OPC sale with no 2 year warranty

[BigD21]

I've just bought myself my first Porsche. A 2012 Cayman 987.2.

The local garage I bought it from told me the previous owner bought it from an OPC last year. He didn't think the previous owner had the 2 year warranty.

There's paperwork with the car relating to the 2 year roadside assistance but nothing about the warranty.

Is it possible the OPC sale last year was done without the 2 year warranty?

[Twinfan]

More likely they did, but by selling the car to the dealer the warranty became null and void. It's only transferable via a private sale.

[BigD21]

Any way around this?

[Twinfan]

Nope.

You can put a Porsche warranty on the car via any OPC, but the car will need to be 100% standard and pass a Porsche 111-point check. For a two year warranty that would cost around £1300ish, more if you need replacement parts.

[Cheib]

BigD21 said:

Any way around this?

Once you have owned the car for three months you can take out a warranty via an OPC. If the car was SoR and never owned by the dealer you would be okay.

[BigD21]

Would you bother with the 2 yr extended warranty on a 2012 987.2 Cayman or stick £1300 in a slush fund?

The car has full OPC service history, having just had an OPC minor service and done 45k miles.

[supersport]

I would just find a goody indie.

[Koln-RS]

Hmmm.
It may be possible, if you are quick, and the previous owner is amenable, to get him to transfer it to you.
Who’s to know it wasn’t a private sale ? - Ive seen plenty of dealers advertising cars with “Extended Porsche Warranty”
Definitely worth having if you can get it, even if you have to offer to sweeten the deal for their assistance. It’s no use to them.

[Armitage.Shanks]

BigD21 said:

Would you bother with the 2 yr extended warranty on a 2012 987.2 Cayman or stick £1300 in a slush fund?

The car has full OPC service history, having just had an OPC minor service and done 45k miles.

Nope I wouldn't bother. A good Indie should take care of your needs.

[Porsche911R]

Twinfan said:

Nope.

You can put a Porsche warranty on the car via any OPC, but the car will need to be 100% standard and pass a Porsche 111-point check. For a two year warranty that would cost around £1300ish, more if you need replacement parts.

yes, get the last owner to transfer the warranty to you via the dealer.

3rd party dealers do this, I did this on my 991.1 GTS with a major dealer which I DID NOT SOR.

it's shocking tatics by Porsche to void a paid for warranty but my GTS had 22 months warranty left as I did not like the car.

I would happy to phone Porsche and move the warranty to the new buyer via the dealer, in fact In the end I only had to sign a letter the dealer already made up.

Edited by Porsche911R on Thursday 18th June 09:02

[Twinfan]

The dealer has claimed that the seller didn't have the OPC warranty, so you're going to have to get them to contact the seller after they've both sold the car to see if they'll transfer the warranty out of the good of their heart? It's a bit of a stretch, which is why I said "nope".

You might get lucky I guess, but these are questions to ask before buying the car not afterwards...

[Porsche911R]

Twinfan said:

The dealer has claimed that the seller didn't have the OPC warranty, so you're going to have to get them to contact the seller after they've both sold the car to see if they'll transfer the warranty out of the good of their heart? It's a bit of a stretch, which is why I said "nope".

You might get lucky I guess, but these are questions to ask before buying the car not afterwards...

Nope was still yes though.

there is a way round it, but yes better to get it done before you buy it.

[Trevor555]

I've found nowadays it isn't always easy to contact a previous owner.

It's no longer printed on the V5, and many dealers simply chuck paperwork away.

So as said above, get it sorted before you purchase.

The selling dealer will have access to the former keeper, you may not.

[BigD21]

Thanks guys. The dealer is asking the seller about the warranty. Ita a small village garage and he knows the seller personally so I'm sure if there is one it can be transferred. I've only paid a deposit at this stage.

I'm more interested in knowing could the car have been sold by OPC without the warranty? Has anyone heard of this?

Edited by BigD21 on Thursday 18th June 20:01

[996Targa]

Two year warranty is given on cars up to 13 years old.

There are cars at PCs which are older and will not be eligible for the two year warranty.

[khushy]

Ive done 121,000 miles in my 2010 987.2 - apart from about £200 of warranty work and normal servicing - nothing has ever gone wrong

Slush fund, drive it, service it, get someone else to Clean it ..... repeat

[BigD21]

khushy said:

Ive done 121,000 miles in my 2010 987.2 - apart from about £200 of warranty work and normal servicing - nothing has ever gone wrong

Slush fund, drive it, service it, get someone else to Clean it ..... repeat

Sounds good. Mine will be used daily so expect to put some miles on it.

[hood69]

Is it not the case that you can get a refund on an extended warranty if you sell the car.
So if there was say 15mts of warranty left,you can get a refund on the year remaining.
I think I remember reading that on a warranty document.

[SFO]

hood69 said:

Is it not the case that you can get a refund on an extended warranty if you sell the car.
So if there was say 15mts of warranty left,you can get a refund on the year remaining.
I think I remember reading that on a warranty document.

I suspect no refund if any claims have been paid.

[SennaCGTS]

Bought from OPC and when all paperwork came through the warranty was for only 18 months, I challenged this “cough cough” oversight and a new warranty was applied continuing from expiry of the original.