No 'Boxster' badge on boot should I be suspicious?

[Mark_Bennett]

Unless it's an Automatic?

The designation for Porsche's automatic gearbox is "Tiptronic S" so causing much confusion... [&:]

 

[London987]

i wouldn't even bother looking at it.when i looked for a bmw i found thousands of wrongly badgedcars.bmw was great - they have a service so you can call up with the reg and they tell you what it is meant to be. M badges only cost a few pounds..... if its advertised as a 2.7S then straight away that's alarm bells to me...current owner may have no idea but do you want to buy a car off someone that has such little interest OR wants to bluff a newbie?

 

[colinbythesea]

Please correct me if I am wrong, but I think the Tiptronic was available with the switches on the steering wheel as an option which made it the Tiptronic S.

Having recently bought my 2.7 I did find a few cars badly described when looking. I have also sold a few cars recently and I think the reason is that when you use Autotrader or eBay they ask the registration and fill out the title and some basic details. On a Corsa we had it said it had all sorts of extras that weren't on the car. Some people might not proof read their ad well after entering the details.

 

[jonw]

You may find that a 2.7s is actually the 2.7 Tiptronic

IIRC the auto option is called Tiptronic S


Edit (Oooops shoulda realised there was a page 2 - doh)

 

[Dapster]

ORIGINAL: London987
bmw was great - they have a service so you can call up with the reg and they tell you what it is meant to be

I believe Porsche will do the same on the chassis number.

 

[Gary Bullen]

ORIGINAL: Timbo2

Interesting because the one I'm going to look at is advertised as a 2.7S? so this is wrong, might use it as a barganing tool.

Isn't that the diesel version?

 

[Gary Bullen]

ORIGINAL: Timbo2

Hope to go and look at a couple of Boxster s' next week, thanks Mark and Caroline for your advice. One of the cars I hope to go and see doesn't seem to have a 'Boxster' badge on the boot, I'm a little suspicious that this might indicate rear end damage, or do people really de-badge porsche's? what do people think.

If I'm ordering a new car I ask for it to be de-badged at point of ordering. I also state that I do not want any stickers advertising the garage name etc. The only things they get us on are the number plates and tax disc holder and I generally end up buying new plates from here....

http://www.no1showplates.co.uk/?gclid=CNGmt5ud7YwCFQ8wlAodtVERyw

As far as being suspicious about a car being de-badged it hardly stacks up as the cost of any repair would far outway the cost of a replacement badge. So not normally done for monetary reasons. Highly likely that it's to try and give impression that car is a higher spec than it really is, or in my case a much tidier looking car.