How finicky to be regarding previous Service History

[Dingle Dell]

Currently looking to buy a 718 Cayman GTS (2.5). Have seen one at a main dealer that ticks most of the boxes, but has the following service history.

The 3rd service was carried out quite late. Not ideal but not sure if it's a big enough issue to not consider the car, especially as so few pre-GPF GTS come up for sale. Interested in other peoples thoughts.

[LiamH66]

From an official Porsche dealer? As long as it comes with a decent used warranty, and they are willing to extend it, I wouldn't be in the slightest worried.

Liam

[limpsfield]

LiamH66 said:

From an official Porsche dealer? As long as it comes with a decent used warranty, and they are willing to extend it, I wouldn't be in the slightest worried.

Liam

Same for me

[itcaptainslow]

Isn’t it a year late rather than a month late?

[scrounger73]

I'd want to see the service book stamps. It may well have had a service done by an Indie which wouldn't necessarily show on the PPN system unless they are registered with Porsche. If the OPC brought it in to stock in March then they would have had to re-do the service to bring it in to the Porsche EW requirements to be able to put a 2 year warranty on it.

[Dingle Dell]

itcaptainslow said:

Isn t it a year late rather than a month late?

Yes, it was 10 months or 12 months late depending on whether you compare to 1st or 2nd service.

It is from an OPC though, so would come with full warranty. I don't really feel overly concerned there will be any issue with the car, just don't want a ball-ache when I come to move the car on myself.

When I queried it, they did say there was believed to be a specialist service in 2024, but there is no paperwork to back that up and they can provide no further details, so not much use.

[AW10]

I'd tread carefully. The Porsche Approved Warranty Policy states:

“What is not covered? …

2. A claim made under Your Policy for the repair or replacement of a defective system or component shall be invalid to
the extent that the defect results from any of the following: …

b) Your Vehicle has previously been repaired, maintained, or serviced in a way other than in accordance with the
manufacturer’s standards, as defined in the ‘Guarantee and Maintenance’ booklet and the owner’s manual; or
c) Service, repair, or maintenance has previously been performed on the Vehicle by you or a third party who is not
an authorised Porsche Centre/Porsche Service Centre; or”

I appreciate you're buying from a main dealer so there should be no issues but it's not a bun fight I'd wish to ever have, even if I won in the end.

[scrounger73]

The 111 point check would bring it back into Porsche Extended warranty requirements (including servicing) so the extended warranty would be fully valid going forward.

I'd as your sales guy if they can get in touch with the previous owner to see if they can tell you if it had a service in 2024 and by whom. When you have that info, contact the Indie and ask if the info is correct. If it is, and you buy the car, I'd ask the Indie to stamp the service book or provide you with an invoice of the work completed.

[Trevor555]

Dingle Dell said:

When I queried it, they did say there was believed to be a specialist service in 2024, but there is no paperwork to back that up and they can provide no further details, so not much use.

This is what I hate about some dealers/sales people.

Say any bksxx to sell a car.

[AW10]

Trevor555 said:

This is what I hate about some dealers/sales people.

Say any bksxx to sell a car.

+718 They just want to make the sale and if you’re left holding bag in the future they won’t give a stuff.

If the car is very special for you in the way of spec/price/location then maybe the donkey work and difficult-to-quantify extra risk is worth it. But if it’s just another 718 2.5 GTS then perhaps walk away.

[Furbo]

Dingle Dell said:

Currently looking to buy a 718 Cayman GTS (2.5). Have seen one at a main dealer that ticks most of the boxes, but has the following service history.

The 3rd service was carried out quite late. Not ideal but not sure if it's a big enough issue to not consider the car, especially as so few pre-GPF GTS come up for sale. Interested in other peoples thoughts.

Serviced 10 months late with a low miles / annum rate. Meh. Get an email from Porsche customer service stating that it won't invalidate current or future extended warranty. Buy car.

[Alex Z]

Furbo said:

Dingle Dell said:

Currently looking to buy a 718 Cayman GTS (2.5). Have seen one at a main dealer that ticks most of the boxes, but has the following service history.

The 3rd service was carried out quite late. Not ideal but not sure if it's a big enough issue to not consider the car, especially as so few pre-GPF GTS come up for sale. Interested in other peoples thoughts.

Serviced 10 months late with a low miles / annum rate. Meh. Get an email from Porsche customer service stating that it won't invalidate current or future extended warranty. Buy car.

Yep, with that few miles, as long as they are prepared to put things in writing I’d go for it.

[Armitage.Shanks]

Furbo said:

Dingle Dell said:

Currently looking to buy a 718 Cayman GTS (2.5). Have seen one at a main dealer that ticks most of the boxes, but has the following service history.

The 3rd service was carried out quite late. Not ideal but not sure if it's a big enough issue to not consider the car, especially as so few pre-GPF GTS come up for sale. Interested in other peoples thoughts.

Serviced 10 months late with a low miles / annum rate. Meh. Get an email from Porsche customer service stating that it won't invalidate current or future extended warranty. Buy car.

Scrounger has covered it off. The 111-point inspection and OPC service qualifies for the 2yr OPC extended warranty so the fact it was late for a service before that is immaterial, especially if you're going to keep it serviced by OPC. It's a no brainer if it's the right spec and the right price and it's being sold and warrantied by an OPC buy the car. Just hope that when you come to sell it a few years down the line a 993 owner doesn't come to view it as they worry about a car that's missed a service over 20yrs ago despite being service annually ever since

[SV_WDC]

OP - similar situation when I bought my car from OPC.

I rang a guy I knew at a well-respected indie to ask the hypotheticals of "if I was selling this car to you with this gap in service history" and was essentially told not to worry about it as they see this thing all the time.

[Nuttcase]

If the service on 19/5/22 was a major, then car will be due another major spark plug service in May 2026. I would try to get that future service included in the deal as it's only 5 months away. They should really offer that pro-actively - if you brought that car in to an OPC today to trade-in, pretty sure they would dock you some value due to that service requirement in May.

[Dingle Dell]

Nuttcase said:

If the service on 19/5/22 was a major, then car will be due another major spark plug service in May 2026. I would try to get that future service included in the deal as it's only 5 months away. They should really offer that pro-actively - if you brought that car in to an OPC today to trade-in, pretty sure they would dock you some value due to that service requirement in May.

Apparently the service this year was a major - but I will get back down there and get this all confirmed.

[Dingle Dell]

Thanks for all the feedback everyone.

[Doddler]

I actually bought a 718 Spyder with the 2nd service being over a year late albeit with low miles in between services. It came from an OPC who gave it the full 2 years extended warranty and I have had a few niggles sorted under warranty by another OPC dealer, so all good.

[Furbo]

Porsche causing problems is secondary to buyers being picky when you try to move the car on. Hence why I suggested getting Porsche to confirm by email that there will be no warranty issues.

Porsche buyers are the most pernickety I’ve ever come across, when it comes to service history.

[ATM]

Furbo said:

Porsche buyers are the most pernickety I ve ever come across, when it comes to service history.

And spec
And mileage
And number of owners
And absolutely anything and everything it is even remotely possible to be pernickety over

And unfortunately it means everyone else is

Because look now we are

We're being pernickety because we think future buyers might be pernickety

And so it's a self fulfilling prophecy or whatever it's called where the thought of people being pernickety makes you mimic them and so be pernickety