Advice on potential 911 purchase

[Nomes]

Hi all,

Some advice please. Considering a 2012 991 Carrera which is on sale at a garage (non-Porsche specialist). 43,000 miles, reasonable spec. Issue is that there is a missing service in 2020, presumably due to COVID. Was serviced in 2018 at an OPC and then again in 2022 by the current garage. It did 10,000 miles in that time. I am a little concerend at the idea of the car having not had an oil change for 4 years. Thoughts?

[GT4P]

Although due to covid in 2020 it’s no excuse for missing a service even if a month or two late even if just to change the oil! For example our mini was due its first 2 year service in June 2020 but ended up getting done August 2020. Personally I would steer clear who knows what else has been missed?

[julian987R]

Nomes said:

Hi all,

Some advice please. Considering a 2012 991 Carrera which is on sale at a garage (non-Porsche specialist). 43,000 miles, reasonable spec. Issue is that there is a missing service in 2020, presumably due to COVID. Was serviced in 2018 at an OPC and then again in 2022 by the current garage. It did 10,000 miles in that time. I am a little concerend at the idea of the car having not had an oil change for 4 years. Thoughts?

Use that to your advantage and ask for £10K off as you will then be handed that issue should you ever come to sell it - so you need to think about discount now, and for when you come to sell it (as you'll be negotiated on your selling price as a result further down the line).
if no £10K off then walk away.

[thecopster]

Yup unless it’s a dream spec keep looking. Why compromise.

What spec etc are you after?

[67Dino]

Question is: why risk it? Probably be fine, as 10k miles is not so many, but equally might need a new engine. Given there’s plenty around at that sort of mileage, unless it’s a great discount or a very very special spec I’d step away.

[supersport]

Whilst there is a lot of crap talked about servicing, who would get a service done at a none specialist?

Not sure I would be buying one from a non specialist either.

[g7jhp]

supersport said:

Whilst there is a lot of crap talked about servicing, who would get a service done at a none specialist?

Not sure I would be buying one from a non specialist either.

I always get my cars serviced at a specialist, but wouldn't be put off buying a car if it had a service at a non-specialist.

Just get an inspection and buy on condition.

[Jeremy-75qq8]

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[esotericar]

g7jhp said:

Just get an inspection and buy on condition.

Limit to what an inspection will tell you. Stuff like internal engine wear or if the oil actually was changed this year by the selling specialist, well, you're not really going to find that out. Service records do matter for that reason. If there's record of proper servicing at outlets likely to have done the work properly, that's information you can't make up for with an inspection.

[g7jhp]

esotericar said:

g7jhp said:

Just get an inspection and buy on condition.

Limit to what an inspection will tell you. Stuff like internal engine wear or if the oil actually was changed this year by the selling specialist, well, you're not really going to find that out. Service records do matter for that reason. If there's record of proper servicing at outlets likely to have done the work properly, that's information you can't make up for with an inspection.

Of course service records matter, but they are part of buying on condition. That oil change could have been done by any competent garage.

I keep all the service history on my car and it's all logged on a spreadsheet along with MOTs and every other job.

Helps to remember when things were doing and is always useful when you sell.