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#47
10-30-2010, 10:14 AM
anti band wagon? 
....please
a very high view of your own opinion is more like it!
....please a very high view of your own opinion is more like it!
Last edited by LRDog; 10-30-2010 at 10:26 AM.
#48
10-30-2010, 10:22 AM
....ever heard of a paint meter? Any sensible dealer or informed buyer is going to put one on the car at resale and then what would you tell them? Or, would you have told them about the paint work in advance?
Last edited by LRDog; 10-30-2010 at 10:30 AM.
#50
10-30-2010, 10:52 AM
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I especially want to thank you for your thoughtful advice and for understanding my concern. Best regards, Rich
#52
10-30-2010, 02:10 PM
I agree that it happens all the time; bought a 993 once that had the drivers door repainted probably during production and when I went to trade it, the dealer put a paint meter on it and in turn offered less b/c it wasn't original!
....ever heard of a paint meter? Any sensible dealer or informed buyer is going to put one on the car at resale and then what would you tell them? Or, would you have told them about the paint work in advance?
....ever heard of a paint meter? Any sensible dealer or informed buyer is going to put one on the car at resale and then what would you tell them? Or, would you have told them about the paint work in advance?
His words were
"we have better things to do than walk around with a paint meter, not even on the Carrera GT's, McLaren's, Maybachs, or Spyker's... and some other choice words"
Now just for consistency, I called the 2 other Porsche franchises... and guess what... NO!
Then the local exotic dealer... he laughed at me, (I know him for years) his answer was something along the lines of the keyboard commando's on the internet... and maybe if it was a 1 of car in the world with a special hard to get paint that was all hyped up like the, well nothing he could think of... but his answer is no!
asked if has one? yes
asked if he ever done it? yes
asked him why, because they didn't want to go too far when repairing the fender in the lambo...
So please, the non-sense of a perfect vehicle from a mass produced, or hand produced manufacturer is out the window
#53
10-30-2010, 02:35 PM
Just asked my buddy over at the local Porsche dealer which I am friends with for years... And the dealership has a great reputation...
His words were
"we have better things to do than walk around with a paint meter, not even on the Carrera GT's, McLaren's, Maybachs, or Spyker's... and some other choice words"
Now just for consistency, I called the 2 other Porsche franchises... and guess what... NO!
Then the local exotic dealer... he laughed at me, (I know him for years) his answer was something along the lines of the keyboard commando's on the internet... and maybe if it was a 1 of car in the world with a special hard to get paint that was all hyped up like the, well nothing he could think of... but his answer is no!
asked if has one? yes
asked if he ever done it? yes
asked him why, because they didn't want to go too far when repairing the fender in the lambo...
So please, the non-sense of a perfect vehicle from a mass produced, or hand produced manufacturer is out the window
His words were
"we have better things to do than walk around with a paint meter, not even on the Carrera GT's, McLaren's, Maybachs, or Spyker's... and some other choice words"
Now just for consistency, I called the 2 other Porsche franchises... and guess what... NO!
Then the local exotic dealer... he laughed at me, (I know him for years) his answer was something along the lines of the keyboard commando's on the internet... and maybe if it was a 1 of car in the world with a special hard to get paint that was all hyped up like the, well nothing he could think of... but his answer is no!
asked if has one? yes
asked if he ever done it? yes
asked him why, because they didn't want to go too far when repairing the fender in the lambo...
So please, the non-sense of a perfect vehicle from a mass produced, or hand produced manufacturer is out the window
I've had Mercedes dealers, BMW dealers AND Porsche dealers do it when looking at my trade.....
If that is truly the case then they are all idiots and the day they get burned is right around the corner! If they leave this issue to chance they are just not just not very smart (or look the other way and hope a buyer such as yourself comes in and doesn't care?) and it has nothing to do with keyboard commandos..... If they don't do it and tell you they've never had an issue b/c they didn't disclose paint work or repaired damage then not only are they idiots (and if you believe them so are you!) they are liars! If I bought a car from one of these and found out it had paint work they didn't disclose, they'd be taking the car back.... well, on second thought I'd know if it did b/f I would commit to buy whether there was paint work/repaired damage or not.
Maybe you're a guy who just doesn't care about this sort of thing? I've bought and sold 50+ very nice cars (just sold my CLK63 Black Series to Graham Rahal) over the years and I'd say that the majority of buyers I've dealt with have asked about paint work and/or damage - Graham did! I always know and I always disclose if there has been (which happened only once b/c I didn't check b/f I bought the car....)
Last edited by LRDog; 10-30-2010 at 02:40 PM.
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