996 Turbo buying advice
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I am about to buy 996 Turbo on a 52 plate. Its apparently the 03 model, but being a Porshe virgin, the dealer could tell me anything.
Although the dealer has a lot of Porsches he is not a porsche specialist so I am a little nervous about buying it.
I live in North London so once bought I will be straight over to Jaz to get it looked over, the car seems immaculate, its done 7000 miles and only has a few stone chips on the nose and a full service history.
Is there anything I should be looking out for, before I part with my cash?
www.hendonwaymotors.com/
You can see it here, go to the 996's and its the Seal Grey Turbo
Adrian
Although the dealer has a lot of Porsches he is not a porsche specialist so I am a little nervous about buying it.
I live in North London so once bought I will be straight over to Jaz to get it looked over, the car seems immaculate, its done 7000 miles and only has a few stone chips on the nose and a full service history.
Is there anything I should be looking out for, before I part with my cash?
www.hendonwaymotors.com/
You can see it here, go to the 996's and its the Seal Grey Turbo
Adrian
"I know that every car mag and journalist will say go get a 911, but I can't quite bring myself to buy such a boring looking, common (in North London)piece of german mass production. (don't flame me, just my opinion and will still probably buy one)"
Glad to see you came to your senses
Excellent choice! Looks stunning.
For me, and others on here, OPC check and then a Porsche warranty. The OPC check isn't much money, and very thorough.
Glad to see you came to your senses
Excellent choice! Looks stunning. For me, and others on here, OPC check and then a Porsche warranty. The OPC check isn't much money, and very thorough.
I've often wondered why they can't quote prices on the website?
Most other dealers seems to be able to overcome all the obstacles they quote and actually say what the price for the car is! Cars I've looked at there seem in the upper decile of prices.
They obviously don't deal in old sheds though.
Koenig
>> Edited by koenig999 on Saturday 8th April 11:13
Most other dealers seems to be able to overcome all the obstacles they quote and actually say what the price for the car is! Cars I've looked at there seem in the upper decile of prices.
They obviously don't deal in old sheds though.
Koenig
>> Edited by koenig999 on Saturday 8th April 11:13
The car trades at £53000 and retails for £62K......You will only get it for less than £60K if it were a private sell. Hendon will spend around £2K on prep, where as an OPC will spend around £4K to get it past the RAC audit. The warranty from an OPC is worth a £1000. The difference with buying from an OPC is that the service department have an open cheque book to put the car right, at a specialist they will do the bear minimum to the car. You pay your money and make your choice. On a Turbo I would not risk buying it from anywhere but an OPC. Go and look at the used cars in AFN West London showroom; you cannot find a single stone chip or oil leak on any of their cars; plus they are all in the showroom under spot lights. Even the old Y reg cars look like new.
As for the model year, you can tell it from the VIN number: the 10th character in the VIN should read a 3 for the 2003 model year.
You should also verify it is a UK car. The sticker in the service book, or the sticker under the bonnet should have the code C16. If not, you should get it for a cheaper price.
>> Edited by aerostar on Saturday 8th April 23:21
You should also verify it is a UK car. The sticker in the service book, or the sticker under the bonnet should have the code C16. If not, you should get it for a cheaper price.
>> Edited by aerostar on Saturday 8th April 23:21
I know that exact car as I was in Hendon Way a couple of weeks ago - looking at a different car. I was not interested in the other because I don't like the grey leather (only black does it for me) - the one that you are looking at is a lovely car so they turned their attentions to selling me that one.
I can't remember the exact price but it was far too high - when I said that it was too much for me I was told that they could work the price down £6k. This was before I started negotiating so I reckon you could do better than that.
They seemed like nice guys there but I don't know them well enough to make a recommendation...
I can't remember the exact price but it was far too high - when I said that it was too much for me I was told that they could work the price down £6k. This was before I started negotiating so I reckon you could do better than that.
They seemed like nice guys there but I don't know them well enough to make a recommendation...
smirnoff said:
Actually my next question was going to be how much do you think it should be? Difficult to compare as it has such low mileage and is as new inside and out (nearly).
When they eventually get down to their "best price" see what you can get from an OPC for the same money, or at least close. Car from an OPC will be 100% and come with a bullet proof warranty that you can extend each year. Given some of the nasty stories circulating around here lately about warranties not covering mechanical failures you may be better off biting the bullet and buying from an OPC. You may end up with an older car and/or more miles on the clock or pay a few more £'s but you will be covered if the car has a "hissy fit" as these are expensive without a warranty designed to cover such a car.
Just another 2p worth
Yex
smirnoff said:
I live in North London so once bought I will be straight over to Jaz to get it looked over
Surely you should be getting it looked over before you buy? Yes, you can get an OPC inspection (£250) and if it passes you can buy a Porsche warranty from them (£725). Personally, I don't think the inspection is that thorough however, you need it in order to get the warranty which is well worth the money. I would say that car is worth £60k.
My advise would be to agree a price subject to satisfactory OPC inspection and get it inspected before you buy. If it passes, go for it. If it doesn't then get them to put it right. In either case get the warranty.
>> Edited by barry_j on Monday 10th April 08:18
barry_j said:
I live in North London so once bought I will be straight over to Jaz to get it looked over
Surely you should be getting it looked over before you buy? Yes, you can get an OPC inspection (£250) and if it passes you can buy a Porsche warranty from them (£725). Personally, I don't think the inspection is that thorough however, you need it in order to get the warranty which is well worth the money. I would say that car is worth £60k.
I will get it looked at first, and as the general advice is OPC and Porche warranty I will go down this route, just bugs me that a car that now needs an MOT will have to be maintained by an OPC at their large hourly rates, when I have a fantastic independant around the corner.
smirnoff said:
I live in North London so once bought I will be straight over to Jaz to get it looked over
Surely you should be getting it looked over before you buy? Yes, you can get an OPC inspection (£250) and if it passes you can buy a Porsche warranty from them (£725). Personally, I don't think the inspection is that thorough however, you need it in order to get the warranty which is well worth the money. I would say that car is worth £60k.
I will get it looked at first, and as the general advice is OPC and Porche warranty I will go down this route, just bugs me that a car that now needs an MOT will have to be maintained by an OPC at their large hourly rates, when I have a fantastic independant around the corner.
If the car has an OPC warranty, it DOES NOT have to be serviced/repaired at an OPC in order to comply with the warranty terms & conditions. The garage performing the work needs to use OEM parts and stick to the official service routines. My independent sometimes carries out warranty work on behalf of an OPC
smirnoff - drop me a mail as I may be able to save you a few £k on that car
by the way it hasn't got a phone module on the PCM and is actually dark grey natural leather and not black (it looks black but is noticably softer and is less prone to creasing - witness how good the drivers bolster is on that car). HNW got both wrong when I saw the car. Also the front bumper certainly has a few scuffs on it - nothing wrong theur but an OPC would have sorted them out.
Yes I did almost buy it and would have done were it not for the seal grey (my old car was this and I really wanted basalt for the next car)
by the way it hasn't got a phone module on the PCM and is actually dark grey natural leather and not black (it looks black but is noticably softer and is less prone to creasing - witness how good the drivers bolster is on that car). HNW got both wrong when I saw the car. Also the front bumper certainly has a few scuffs on it - nothing wrong theur but an OPC would have sorted them out.
Yes I did almost buy it and would have done were it not for the seal grey (my old car was this and I really wanted basalt for the next car)
silver993tt said:
If the car has an OPC warranty, it DOES NOT have to be serviced/repaired at an OPC in order to comply with the warranty terms & conditions. The garage performing the work needs to use OEM parts and stick to the official service routines. My independent sometimes carries out warranty work on behalf of an OPC
Mine was serviced by an independent and I've used the warranty.
As long as they use Porsche parts, schedules and procedures it's ok.
Some dealers weren't happy for me to have an OPC inspect the car when I was shopping, so I walked away.
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