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Full Leather, PASM, Bi-Xenon headlamps, Heated front seats, Leather Sport steering wheel, Automatic Climate Control, Bose High End Sound Package,Self-Dim Mirrors with Rain Sensor, Sport Seats
No nav or chrono
12,500 miles
Sold by dealer (don't think it's Porsche certified or anything, but will check)
They are asking $50k, but I think I can get the price way down from that.
I was thinking $43k-$44k with today's market.
Thoughts?
PASM - Porsche Active Suspension Management
This active damping system offers continuous adjustment of individual damping forces based on current road conditions and driving style.
The driver can choose from two setup modes, ‘Normal’ and ‘Sport’, using a separate ‘damper’ button on the center console. ‘Normal’ mode is designed for general road driving and circuits with uneven tarmac. ‘Sport’ mode is intended for smoother track surfaces, where the harder settings help eliminate pitch and roll.
In either mode, PASM continuously evaluates the current conditions while automatically selecting the corresponding damper rates from the respective set of mapped values.
A range of sensors are used to monitor the movement of the body under acceleration, braking and cornering maneuvers, as well as on poor road surfaces. The PASM control unit then evaluates this data and modifies the damping force on each individual wheel in accordance with the selected mode. The result is a significant reduction in body movement as well as a better grip on the road.
For example: if ‘Sport’ mode is selected, the suspension is automatically set to a harder damper rating. If the quality of the track surface falls below a certain threshold, the system immediately changes to a softer rating within the ‘Sport’ setup range. When the quality of the tarmac improves once more, PASM automatically returns to the original, harder rating.
Need more information about PASM? Click this link: FAQ for PASM
Asking us to price a car we have not seen or driven is a **** shoot. To help price you must see it, drive it, compare it to other used Caymans and a new Cayman and so on. Do you know its real history? Can you talk to the previous owner? To get a better feel for the price check with lots of sources and read the FAQ on buying a used Cayman to protect yourself. Some first time Porsche owners lease the cars, don't maintain them, drive them with little love and turn them back to the dealers and leave the results to the next person and some treat the car with a great deal respect and turn in low mileage beauties. The trick to finding what you want is to make price the very last part of the buying equation and to never rely on someone's price advice who has no knowledge of the car. The variety in used Porsche quality is very wide. As an example that you find in the FAQ is what is the remaining useful life of owner replaced parts like tires, rotors, brakes and so forth. None of us know for sure.
I'll certainly take a good, close look at it. But those little subtleties have little effect on selling price. As long as it's a clean title car (and it is), it's going to have a pretty close selling range.
Just get your homework done on the additional costs of any deferred maintenance and normal replacement of parts due to wear and tear. Those are the hidden costs of purchasing that a lot of buyers seem to breeze right by. i.e tires, brakes, rotors, factory service can add thousands to the price
Talked to the dealer today. I asked and it's not certified. They said it's $2500 to certify it. I said I'll go $43k uncertified. They said $43,300 was their "cost" and they couldn't sell it for a loss. They then called me back and said they'd do it for $44,800 uncertified.
Why not offer $43.3k? It sounds like that's what you're comfortable with and meets the dealer's criteria. They're probably adding some prep and admin costs to their purchase number to get to the $43.3.
The certification cost does sound high, I'd expect ~$1,200-$1,500... but it also depends on how much you extend the warranty in the certification I believe. I believe the max is 2 extra years and 100,000 miles.
Uncertified, I'd just stick to $43,300 and tell them to keep you in mind; when it becomes an ager (60-90 days on the lot) they will give you a call, or maybe even sooner. Definitely don't raise your bid though. Like I said before, for me warranty is important because repair costs are so expensive and I'd plan on keeping it for a while, so I'd pay up to $45,000 for the car if they certified it with the 100,000 mile warranty from Porsche.
