How many owners is too many?
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I'd also weigh up the number of owners against how long you intend to keep the car as well - previous owners doesn't bother me too much as I tend to keep the car longer than average
The last car I sold privately had 3-4 owners quite quickly, then I owned it nearly seven years and that was one of the things the buyer liked - that and the stack of receipts..
The last car I sold privately had 3-4 owners quite quickly, then I owned it nearly seven years and that was one of the things the buyer liked - that and the stack of receipts..
W12GT said:
Thanks for this all of your replies! I am so tempted. It's a manual car but the first owner went for performance options over luxury including PCCB, torque vectoring, PASM, sports chrono plus and sports exhaust......
Think I spotted this car earlier when browsing, looks epic, would be what I would get if I was after a 991 rather than a 997 GTS. Get it bought, ignore number of owners, it's irrelevant.Lots of owners put me off some cars when I was looking around for my first Porsche, I'm sure because of this I missed out on some great cars.
The Boxster that I now own is a 2005 car with 5 previous owners which I've had for the last 4 years. When I found this car the number of owners was not a problem as there was history to suggest that each time it changed hands it was sold through the official network & had the 111 point check & a new warranty. Anything that needed doing was done & the car had always been under warranty, including under my ownership.
This was a change of mindset for me, as I had always previously subscribed to the 'low number of owners is better'. For something like a Porsche, chances are that alot of change of owners early on is within the official network & therefore the cars are always warrantied.
My brother bought a 60k mile, 2001 Boxster with one owner from new & a full history. 6 weeks later his engine failed due to a spark plug letting go. I reckon that the previous owner of that car started doing alot of things on a budget which ensured it emptied my brothers wallet.
The Boxster that I now own is a 2005 car with 5 previous owners which I've had for the last 4 years. When I found this car the number of owners was not a problem as there was history to suggest that each time it changed hands it was sold through the official network & had the 111 point check & a new warranty. Anything that needed doing was done & the car had always been under warranty, including under my ownership.
This was a change of mindset for me, as I had always previously subscribed to the 'low number of owners is better'. For something like a Porsche, chances are that alot of change of owners early on is within the official network & therefore the cars are always warrantied.
My brother bought a 60k mile, 2001 Boxster with one owner from new & a full history. 6 weeks later his engine failed due to a spark plug letting go. I reckon that the previous owner of that car started doing alot of things on a budget which ensured it emptied my brothers wallet.
stacy.chandler77 said:
One careless owner is too many! There is no such thing as a cheap Porsche either.
They are high maintenance cars that one owner can disregard the costs of servicing basic items which leads to future bigger issues.
It's best to be th first owner rather than to second?
Agreed ref if there was a careless/cheap owner, but this car would be covered by Porsche warranty, so in this case it's a non issue.They are high maintenance cars that one owner can disregard the costs of servicing basic items which leads to future bigger issues.
It's best to be th first owner rather than to second?
Mario149 said:
Who cares?! It's still a monster spec bargain with 2 years warranty. Somebody get it bought asap please!
Surely only 'good advice' if you are planning on getting out if it within those 2 years. For me, that car has had a HARD life and I would not be convinced that at 2 years and 1 day it wasn't going to provide me with a HUGE bill that's not covered by anything at all.There are countless threads on here about the diminishing cover of warranties, so by this stage I would imagine even the 2 years warranty will not cover 'wear and tear' items like shocks etc.
You never know - but if it was me and buying with my own hard earned, I would carry on shopping.
PhantomPH said:
Mario149 said:
Who cares?! It's still a monster spec bargain with 2 years warranty. Somebody get it bought asap please!
Surely only 'good advice' if you are planning on getting out if it within those 2 years. For me, that car has had a HARD life and I would not be convinced that at 2 years and 1 day it wasn't going to provide me with a HUGE bill that's not covered by anything at all.There are countless threads on here about the diminishing cover of warranties, so by this stage I would imagine even the 2 years warranty will not cover 'wear and tear' items like shocks etc.
You never know - but if it was me and buying with my own hard earned, I would carry on shopping.
I think there's an argument that at least this car is honest. It's probably been TLCed to within an inch of its life by Porsche if it was a demo-type car. Other cars are far less transparent and a few stamps in a service book (or not if it's less than 2 years old) are reasonably meaningless.
We're all different, but if it was me I'd take a punt. And maybe get the OPC to throw in a few retrofit options to sweeten the deal, the sort of thing that costs them peanuts to fit but would be silly money to the buyer (e.g. cruise control, but not for this car as it has it already clearly)
Mario149 said:
PhantomPH said:
Mario149 said:
Who cares?! It's still a monster spec bargain with 2 years warranty. Somebody get it bought asap please!
Surely only 'good advice' if you are planning on getting out if it within those 2 years. For me, that car has had a HARD life and I would not be convinced that at 2 years and 1 day it wasn't going to provide me with a HUGE bill that's not covered by anything at all.There are countless threads on here about the diminishing cover of warranties, so by this stage I would imagine even the 2 years warranty will not cover 'wear and tear' items like shocks etc.
You never know - but if it was me and buying with my own hard earned, I would carry on shopping.
I think there's an argument that at least this car is honest. It's probably been TLCed to within an inch of its life by Porsche if it was a demo-type car. Other cars are far less transparent and a few stamps in a service book (or not if it's less than 2 years old) are reasonably meaningless.
We're all different, but if it was me I'd take a punt. And maybe get the OPC to throw in a few retrofit options to sweeten the deal, the sort of thing that costs them peanuts to fit but would be silly money to the buyer (e.g. cruise control, but not for this car as it has it already clearly)
Absolutely this car is right for someone - just saying it wouldn't be for me.
Same as I wouldn't marry a porn star. Sure, she is in good nick with nothing really wrong on the surface, but...well...no.
W12GT said:
links to porsche site never work for some reason - which OPC and price?W12GT said:
It's the red one up as just under 52k
Link that works: http://locator.porsche.com/ipl-customer/ipl/detail...Gassing Station | Porsche General | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff