Porsche Colchester - Opinions?

[carparkno1]

Off to Colchester tomorrow for xmas shopping amongst other things, and the missus has green-lit me for a trip to the Porsche dealership (little does she know there are about 7 other dealers there that I may have a look at!)...

Does anybody have any experience of dealing with them/buying?

[Scelto]

My wife bought her ex-demo Boxster there last year and the experience was pretty good from beginning to end. Very accomodating for a test drive and subsequent requests (euro-style plates, etc).

I've had my 911 there a couple of times for warranty work and a winter wheel swap-over (they store my summer wheels) and have nothing bad to say about them at all.

edit, since it's related to your other thread:

YES - we haggled and got a good deal, mainly because we could complete immediately and help them hit whatever target they aiming for that month / quarter.

The cheapest car in stock right now is a Boxster at £30,995...

Edited by Scelto on Friday 18th November 12:27

[carparkno1]

Scelto said:

My wife bought her ex-demo Boxster there last year and the experience was pretty good from beginning to end. Very accomodating for a test drive and subsequent requests (euro-style plates, etc).

I've had my 911 there a couple of times for warranty work and a winter wheel swap-over (they store my summer wheels) and have nothing bad to say about them at all.

edit, since it's related to your other thread:

YES - we haggled and got a good deal, mainly because we could complete immediately and help them hit whatever target they aiming for that month / quarter.

The cheapest car in stock right now is a Boxster at £30,995...

Edited by Scelto on Friday 18th November 12:27

That's great thanks for the info. My budget creep is stuck firmly in two worlds:

1) A decent 996 for 14k or...
2) Use the 14k against a 997

Believe it or not option 2 was suggested by the missus!!!

[slodge]

Hi,

Have bought 2 cars off them: 7 C2S and 6 C4S. I thought they were very good indeed and they threw in a PSE with the 6 which was great. I had some issues with windscreen creak on the 6 and all was sorted professionally and quickly with low loader pick ups and drop offs, etc. The chap I used to deal with Richard has since left, but when he did go the principal (Simon?) i think called up to introduce himself which was nice. Obviously not the cheapest option versus an indie, but I have nothing but praise for them.

Have fun shopping - there are some great roads round there for test drives!

Cheers

SL

[gl20]

I bought an ex-demonstrator BoxsterS off them this summer. Had been put off in the past as I felt they priced a little above OPC averages but they were keen to do a deal and the service was excellent as it also was when I took it in to get a couple of things checked.

And, yes, no visit would be complete without a 10m stroll to the Ferrari dealership next door..;)

[Martian O]

I bought my car from them. The sales experience was good, the service department not so.

[36270k]

Have not used the sales or service departments,
but the parts department has always been very helpful in ordering 924 parts for me and prices have been reasonable.

Paul

[carparkno1]

So I went in there Saturday, very helpful fella gentleman took me around, discussed what I wanted. Several 997s took my fancy although I have to say I felt like I was sitting in a Boxster when I looked at the dash/fascia, a bit of a let-down for me.

Nice dealership and they are going to look around and let me know when something comes in (i.e anything but Arcitc Silver)

And yes, the Maser/Fezza dealership across the carpark got a quick visit. Unbelievable cars, but for me the Maserati's are always more of an "event" to look at than just about anything else.

[Podie]

My old man bought his Boxster, and then his Cayman from them - he didn't have a problem with them for sales or service.