I'm trying to buy a slightly used 991. I've asked for an overrev report. Dealer gave me a verbal over the phone and provided information. I asked to have the file sent. They refuse. This is a Porsche dealership and they say that it's policy. Is this true?
Other Porsches that I looked at and got PPI I was able to get reports. Am I being paranoid?
Sounds like BS. I'd avoid this particular dealer if I were you.
When I was thinking of purchasing my 987, I asked my authorized for the same and it was printed and forwarded to me without any hassles. This was almost 6 years ago, but my thoughts are that, if this is policy, it is only with this dealer and not factory.
I've heard that story before - so it isn't unheard of. If it's a
PDK
I wouldn't be very concerned - you had to try real hard to get more than range 1 over-revs with an auto. I guess you could insist that the car get it's PPI somewhere else. I'd at least insist that the dealer put what he told you in writing. You could always verify it later.
When I bought my new 2010 MT6 it had about 80 miles on it - it had been used for a few test-drives. So I made them produce a copy of the report. It showed zeros in all ranges. I later bought a Durametric and verified it.
Thanks for the input guys. I'll talk to the dealer again and determine next steps. Fingers crossed...
I asked for the rev report when I was buying my CPO 987R a year ago. They sent me a cell phone picture of the report on the computer screen.
I asked for and received an over-rev report from my local Porsche dealer prior to purchasing my
911
.
This is what I got today from the dealer:
Range 1 - 81 @ 2.69 H/O,
Range 2 - 0
Total hours 786 H/O
Looks to be in good shape? Opinions appreciated.
Yes. Looks fine. The Range 1 over revs are minor.
Actually that's the lowest number of range 1 over-revs I've ever seen. I can see one of two scenarios: 1. the car was driven very moderately; 2. the car was driven by a very talented driver who was able to shift at red line and not exceed it..
3. The car was driven my niece who shifts at 2K - lugging all the time.:crazy: I can't stand riding with her but I haven't figured out how to "educate" her without sounding like a know-it-all jerk. I just assume my nutty ex-brother-in-law taught her how to drive.
In reality, you really can't make any assumptions other than it wasn't flogged-to-death. I don't hit the rev-limiter very often but I certainly don't consider myself a moderate driver.
chronic low revs are just as hard on a car as overs -
You want to shift on average about 1000rpm shy of max hp in normal street driving - this will generally place you just shy of the max torque.
Doesn't matter what you drive - just find those points and use them.
Its completely different in a Porsche vs a Mini or something Japanese with the rev happy motors. A Porsche driven hard is a happy car - to a point. Most of your passengers and observing police officers will take notice of you pushing a 996/997 to 5200-5400 rpm and then shifting to max torque. You're only going to be legal into third gear - when you hit 65mph . . .
Serious question. I'm driving 100+ miles a day, 90% of the time on the highway.
Am I supposed to be running it in second/third gear the entire time?
uh, no. If you read it - what it sez is that when you are in 3rd gear you are breaking the speed limit in all 50 states - thus- you cannot accelerate hard from 3-4, 4-5, and 5-6 - because in the latter 2 cases you'd be over 100mph.
If there is a way for someone to misinterpret something - they sure try their hardest to so.
And don't tell me about Montana- they still have a speed limit and its not 100mph. . . . you will get stopped at that speed regardless of what you are driving or how safe.
