A couple of thoughts immediately come to mind:
- Don’t Google the phrase “cranking the apple peeler;”
- Raby could totally improve the performance on that thing
A couple of thoughts immediately come to mind:
If you want to take a nice drive over the hill to Palm Springs, Ill meet you for a burger and beerFRUNKenstein wrote: ↑Sat Oct 14, 2023 11:36 am Speaking of my esteemed San Diego brethren, I am currently sitting at the San Diego Region PCA concours. Gorgeous backdrop for the event. Typically beautiful San Diego weather. A lot of very nice cars, and a few spectacular ones. Even in the parking lot. I was hoping they would be selling SDRPCA t-shirts, but there were none. Too bad (at least for me) that I missed you guys!
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Yeah, that was my first inclination. But, a Porsche dealer sold it Porsche Certified Pre-owned after the theft recovery. I was a bit surprised to see that because I have heard that something as minor as having a non-Porsche (Sekurit) brand windshield was enough to prevent a car from being sold Porsche CPO. So, a theft recovery would definitely seem to be a disqualifier.
I am not familiar with the CPO inspection deal, but our 2019 Volvo had gone through the Volvo equivalent which included a two year factory warranty extension beyond the still in effect warranty. Before I bought the car I asked to review the check list of this inspection. The vast majority of the inspection items were laughable. I bought due to my assessment of condition plus the warranty extension, but put little value on the Volvo Certification. You know a crap ton more about all this than I do so...carry-on.FRUNKenstein wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2023 11:03 amYeah, that was my first inclination. But, a Porsche dealer sold it Porsche Certified Pre-owned after the theft recovery. I was a bit surprised to see that because I have heard that something as minor as having a non-Porsche (Sekurit) brand windshield was enough to prevent a car from being sold Porsche CPO. So, a theft recovery would definitely seem to be a disqualifier.
The guys that I know that are the "Porsche CPO Buyer" type are incredibly picky. In other words, they wouldn't dream of buying a used Porsche unless is was a CPO car from a Porsche dealer. Personally, I think that's too cautious of an approach, yet the thought of buying a theft recovery car seems risky even by my standards. So, finding out that a Porsche CPO has a theft recovery history doesn't jive in my mind.
Now, that being said, the Carfax says it suffered little or no damage from the theft incident. And, they came back 2 years later and did an in-depth inspection for previous damage that showed only minor cosmetic repairs having been done. So, hell, I don't know. Frankly, the only reason I'm considering it is that it is a Performance Package model (extremely rare) that I might be able to get at a bargain price because of the theft recovery history. And it does appear to be in great condition. And the Porsche CPO status after the theft recovery lessens the impact of the theft recovery, as does the passage of time (it was 5+ years ago). If I have to pay near market price for it, then I'll pass. If it scares everyone else away so that I can get it very reasonably, then I'll be a player.
Actually, most of what I know about Porsche CPO is what I've heard from other guys in the local PCA, and then a little bit of research I've done recently. The stuff I've heard from the other PCA guys may not be 100% accurate. For example, the comment about the Sekurit glass. The 2017 Macan Turbo that I have now was just CPO'd in spring 2022, yet I noticed it doesn't have a Sekurit windshield. Plus, online research says that a car with a previous accident history can be Porsche CPO'd if it has had repairs to 4 or fewer body panels. So the Porsche CPO fanboys may think that the standard for Porsche CPO are higher than what they really are.32wildbilly wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2023 11:39 am I am not familiar with the CPO inspection deal, but our 2019 Volvo had gone through the Volvo equivalent which included a two year factory warranty extension beyond the still in effect warranty. Before I bought the car I asked to review the check list of this inspection. The vast majority of the inspection items were laughable. I bought due to my assessment of condition plus the warranty extension, but put little value on the Volvo Certification. You know a crap ton more about all this than I do so...carry-on.