How easy is it to clock a 997?
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Henry-F said:
A 30k mls car overdue a service suddenly becomes 11-14k mls, not overdue anymore.....
Considering the 20k mile service intervals on these cars, this is VERY bad news is'nt it? Your example could have its first service at over 40k!!!!This boils my blood.
MTR
Edited by mollytherocker on Friday 15th June 01:08
Scary stuff....No way to tell if the car is clocked or not especially if the clocking is done by a professional
Porsches are so well build that it is impossible to tell especially the car is only clocked less than 25 percent of its mileage
You have zero chance of catching a real crook
Clockers clock before the main service and they service the car by a specialist in between so the car is still in condition
Check everything and hope the car is genuine or not clocked more than few thousand miles
Fact is
Other than main dealers forget about the rest
You are buying cheap and cheap for a reason
No free meals
Too good to be true
For sure not true
Porsches are so well build that it is impossible to tell especially the car is only clocked less than 25 percent of its mileage
You have zero chance of catching a real crook
Clockers clock before the main service and they service the car by a specialist in between so the car is still in condition
Check everything and hope the car is genuine or not clocked more than few thousand miles
Fact is
Other than main dealers forget about the rest
You are buying cheap and cheap for a reason
No free meals
Too good to be true
For sure not true
Sadi-rnhry said:
No way to tell if the car is clocked or not especially if the clocking is done by a professional
Porsches are so well build that it is impossible to tell especially the car is only clocked less than 25 percent of its mileage
You have zero chance of catching a real crook
Clockers clock before the main service and they service the car by a specialist in between so the car is still in condition
Check everything and hope the car is genuine or not clocked more than few thousand miles
Fact is
Other than main dealers forget about the rest
You are buying cheap and cheap for a reason
No free meals
Too good to be true
For sure not true
This is utter horse sPorsches are so well build that it is impossible to tell especially the car is only clocked less than 25 percent of its mileage
You have zero chance of catching a real crook
Clockers clock before the main service and they service the car by a specialist in between so the car is still in condition
Check everything and hope the car is genuine or not clocked more than few thousand miles
Fact is
Other than main dealers forget about the rest
You are buying cheap and cheap for a reason
No free meals
Too good to be true
For sure not true
t!Some people don't want to give the main dealer a £10k margin and chose to do things themselves or through an indi. This can often make it better value that from a franchise dealer and doesn't automatically make it clocked.
S1MMA said:
Interesting one:
I was making an enquiry towards a 997 GT2 that I spotted, white of course - very nice Harry.
Anyway, its a 2009 model (PCM3), showing 9,500 on the clock but with no service book. Supplying dealer (non-OPC) was kind enough to text me the chassis number to confirm it's had a service as one would have been due by 2011. No problemo, easy to get another book and rectify. So I call Porsche, and the nice man confirms its been serviced in 2011, great. What milage? 27,000. WTF?
The supplying dealer was a bit shocked. They bought the car outright also it seems so now have a lemon which has been clocked.
So how easy is it to do this? And how easy is it to spot if done? Can OPC tell if a car has been played around with?
whats the reg ?I was making an enquiry towards a 997 GT2 that I spotted, white of course - very nice Harry.
Anyway, its a 2009 model (PCM3), showing 9,500 on the clock but with no service book. Supplying dealer (non-OPC) was kind enough to text me the chassis number to confirm it's had a service as one would have been due by 2011. No problemo, easy to get another book and rectify. So I call Porsche, and the nice man confirms its been serviced in 2011, great. What milage? 27,000. WTF?
The supplying dealer was a bit shocked. They bought the car outright also it seems so now have a lemon which has been clocked.
So how easy is it to do this? And how easy is it to spot if done? Can OPC tell if a car has been played around with?
woollyjoe said:
I know a few cars for sale now that have been clocked. All well over £100k.
What is just as shocking is that the sellers know they are clocked. One person clocked a limited edition car, try to flip it, was caught out, but the sales garage still bought the car. They knowingly sell the car clocked but won't tell the buyer.
As a result of how many high end cars I know to be clocked, I would not buy a low mileage car as I simply don't believe a car does 500 miles in a year for example.
No doubt that is true in a lot of cases but I drive my Lotus 340R as much as possible and have only averaged 500 miles per year in the last 3 years. The two previous owners managed similar as it has only covered 8,000 miles in 17 years.What is just as shocking is that the sellers know they are clocked. One person clocked a limited edition car, try to flip it, was caught out, but the sales garage still bought the car. They knowingly sell the car clocked but won't tell the buyer.
As a result of how many high end cars I know to be clocked, I would not buy a low mileage car as I simply don't believe a car does 500 miles in a year for example.
Holy thread resurrection etc
Demon, the car was for sale in the auto free zone in Dubai, its LHD and originally supplied from Qatar. I was living over there at the time. I don't think I even have the vin any more, was on a Dubai phone which I tossed.
It was a nice enough GT2, and the mileage was in KM so either way if someone had been running it for the last 5 years or so it would probably have been a good car, just not for me. Was strong money also then, but worth double now obv.
Demon, the car was for sale in the auto free zone in Dubai, its LHD and originally supplied from Qatar. I was living over there at the time. I don't think I even have the vin any more, was on a Dubai phone which I tossed.
It was a nice enough GT2, and the mileage was in KM so either way if someone had been running it for the last 5 years or so it would probably have been a good car, just not for me. Was strong money also then, but worth double now obv.
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