Now verified this with 2 dealers. Got one dealer to take a pic of the screen, but no print out. The other dealer today mentioned the numbers, but told me that Porsche NA now has told dealers not to provide this information to customers. Seems pretty consistent in my NY area, not sure about others. Many have argued that some place too much weight on those numbers in the shopping process anyway. Regardless, it seems that we are losing a tool to measure how hard a car was driven. I think this makes used car shopping somewhat more challenging. I'm curious if others have had similar RECENT experiences.

 

A dealer printed out mine like 3 weeks ago.

 

I just got one. NY area.

 

I got one 3 weeks ago as well. Not sure when this is supposed to have happened... mine was 1st week of Jan

 

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^^^^^ A DME readout pretty much puts that in black and white. It's a great tool.

 

The reason I wanted a DME had zero to do with tattling on the old owner.... don't even know who it is... and everything to do with insuring there were no over-revs in the 4-5 range which does damage the long-term life of the engine according to my Porsche mechanic... with an investment at 80k + it is silly not to protect yourself....
would you not get a inspection on a house your were purchasing either?

 

Just get yourself a Durametric. Worth the $$.

Based on everything I collected, it's the operating hours since the last significant over-rev (range 4-6) that really count.

I think as these cars get older they'll be tougher to find with spotless DME readouts.

 

Well, it's interesting that I just got dealer rhetoric. Perhaps it is not a Porsche NA thing after all. I agree that it is simply an objective measure of how hard a car was driven. It isn't the be all and all, but it is good to know when combined with all the other elements of a car you are looking at. I think of it simply, sure these cars are meant to be driven, but I'd rather buy a car that was driven moderately than one that was beaten on. If you beat on them, they are simply more likely to break.

 

I bought mine in December and that was the first thing I asked for, not an issue at all.

 

Porsche of Huntington did not do a printout but allowed me to take a picture of the screen when I was buying my car back in Sept 2012.

 

I bought a 2009tt cab a couple weeks ago and the dealer printed out and emailed it to me no problem.