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Old 03-09-2016, 10:03 AM   #12326
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To be fair, that's way too high a price for an '01 M5 with high mileage and a cloth interior.
lol you make alcantara sound so ordinary...besides they are just inserts.
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Old 03-09-2016, 10:26 AM   #12327
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Westopher, you should look up how many times they have been sued by customers. They are one step up from being straight up crooks. They are notorious for telling customers that they threw away the OEM parts when infact they resell them. It has happened to 3 friends with 911 Turbos when they went there for turbo upgrades.
Wow thats actually insane.....
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^ Yep, you feel slimy after you spend a few minutes talking with Oscar (spelling?)
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^ you should hear the stories of customers that don't sue and take matters into their own hands....lol!!!
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Old 03-09-2016, 11:28 AM   #12330
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White, 6 speed manual, not 2010, lower kms, great price =
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Old 03-09-2016, 11:43 AM   #12332
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I came across this, the first two images show up in ads from the US (but on sites I've never heard of) that don't have any interior pics. Fake?

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I'd say fake based on price and kms alone, the pics kinda seal the deal IMO
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I was pretty happy with my GT3 from weissach lol

Car was 100% mint, Touringteg will confirm.
Drove like a GT3 should. Epic car. Too bad I was scared to break it and drove it like grandma.

Oem Porsche parts are worth big coin so it doesn't surprise me they would resell parts. I sold a broken 993 transmission to Europe with a hole in the casing and netted $1600 CAD
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Old 03-09-2016, 12:58 PM   #12335
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I came across this, the first two images show up in ads from the US (but on sites I've never heard of) that don't have any interior pics. Fake?

2001 Toyota 4Runner - Castanet Classifieds
Toyota tax has been pretty high as of late. If the ad were legit and local, it would fetch an easy $9k here. 01, and 68k only? has to be fake
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Old 03-09-2016, 01:18 PM   #12337
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2007 Audi A6 Avant Quattro Wagon, 105K, $7500
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yeah this thing was posted a couple of pages/months back. it's been for sale for awhile now.
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What about this? 2010 Mini S with JCW tuning, $17,600

2010 MINI Cooper S -JCW. Can't afford a PORSCHE?
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Old 03-09-2016, 02:20 PM   #12339
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Old 03-09-2016, 02:25 PM   #12340
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Wow thats actually insane.....
Lol. And this is why I do all of my own work.

Knowing a few of the stories with the various shops around town, seems a lot of the well-known "Porsche gurus" in Vancouver are shady as fuck - Blitzkrieg, Weissach, Scan, ROTtec, etcetc.

It's an absolute shame and disgrace, really.
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A prospective buyer requested I bring my 996 in for a PPI.

Weissach came back with a load of gospel and turned my $36K asking price 996 into a $2000 junker.

Test drive consisting of 7KM resulted in a lemon car of a PPI. Yeah, okay. Fuck you, Weissach. IMS/RMS was done two years ago with proof in their hands. PPI said it wasn't done.

The buyer still paid near asking price, so no thanks to them. Why give everyone a heart attack? Bunch of ass hats.
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Old 03-09-2016, 03:16 PM   #12342
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Lol. And this is why I do all of my own work.

Knowing a few of the stories with the various shops around town, seems a lot of the well-known "Porsche gurus" in Vancouver are shady as fuck - Blitzkrieg, Weissach, Scan, ROTtec, etcetc.

It's an absolute shame and disgrace, really.
SCAN is OK - just expensive. Juan's reputation is good. I haven't used Turn3 but plan to - recently attended tech day was awesome, and Jeff really knows his stuff. I've only ever been to Weissach for tours and events - never purchased from them. I do have a friend who I believe grossly overpaid for his car from them though. I remember when BK was a cool VW shop - things dun changed down there for sure.

Porsche owners in this town should consider joining PCA. The combined knowledge of members as well as the events and free tech days more than make up for the membership costs. Shops and work are frequently discussed and reviewed.
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Talk to the aircooled guys. They'll tell you Scan is a scam.
Yup, Scan is expensive...

As in my $300 PPI turned into $1500+ quote to redo the valves, change fluids, gaskets - all on a car I don't even own.
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It doesn't sound cheap, but I'd welcome a quote of work needed on a car getting a PPI. CG did that for me with the eurospec I got inspected before I picked up my M3.
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It doesn't sound cheap, but I'd welcome a quote of work needed on a car getting a PPI. CG did that for me with the eurospec I got inspected before I picked up my M3.
Not quite. Their excuse was that they needed to do all this work in order to do the PPI.
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What about this? 2010 Mini S with JCW tuning, $17,600

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