Carrera dilema

[sas0662]

I am in the process of researching a 1988 model year 3.2 Carrera coupe I found in Spain and am considering buying.


Even though, the car is in pretty good condition and has a fairly complete service and ownership history, there are a few areas in this Documentation that raise questionmarks.


1. There is no data sticker on page 3 of the service book even though all ID numbers check out.


2. A German dealership that sold it used in the past - stamped sale Document - and is shown as having serviced it for 3 or 4 years - with their stamp in the service booklet - cannot find the VIN or any record of the car in their computer database.


As I said, the car checks out beautifully mechanically and cosmetically and with 204000 kms on the clock is not trying to hide its age.


The owner has been very co-operative in providing information and answering all my questions up to now and appears genuinely surprised of thes
e background inconsistencies.


Any thoughts?


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[James Ball]

How strange. Does the German dealer remember the car at all? How long ago was it at the dealer?




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[sas0662]

It appears that the car was actually

• delivered new by Cologne dealer on 08/10/87;

• serviced twice (stamped once!) by dealer in Bonn 11/10/89, 01/10/90

• service-stamped by original Cologne dealer three times 27/09/91, 28/07/93, 07/06/94;

• then sold as a used car again by them on 09/06/94!

• serviced three times by German independent Porsche garage (no stamps!) 17/08/95, 09/03/97, 17/04/98; waiting for any records they may have!

• no further record until

• first Spanish registration 14/02/00 and then again 28/04/00!

• Spanish MOT 09/10/01

• service-stamped twice by Spanish independent Porsche garage 09/07/01, 14/03/02

• Spanish MOT 01/10/02

• sold to current owner 05/11/02

I'll be visiting Spain and Germany to check out things in person with the dealers and garages and try to find out more.


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[James Ball]

This must be one very nice car to deserve all this effort on your part! What recent Documentation does the owner have? If he has a stack of bills from the last say 5 years I wouldn't worry about service history too much. I guess the issue is though, is this car what it claims to be regarding VIN etc. Hmmm.


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