I am looking at a 2010 PTT @80k miles for $49k . Am I still be able to get aftermarket warranty for the car?

 

I contacted Fidelity about that car. They said no. I also took a ride in it with the owner driving. Owner seems like a straight up guy. Car appeared to be in good shape, but my observation was only as a passenger. I did not get it PPI'd because of Fidelity's response and because a CPO PTT came up in Houston for only a few thousand more than what the owner was asking (at the time $56k I think).

I have a great mechanic that I can recommend for a PPI if you want. Last time I checked the dealers in Houston will not do PPI.

Let me know if you need help.

Chris

 

Hey Chris , yeah that's the car I am talking about in Houston. I am planning head out there this afternoon and check the car out. Have you try any other aftermarket warranty company ??

 

No - didn't check any others.

 

Checked 3 major warranty company and they all won't warranty the car .

 

You might want to consider what a Porsche dealer would give this guy on a trade in for that car. They could not CPO the car and I bet most Porsche dealers would not even put it on their lots and would give less than he's asking in trade and wholesale it.

 

As a private seller, he should be expecting more than the trade-in value, which is always a lowball amount to allow for some dealer profit, but less than dealer retail.

Looking the car up on Autotrader, it is in fact the lowest price PTT listed there. However, there are some cars with significantly less mileage (40k-60k miles) on them available for only a few thousand more from dealers.

As always, options make it hard to do an apples-to-apples comparison. I think the car your looking at is a bit more heavily optioned than the ones I'm comparing, things like PDCC, but you have to decide what's important to you.

 

Consider taking the smallest subset of options you care about in tandem with the lowest miles that make sense cost/budget wise.

 

I found some other PTT with around 30k-50k miles and price range from 64k-77k. Comparing with the 2010 PTT with 84k miles and 49k price tag. It's hard to make choices . Spend $64k with 50k miles less options or spend $49k with 84k miles with more options. How reliable is the PTT? I understand PTT is base on the cayenne turbo model. Anyway can help me out here??

 

Well there are a lot of things in these cars that can go wrong and some are fairly inexpensive and others are very expensive. I would not have a problem buying a 70's era 911 with 80K miles but a PTT I would not touch. Modern car just have way to many things electronic in them and that type of stuff you cannot grab your tool kit and fix yourself. My advise walk away if you are not in the position to buy a car that can be CPO'd (or warrantied) than wait till you are.

 

I agree with Mr. Price.. One big fix will set you back a lot of money.. It simply isn't worth driving this car without a warranty. Especially when you can get one with lower miles and CPO'd for a few grand more... Proceed with caution..