so the Porsche Certificate of Authenticity - erm...
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For example, there is a silver 993 for sale on Collecting Cars.
I happened to look after 'investigating' the red turbo's advert.
Another awful 1980's style of narrative, but there's photos of
a) the PCA which states colour code A8A8 - which I think is wrong. That's the code for the earlier version of Polar Silver, not the 1996 version, but it could be either I suppose
and then
b) another photo which shows the actual underbonnet sticker, which says L92M, the same as mine.
So the PCA is wrong. Whoever produces them is just finding generic data and applying what might be correct, rather than finding the data for that car?
Or am I missing something?
I happened to look after 'investigating' the red turbo's advert.
Another awful 1980's style of narrative, but there's photos of
a) the PCA which states colour code A8A8 - which I think is wrong. That's the code for the earlier version of Polar Silver, not the 1996 version, but it could be either I suppose
and then
b) another photo which shows the actual underbonnet sticker, which says L92M, the same as mine.
So the PCA is wrong. Whoever produces them is just finding generic data and applying what might be correct, rather than finding the data for that car?
Or am I missing something?
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Yes I've seen that list elsewhere.
In 1990 Polar Silver was called A8 - in '91 it may have been called 92E, by '93 it could be the earlier code of A8 or now 92M, and by '97 they called it 92E or even A8 again..
But that car had 92M applied, not A8, otherwise the bonnet sticker would say 'A8' shirley?
There's no point of having a certificate if it doesn't match the car is my point.
In 1990 Polar Silver was called A8 - in '91 it may have been called 92E, by '93 it could be the earlier code of A8 or now 92M, and by '97 they called it 92E or even A8 again..
But that car had 92M applied, not A8, otherwise the bonnet sticker would say 'A8' shirley?
There's no point of having a certificate if it doesn't match the car is my point.
Maybe the 968 has come to the rescue...
http://968register.org/production-data/exteriorcol...
They list the 'Sales code' as A8 and the 'Paint code' as L92M
Isn't this exciting?
http://968register.org/production-data/exteriorcol...
They list the 'Sales code' as A8 and the 'Paint code' as L92M
Isn't this exciting?
Orangecurry said:
Yes I've seen that list elsewhere.
In 1990 Polar Silver was called A8 - in '91 it may have been called 92E, by '93 it could be the earlier code of A8 or now 92M, and by '97 they called it 92E or even A8 again..
But that car had 92M applied, not A8, otherwise the bonnet sticker would say 'A8' shirley?
There's no point of having a certificate if it doesn't match the car is my point.
Maybe - but don't call me Shirley.In 1990 Polar Silver was called A8 - in '91 it may have been called 92E, by '93 it could be the earlier code of A8 or now 92M, and by '97 they called it 92E or even A8 again..
But that car had 92M applied, not A8, otherwise the bonnet sticker would say 'A8' shirley?
There's no point of having a certificate if it doesn't match the car is my point.
C4ME said:
Porsche stopped doing the CoA quite a while ago now and are generally unhelpful these days if you are trying to ascertain the details of a car. It could well be because their records were sometimes inconsistent and what got printed on the CoA was what was in the computer and if that had been entered incorrectly then it caused problems.
There has been talk that they are working on a new system based on an annual subscription to have your car kept on an official historical register in Porsche. I had heard the subscription would be around £250 - £500 a year but there has never been anything official said by the factory on if they are working on something like this or not.
Fair enough - they stopped CoA and replaced with CoP for a bit - for mine they are spot on. But they are only ever the factory production spec sheet - always were only that. So any mods, changed labels, replaced panels with different labels, dealer fit accessories, modifications, etc. are never going to be on there. I have mine as a bit of history about the car - more of a curio really - and nothing more than that.There has been talk that they are working on a new system based on an annual subscription to have your car kept on an official historical register in Porsche. I had heard the subscription would be around £250 - £500 a year but there has never been anything official said by the factory on if they are working on something like this or not.
SnowySpeeder said:
tracer.smart said:
Where from? One of mine is looking jaded and water damaged and would be great to replace.
FWIW - I wouldn't replace an old sticker. A shiny new sticker is likely to raise questions from any future buyer....
(Has it been crashed/had a new bonnet etc...).
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