Hello Porsche Owners,
I bought my first Porsche a few weeks ago, a 981 Boxster and I'm impressed. Initially it felt rather heavy and slow, probably because my previous car was an Ariel Atom, but that's all relative. I've adapted my driving style and now love it.
My car is 18 months old and at the time of purchase had done just over 9,000 miles, and ridiculously has over £16,000 of extras on it, but as we all know, that's Porsche. In fact I found all the extra's so complicated when I was looking for a car I had to create a spread sheet showing all the cars in my price range and all their relative extras and what they cost, just to try and understand which cars were good value.
However, and this probably shows a prejudice on my part, I expected as I was buying from an OPC I'd be buying from a dealership a rank above the norm.
I knew from what I'd read on this site that getting a reduction in the asking price is practically impossible, but when the salesman tells you "˜It's price to sell' and you point out its been for sale for 6 months and he looks at you blankly, seeming not understanding the hypocrisy of what he's saying, you do wonder.
However, later when the deal had been done and he showed me over the car before I drove away I discovered he had little knowledge of the product, certainly less than I'd gained after a couple of hours looking at the Porsche App, "Good to Know" (which he'd never even heard of) so I thought it best to just drive away and sort out the controls myself.
I must admit to also being disappointed that after spending over £40,000 on a car Porsche don't update the satellite navigation on the PCM with the latest maps. I was told an update was about £150, which to Porsche must be much less; rather parsimonious of Porsche I thought considering what I'd just spent.
Paul
I bought my first Porsche a few weeks ago, a 981 Boxster and I'm impressed. Initially it felt rather heavy and slow, probably because my previous car was an Ariel Atom, but that's all relative. I've adapted my driving style and now love it.
My car is 18 months old and at the time of purchase had done just over 9,000 miles, and ridiculously has over £16,000 of extras on it, but as we all know, that's Porsche. In fact I found all the extra's so complicated when I was looking for a car I had to create a spread sheet showing all the cars in my price range and all their relative extras and what they cost, just to try and understand which cars were good value.
However, and this probably shows a prejudice on my part, I expected as I was buying from an OPC I'd be buying from a dealership a rank above the norm.
I knew from what I'd read on this site that getting a reduction in the asking price is practically impossible, but when the salesman tells you "˜It's price to sell' and you point out its been for sale for 6 months and he looks at you blankly, seeming not understanding the hypocrisy of what he's saying, you do wonder.
However, later when the deal had been done and he showed me over the car before I drove away I discovered he had little knowledge of the product, certainly less than I'd gained after a couple of hours looking at the Porsche App, "Good to Know" (which he'd never even heard of) so I thought it best to just drive away and sort out the controls myself.
I must admit to also being disappointed that after spending over £40,000 on a car Porsche don't update the satellite navigation on the PCM with the latest maps. I was told an update was about £150, which to Porsche must be much less; rather parsimonious of Porsche I thought considering what I'd just spent.
Paul
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