Went to take a look at this gt3 and she looks great, only it has accident history on the carfax and two over revs in 9k-9.5k range. The dealer explained they're not sure exactly what happened to it or what was repaired but they gave it a good inspection and it was apparently good enough for them to buy. Only thing is it's been sitting on their lot for months now.

Anybody know anything about this particular car? Even with the current 997 gt3 bubble what do you guys think she's worth now?

http://www.jaguaroflivermore.com/used/Porsche/2011-Porsche-911-livermore+ca-f8eb43d90a0a00e0662359694820d425.htm

 

I don't know anything about the car but with that mileage and an accident, I'd expect the price to be lower.

My personal opinion is I never buy cars that have been in an accident. They are too unpredictable and very difficult to sell. The time investment alone in selling makes it not worth it to me.

 

Maybe you can ask them to do a CPO on it if they have confidence in the car.

 

"The dealer explained they're not sure exactly what happened to it or what was repaired but they gave it a good inspection and it was apparently good enough for them to buy."

I personally would not believe a word that the dealer says and this sounds like exactly what dealers say in order to push off the car. I wouldn't offer more than 60 for the car or as was mentioned, have them CPO it :-)

 

The dealerships lie about the car, or do whatever is necessary to sell it. Ask me how I know... Bought a lemon once, almost took it to court.

Take a paint meter and measure or take the car to a body shop for inspection. Even better alternative is to not buy a car with unknown history and repairs.

 

Hahaha! We both inquired about the same car I think. I thought I saw this at the Porsche of Livermore dealership? In any case, I passed on it because of the accident. I can't get myself to pay more than $100,000 for a car that has an accident. Its your decision, but I would stray away if I were you.

 

If you are even entertaining the idea of getting that car for 6 figures, look at the GT3RS in the for sale section.

Personally, the only way I would feel comfortable with purchasing a car with any history is if I was able to see the damage.

I remember seeing a 360 that crashed into the back of a semi truck and it totally damaged the hood. I could only imagine that the accident cost thousands to repair and then additional thousands in lost resell value.

Cars like these are tricky because people will spend the few extra thousand to purchase a car without history.

People who could afford a $100,000 car should be able to access an additional 10-15k to get a car with no accident history.

When you get closer to $50-60k, that opens the door to a whole new buyer where additional funding may be a bit tighter to "find"

 

I was looking at this car online as well.

One thought I had...
If you look at the Carfax, you'll see that the accident happened at the beginning of this vehicles life. It happened a few months after the initial purchase and with maybe 1,000 miles on it.
This is a one owner car and they were confident in the repairs to continue driving it for another 20,000+ miles/4 years.
Had the accident been recent and the owner try and dump it immediately upon repairs, then I would steer far away from it.

Others are right though, for that kind of money there are other "safer" options out there.
I would only consider it for <$80k