New 996T advice

[kevola69]

Hi All,

First mailing on the Pistonhead thread....a true virgin!!

Tomorrow I pick up my first 996t from the OPC in Guildford, can i ask anybody if they have any experience of these guys and anything i should check for or ask??

I am going up from a simple 968 to a 996t and can't wait!!!

Thanks all

Kevin

[kayc]

kevola69 said:

Hi All,

First mailing on the Pistonhead thread....a true virgin!!

Tomorrow I pick up my first 996t from the OPC in Guildford, can i ask anybody if they have any experience of these guys and anything i should check for or ask??

I am going up from a simple 968 to a 996t and can't wait!!!

Thanks all

Kevin

I hope you like it a lot coz its just cost you 10k in week if you want to sell it..

[kevola69]

meaning??

[ballcock]

Shite Kc , be happy for the man!!!

Congrats .. I've found Guildford good .. I assume they're giving you a 12 month OPC warranty with it ..

Ask for a free umbrella ... I got one there without buying anything!!!!

Edited to say , ask for Darryl , he seems straight up.

And , don't let Kayc bother ya .. He's normally a happy , jovial character , the bell of the ball and all that ... Just got out of the wrong side of the bed this morning

Edited by ballcock on Wednesday 13th September 15:33

[kevola69]

Thanks Ballcock...12 months OPC Warranty indeed.....

I just fell off cloud 9 on that last comment, but hey i'm the new guy eh???

[fidgits]

Congrats on your new purchase...

ignore KayC - he's just making up for actually defending the GT3 in another thread...

[kayc]

kevola69 said:

meaning??

Meaning all dealers are'unts..try selling it back to them and see what they have taken out of you

[ballcock]

I think he's just a little incenced at you forgetting to mention that the 996 turbo has got two of 'em .... You only mentioned one!!!!

[dazren]

kayc said:

kevola69 said:

meaning??

Meaning all dealers are'unts..try selling it back to them and see what they have taken out of you

WTF has that got to do with anything?

He's probably paid the going rate for buying a car from the OPC network. Like many on here I've heard too many tales of fraud, things going wrong, badly crashed and repaired vehicles etc to take the risk buying privately and giving some stranger a cheque for £60k+.

DAZ
(PS if the car has a manual gearbox you may like to consider upgrading the plastic gearshift linkeage, detaills in my profile Aug/Sept04 from memory)

Edited by dazren on Wednesday 13th September 15:44

[kevola69]

You know what?? when I was test driving the car yesterday I asked the guy when do the 2 turbos kick in and he said it only had one and it was 3000rpm...i thought it had 2.....great eh?? as Porsche saleman not knowing about it having a twin turbo!! can anybody else answer that question then please??

[dazren]

Two turbos. One on each cylinder bank. Both begin to kick in from about 2.5k revs upwards. Although with clever mapping there is more of a gradual spread of power than you might expect.

Edited by dazren on Wednesday 13th September 15:47

[kayc]

Bottom line is i love the guys on this forum..but novices should realise that the brand itself is taking the pi??The cars are good but they aint worth a 10k hit as you drive off the forecourt..ive done that now 3 or 4 times and im not prepared to do it anymore..dealers are ridiculous coz everthing that is good when you buy it is worth nuck all when you sell it .please listen to hardened loss makers like me coz if we stick together they wont take the pi?? anymore.

[Pugsey]

kevola69 said:

You know what?? when I was test driving the car yesterday I asked the guy when do the 2 turbos kick in and he said it only had one and it was 3000rpm...i thought it had 2.....great eh?? as Porsche saleman not knowing about it having a twin turbo!! can anybody else answer that question then please??

Good grief - Porsche sales guys have got a tiny range of products to learn compared with sales people in other industries. What a lazy oaf. I'd insist on dealing with someone else - and tell his Sales Manager why. In return for taking a huge amount of your cash he can't even give you accurate info on even the most basic things. Enjoy a fabulous car - almost as good as a GT3

[kevola69]

If anybody is interested the car is on the OPC network still. Basalt Black on a OO plate with 35k on the clock...they put the price up by 2k because of the expensive prep to get the car ready, but got it at the original price because I had already seen it...They have replaced the cars front and back brakes/discs....got a decent spec as well i think. Just agreed to have the Zymol treatment as well.

[C2DTG]

kayc said:

Bottom line is i love the guys on this forum..but novices should realise that the brand itself is taking the pi??The cars are good but they aint worth a 10k hit as you drive off the forecourt..ive done that now 3 or 4 times and im not prepared to do it anymore..dealers are ridiculous coz everthing that is good when you buy it is worth nuck all when you sell it .please listen to hardened loss makers like me coz if we stick together they wont take the pi?? anymore.

perhaps if EVERY (see Nerv we can all use capitals now and again ) one of us stuck together we would have half a chance.

We wouldn't and most of us expect a shafting - we are in a buy and sell economy - if we are selling and don't like the price we are being offered then we go elsewhere.

I firmly believe that most franchised dealers were trained at the Dick Turpin school for Highway Robbery, however, how different are they from any other prestige dealer, or infact a Ford? Is this just brand snobbery - I never ever bought a Porsche because the residuals were good. Yes I would like the car to be worth enough to pay my baloon at the end of the finance but I am not daft enough to assume that the car is not going to cost me a packet full of cash, exactly the same as if I had paid full whack for a top spec Mondeo at £22k only for it to be worth £11k 9 months later.

Simple message is that ALL cars swallow cash because of dealer mark ups. Is that right? perhaps not but if we don't want to put up with it then we don't buy cars...

[fidgits]

Just to wade in with my 2p (i found it down the back of the sofa)


My last car was a Lexus - famed for their service.

Well, the trade-in I got when I bought my car wasn't great, infact it just paid off the HP outstanding after 18 months ownership (but i needed shot of it). I paid top whack for a good car and was happy.

I did go back, after giving the same dealership all the services for the last 4 years, plus being known by the sales team...

They offered me the worst (well, on par with the worst) trade in offer against a 30k car on their forecourt.

So, as was said above - its par of the course in the car sales buisness, its why car salesmen have a bad reputation - but at the end of the day, you pay for the conveince of the 'trade in' - if money matters that much, you sell privately and put up with the timewasters and tire kickers...

which is what i did.

[C2DTG]

Ps got a bit carried away there.

Well done on your purchase - I am sure you will be very happy together (you lucky git...)

Lots more posts please about how you are finding the car.

As you have the TT you can blissfully ignore any threads started by Ballcock with "RMS" in the title







.......door slams, dust starts to slowly settle

[fidgits]

yeah... I think we need some more "oh my god - my 996 is amazing" posts around here

[kayc]

kevola69 said:

Hi All,

First mailing on the Pistonhead thread....a true virgin!!

Tomorrow I pick up my first 996t from the OPC in Guildford, can i ask anybody if they have any experience of these guys and anything i should check for or ask??

I am going up from a simple 968 to a 996t and can't wait!!!

Thanks all

Kevin

The only question i ask is why you have paid them 20% more than they think it is worth?

[fidgits]

kayc said:

kevola69 said:

Hi All,

First mailing on the Pistonhead thread....a true virgin!!

Tomorrow I pick up my first 996t from the OPC in Guildford, can i ask anybody if they have any experience of these guys and anything i should check for or ask??

I am going up from a simple 968 to a 996t and can't wait!!!

Thanks all

Kevin

The only question i ask is why you have paid them 20% more than they think it is worth?

Kay - leave the man alone to enjoy it for a few days before being yourself.... just be happy for the man... just for one week - then you can be the moaning, whinging depressed prat

Edited by fidgits on Wednesday 13th September 16:19