Mechanic Special Porsche

[kels2411]

Hi, I’m new to this forum and was wondering if buying a mechanic special Porsche would be worth it? Here’s the link:

https://chicago.craigslist.org/sox/cto/6566647591.html

I texted the owner and he said it needs a transmission module.

[Regajohn]

So he claimed if it's fixed it's worth $14,000 more than it is sitting there. How much to replace the transmission module?

What do you know about Porsches? Obviously being a newer car there's a lot of wrenching that one cannot do without specialized equipment. Also it's a base Panamera, and their resale value drops like a rock anyway.

I want a Carfax on it, all of the service records and a pre-purchase inspection at a Porsche dealership.

[Katana49]

That car is worth about $25-28k, as that is as base of a base model as you can get.


The cost of a PDK transmission is about $7k, and then of course the labor to install it. It's not something you can simply bolt on either, I believe there is coding that needs to be input into the TCU for it. If it were only the TCU module, that can be swapped out for a lot less, which leads me to believe this seller knows the transmission itself is bad and is trying to get out from under it.

[City Guy997S]

It isn't worth 33K with 72K miles. Look at these on ebay:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/2011-Porsch...VbHcGg&vxp=mtr
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Porsche-Pan...dbDZgc&vxp=mtr

Lower miles, lower prices.