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Aug 19, 2009 | 10:36 PM

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Thanks again for all the advice. Just thought it was a good deal until the dme read out. I'll continue my search and am certain I'll find something within the month

Aug 20, 2009 | 08:44 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by RiceEater

Too many paranoid internet "Porsche DME experts" on this forum and few with experience in owning and driving these cars.

Lol...

Aug 20, 2009 | 11:26 AM

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When I bought my car in January with 3500 miles on it I had the dealer run a scan of the over revs. It read:

Range 1 - 806 129.2h
Range 2 - 104 112.9h
Range 3 - 3 112.9h
Range 4 - 0
Range 5 - 0
Range 6 - 0

Total hours 129.2
I would find another car if I were the OP.

I would hate to see what my report would look like now.

Aug 20, 2009 | 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by RiceEater

I agree with you regarding the ranges of 3 and 4: they are SAFE. Too many paranoid internet "Porsche DME experts" on this forum and few with experience in owning and driving these cars. Go ahead and buy it. Get an extended third party warranty if the range 5 bothers you (it shouldn't). If you want no ranges, order a new one to spec and wait for 6 months.

The only thing that bothers me was that the range 5 was pretty recent.

Either way, enjoy!

Hopefully no offense will be taken, but I think that people who are advising you to walk (or run) away from a car with 4-6 over revs also base that opinion on the fact that as Larry said, there are SO many good cars available, why even take the risk. If it were me, I would be worried about any range 4-6. I am not an expert, but I am someone who has done a lot of research on this topic and I feel confident in the opinions of those who have educated me on this topic. I can tell you that my local dealer also told me, no way they would CPO a car with ANY range 5 or 6.

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Aug 20, 2009 | 05:18 PM

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the dealership wasn't too happy that i backed out of the deal this morning. they really didn't understand why the DME readout was such a big deal and didn't like the fact that I told them whomever was driving the car the past 20 hours or so lost them the deal

Aug 20, 2009 | 05:37 PM

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Tan - here are some local cars for you.
http://autos.yahoo.com/used-cars/ove...e=used&page=15

Aug 20, 2009 | 05:40 PM

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another one: http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/cto/1320782165.html

Aug 20, 2009 | 06:09 PM

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thanks for the research Neil. ive actually made an offer on the one in livermore ( a little bit more than this one and they rejected it, said they were firm LOL). i'm looking for either black/white/blue/ NO silvers/grey but thanks for trying and i'm patience so no worries!