Hello Everyone:

I have a quick question regarding a pending Porsche purchase. The car is a 1995 Porsche 993 Carerra C4 with 51,000 miles. I agreed on a price and told the Porsche dealer that I would fly in pick up the car and drive it home, which will take 8 hours to drive. When the dealer heard this the he informed me that the 60k planned maintenance has not been performed on the car. Any ideas as to how to handle?

Best regards,
Gavino
Basking Ridge, NJ

PS: This is my first time ever owning a Porsche and I feel like a kid in a candy store!

 

Take it slow and get everything in writing...call the dealership back and simply say you were not made aware that the car is due for its 60k service.

See what the salesman says from there.

 

Thank you, and I appreciate the advice...as a result, I am speaking with them at 7:00 PM tonight.

Best regards,
Gavino

 

You still got 9kmi till the service! Drive it, enjoy it, & @ 60K do the service.

It's not a cheap service, about $2k worth of work.

 

rather than spend 2K for the 60k service at the stealership, do it yourself. Working on these cars is quite easy. Just get a service manual. Also check websites like pcar, there are tons of pictures to help you out.

Enjoy your car!!!

 

I agree completely, start enjoying the car as soon as yo can. I have been able to do more of my own Maintenance on this car than any of my previous cars. I say the sooner you start driving your new 993 the better!

 

Even if you don't decide to service the car yourself, I'm not sure I understand why you should do the 60k maintenance 9000 miles early.

 

how about posting some pics of that car

 

Pick up the car and drive it. You wont have to worry about the 60K service for another 9K..

 

Have them do the service before you pick it up. I'm sure they'll give you a deal. Even though you're well under the mileage for the 60k service, the car is 14 years old. Cheap insurance. Most of these service intervals set by the manuf's are working under the assumption you'll at least be driving 10K a year. Your new car is very low mileage, relatively speaking. I don't know what goes into a 993 60K service, but for $2K plus, I'm sure it's some important stuff.

 

So do you have the car yet?

 

FWIW I will turn 35K this weekend and still haven't done the 30K and it runs great.

 

But you did some type of service to the car yes?

 

Is the car in Seattle? Is it a black over tan coupe?