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ORIGINAL: Gerald
Reason for asking - do I need to get an independent inspection even if buying from OPC?
As I understand it from my OPC the used car are so thoroughly prepped before being sold these days, inspected by the RAC to make sure the standards are being maintained at all times and the penalties for failing an inspection are very harsh indeed.
All these stringent measures are to make sure the used car buyer is getting as near to possible a perfect used car purchase experience. Well thats the spin []
Hence the extremely high margins now needed between trade and retail prices compared to several years ago [&o]
If you've recently taken delivery, and something isn't quite right, then give them a call and they should fix it without issue. Most (but not all) other issues may be covered under warranty.
1. Remote Cd player dead.....bring a CD along to check it out.
2. Ashtray cover damaged.
3. Number plate light unit broken.
All these problems were eventually fixed but only after attempts to "bodge" I don't know what dept in an OPC picks up the cost of post sale fixes but you get the feeling they will skimp if they can.
All cars are supposed to have a geometry check before being sold. I discovered I had some uneven tyre wear on the front drivers side and asked the OPC if they could find the printout from the alignment check to see if an adjustment had been made. Was given a line about it being archived and not easily found. Since discovered that the Hunter alignment rig stores all the data on its hard drive so should have been readily available. Finally on driving off and getting onto a nice bit of motorway I open up a bit to find the steering shaking about something cronic due to wheel balance problems. Back to the OPC feeling somewhat peeved.
All this is now about a year ago and as I said the OPC fixed all issues eventually but they were far from diligent in their pre sales prep of the car. You should also understand the the Porsche warranty is not all embracing. The following items are not covered, there are probably many more:
Brake disks & pads
Wheel bearings
Exhaust
PCM
Hoses
Header tanks for water & hydraulic oils
Clutch
Porsche should produce a detailed list of what is NOT covered to avoid any misunderstandings. Have had a major service done recently by the OPC and within a couple of weeks discover there is no oil in the power steering resevoir, this is a specific item for check in the service schedule. For this sloppy workmanship you pay well over £100/ hour . So if you take off your rose tinted glasses and treat the OPC just the same as any other car dealer you will be OK. There are loads of 996's around so take your time and you will find a good one. Finally all of the above niggles are forgotten when the rev counter passes 3500.... nothing better than the sound of a flat six heading for the red line.
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You're right, you shouldn't really do that.
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