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The Egham Ferrari dealership? I popped in and looked at a 996 Turbo last year. Very polished showroom, served nice coffee, had a pretty girl on reception. The salesman had a big smile but I wasn't over impressed of his knowledge of Porsches. I forget the details but his justification for choosing a 996 Turbo over a 993 Turbo was laughable. Something along the lines of "the 993 looks dated now and is older so less reliable".
Looks fairly easy to blag a test drive though judging by the number of kids that I see hooning up and down the A30 in Ferraris' with trade plates on! And the Midnight Blue GT2 they currently have is stunning!
Looks fairly easy to blag a test drive though judging by the number of kids that I see hooning up and down the A30 in Ferraris' with trade plates on! And the Midnight Blue GT2 they currently have is stunning!
i have seen this one, its looks nice. I looked at a GT3 there a year ago and at the time my impression was that it was a very good price for a dealership. Now the only words of wisdom i can offer here is this....I bought my last car (a 996 C4 with the GT3 bodykit) from aston martin 2 years ago for 38k it was absolutely mint and dealers at the time where selling them at 40k+, within a month aston martin had forked out for new discs and a new stereo....too good to be true....my theory....they took this this as a px on an aston, i came back with a few probs that cost them £1500....did they really care when they are selling astons for approx 150k+.....so basically all I am saying is that these dealerships "can" be good to deal with when its something they don't specialise in, they just want to sell it on and if it goes wrong the cost of fixing is small compared to ferraris and astons......so maybe a good place to buy.......goodluck
rumplestiltskin said:
jamesallum said:
The salesman had a big smile but I wasn't over impressed of his knowledge of Porsches.
Well it is a Ferrari/Maserati dealership so I would guess his knowledge wouldn't be 100%.
R.
That's bollox. All car salespeople should know their entire market, and be able to converse technically at all levels. I went to buy a Ferrari Enzo from Graypaul in Nottingham recently. The salesman didn't know the 0-60 of a Kia Matiz - I walked.
I have purchased 2 911's from them in the last two years and have not had any problems. They recently moved away from OPC 111 check and warranty to Warrantywise, which appears to be a cost saving exercise despite the salesmans best patter about it being better ?!
Cost wise, I think they have been pretty competitive, and periodically they have "sales" to shift excess stock. They are open to negotiation and you can get 10% off without too much effort.
The GT2 looks stunning......give them a call
Cost wise, I think they have been pretty competitive, and periodically they have "sales" to shift excess stock. They are open to negotiation and you can get 10% off without too much effort.
The GT2 looks stunning......give them a call
simonharrod911 said:
DucatiGary said:
this place has gone GT2 crazy
I was thinking that. I think Porsche are secretly making more of them!
add in a couple of RMS rumours and before you know it they'll be 'common as BMWs' and worthless unless in the right colour combo with the right options...
Vesuvius 996 said:
Unfortunately when they (eventually) showed me the service book there were stamps missing from the Longlife Guarantee.
Mine is missing a couple too... Yet the service stamps were done on the button. The service includes a "free" inspection to keep up the long life guarantee. If it's been in the main dealer for the service, and there's a stamp to prove it, they can hardly decline warranty/goodwill/longlife claims on the basis that they failed to do the free inspection while it was in their shop getting the, erm, free inspection...
This was confirmed during my new clutch debacle.
SM
supermono said:
Vesuvius 996 said:
Unfortunately when they (eventually) showed me the service book there were stamps missing from the Longlife Guarantee.
Mine is missing a couple too... Yet the service stamps were done on the button. The service includes a "free" inspection to keep up the long life guarantee. If it's been in the main dealer for the service, and there's a stamp to prove it, they can hardly decline warranty/goodwill/longlife claims on the basis that they failed to do the free inspection while it was in their shop getting the, erm, free inspection...
This was confirmed during my new clutch debacle.
SM
Be careful - if you have a corrosion problem the will screw you over. The terms and conditions of the Longlife Guarantee require that there is a stamp done at the time of the inspection, otherwise no cover, whether it was allegedly done or not. They will say (playing Devils Avocado here) that the service may wekk have been done, but that there is no evidence that the inspection was.
I'd get onto whoever missed the stamps and persuade them to stamp it up quick.
My last OPC service was done recently and they gave me the car back in perfect shape but with no stamps in the book
You should get a letter from the OPC concerned that confirms you are covered.
Edited by Vesuvius 996 on Thursday 2nd November 10:49
[quote=simonharrod911
That's bollox. All car salespeople should know their entire market, and be able to converse technically at all levels. I went to buy a Ferrari Enzo from Graypaul in Nottingham recently. The salesman didn't know the 0-60 of a Kia Matiz - I walked.[/quote]
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That's bollox. All car salespeople should know their entire market, and be able to converse technically at all levels. I went to buy a Ferrari Enzo from Graypaul in Nottingham recently. The salesman didn't know the 0-60 of a Kia Matiz - I walked.[/quote]
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