Monday 25th September 21:43

[hughcam]

said:

Good spot with that thread. Original number plate SG65 VBL if the previous owner is on here..

[hughcam]

julian987R said:

hughcam said:

Evening all. I’m on the lookout for a interesting colour GT4 (sub £70k with leather dash) and interested in the car below:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202307270...

Rang the dealer all sounded good and above board but my wife noticed the badge spacing on the rear is completely wrong.

Are you able to specify Caymans from new with the Porsche lettering deleted? Or is possible evidence of a poor repair?

I was going to go view the car with a view to buying but it’s put me off.

It might be that it had or has PPF and someone hasn't done the best spacing job on fixing the logo back.....or it was this owners https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

and for a few £K more, this is a faaaaar better one. The one you have your eye on it over priced.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202307079...

Edited by julian987R on Monday 25th September 21:42

Edited by julian987R on Monday 25th September 21:43

Will give GVE a call tomorrow. Was hoping I’d pick up a yellow car with dash and the buckets but no such luck as yet (from a dealer)

[julian987R]

hughcam said:

julian987R said:

hughcam said:

Evening all. I’m on the lookout for a interesting colour GT4 (sub £70k with leather dash) and interested in the car below:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202307270...

Rang the dealer all sounded good and above board but my wife noticed the badge spacing on the rear is completely wrong.

Are you able to specify Caymans from new with the Porsche lettering deleted? Or is possible evidence of a poor repair?

I was going to go view the car with a view to buying but it’s put me off.

It might be that it had or has PPF and someone hasn't done the best spacing job on fixing the logo back.....or it was this owners https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

and for a few £K more, this is a faaaaar better one. The one you have your eye on it over priced.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202307079...

Edited by julian987R on Monday 25th September 21:42

Edited by julian987R on Monday 25th September 21:43

Will give GVE a call tomorrow. Was hoping I’d pick up a yellow car with dash and the buckets but no such luck as yet (from a dealer)

Admittedly 10% more than your budget but…

https://rpmtechnik.co.uk/porsche-sales/vehicle/981...

Yellow
Buckets
Leather dash
Low mileage

….all for only 10% more. A far better proposition long term in my opinion by comparison to the others, well certainly that first one you were looking at.

[julian987R]

hughcam said:

Will give GVE a call tomorrow. Was hoping I’d pick up a yellow car with dash and the buckets but no such luck as yet (from a dealer)

….or

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202309051...

Ticks all your boxes but not a dealership sale. Considering it has full Porsche ongoing Warranty and service history why pay dealer rates?

[GT4P]

The state of mats would put me off going to view!

[julian987R]

GT4P said:

The state of mats would put me off going to view!

Ask them to give it a vacuum before you turn up.

[GT4P]

The way a car is presented for sale tells me a lot about the way the car has been looked after!!

[julian987R]

GT4P said:

The way a car is presented for sale tells me a lot about the way the car has been looked after!!

Or it could tell you that it has immaculate history been cared for like a child, yet the photos were taken by someone with dirty shoes and not much time on their hands.

[ziggy328]

I’ve bought from that dealer. Car was and is fine. IMHO they are the car supermarket for higher end cars. Some very high end.

That business model doesn’t support detailed preparation.

It doesn’t mean the car is a lemon though.

[ziggy328]

Have they removed the dirty mats pic?

[hughcam]

julian987R said:

hughcam said:

Will give GVE a call tomorrow. Was hoping I’d pick up a yellow car with dash and the buckets but no such luck as yet (from a dealer)

….or

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202309051...

Ticks all your boxes but not a dealership sale. Considering it has full Porsche ongoing Warranty and service history why pay dealer rates?

Sounds daft but I don’t think I could spend that on a car without some dealership back up should it be a crapper

[jhowlett]

hi,
i have a private one yellow buckets ceramics leather dash. 1 year porsche warranty left. 17k miles looking for 65ono

[hughcam]

ziggy328 said:

I’ve bought from that dealer. Car was and is fine. IMHO they are the car supermarket for higher end cars. Some very high end.

That business model doesn’t support detailed preparation.

It doesn’t mean the car is a lemon though.

How was your car when you collected it? Was it prepared nicely etc?

[TheOctaneAddict]

I bought my 981 2.7 from there. When I collected it had been fully valeted and was as clean as a whistle. They also offer a full prep with additional ceramic coating service for about £1k from memory.

I had a really good experience with them and can highly recommend, as another poster has pointed out they are more of a car supermarket for higher end stuff. My car was parked next to a Huracan and behind an SF90.

Here's an image of the car as i collected to give you an idea of prep.

[ziggy328]

hughcam said:

ziggy328 said:

I’ve bought from that dealer. Car was and is fine. IMHO they are the car supermarket for higher end cars. Some very high end.

That business model doesn’t support detailed preparation.

It doesn’t mean the car is a lemon though.

How was your car when you collected it? Was it prepared nicely etc?

It wasn't prepped at all as far as I could tell. They hadn't even washed it.

[hughcam]

ziggy328 said:

I’ve bought from that dealer. Car was and is fine. IMHO they are the car supermarket for higher end cars. Some very high end.

That business model doesn’t support detailed preparation.

It doesn’t mean the car is a lemon though.

How was your car when you collected it? Was it prepared nicely etc?

[Stever]

GT4P said:

The state of mats would put me off going to view!

I'm quite staggered by the photos of many adverts where the selling dealer can't be bothered to make an effort to clean the interior. Some even take close up photos of dust, dirt and greasy finger prints. FFS where's the pride in your service, the couldn't give a st approach would put me off too.