AA inspection or PPI

[johnny]

Does anyone have a view how a Advanced AA inspection which includes HPI check, road test and bumper to bumper inspection compares with a PPI from a porsche dealer. The vehicle I am looking at is from a Porsche Specialist with some outstanding warrenty from the local main agent, therefore the easyest route for an independant view is the AA.



Regards


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[Jamie Summers]

I can see your thinking on this but the AA don't know a damn thing about Porsches (unless you happen to be very very lucky and find an AA man who is also a Porsche owner !)- about all they'll be able to tell you is if the oil is a bit low or the tyres are on the way out, all of which is immaterial to whether the car is a good 'un or a problem waiting to happen. Without hesitation get a Porsche specialist who knows what he's looking at to do the job - these cars from the 901 to the 996 are seriously quirky beasts and need a trained eye to properly assess them. If you are thinking of using the AA you may as well just set light to the cash for all the good it'll do you !


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[nick-moss]

There will certainly be some value in the HPI check. What Porsche model are you looking at?

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[johnny]

I am looking at 996 C4 tip 1999

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[James Ball]

To be honest, you don't really need a PPI with a 996 that is under warantee. I wouldn't bother with an AA check either unless you are not confident in spotting resprayed pannels etc because that is about all the AA guy will find. If you llike the car and check it over well make sure you put plenty of miles on it while the warantee is still valid so that you find any problems quickly. Then get them sorted under warantee.

Having said that, a PPI won't hurt and might just uncover something you miss. £150 isn't much relative to a £30k+ car.

James


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[johnny]

its accident damage or clocking etc that I most keen to find - so I would do a HPI at a bare minimum

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[James Ball]

I would have thought you would be able to spot accident damage yourself unless it has been fixed amazingly well, in which case does it matter? Just playing devil's advocate, but I had an AA check done on a car once and it didn't tell me much apart from the fact that the dashboard was scratched! I guess it wouldn't hurt though, and an HPI check is useful.

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[pokemon]

Plenty of 996 around so I would be very picky about buying cars involved in accidents (for that matter any car I am going to buy). I would want a decent inspection to make sure as it is all too easy to let things slip by when faced with a potential purchase.

Harry


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[James Ball]

Fair point. I think I am talking a load of bollocks at this time of night. Time for bed and more sensible Porsche discussion tomorrow!

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