Bigfish.
Correct me if I'm wrong but I'd bet that you went out and bought that Porsche with impunity and that the element of "risk" didn't even enter your head. Right or wrong?
Why would you be taking a "gamble"? You were buying one the finest sports cars in the world which had covered just over 30K miles. "Gamble"? I thought that was something you did in casinos and the like? If you bought the car from a guy in a grey mac who was "borrowing" his mates garage for the day, all the shut lines on the car were out, it had little or no service history and had done 150,000 miles then, yes, I would say that would have been taking a "risk".
I'd also bet that you considered the option of buying the car from a "franchise dealer", made a measured decision and thought better of it - maybe after reading other threads on this (or other) Porsche forums. Right or wrong?
I reckon that you've probably done your research and then spent your money on a car that was £5,000 to £7,000 cheaper than the OPC equivalent and thought that you'd be better off spending that money on petrol for it. Can't see a problem there!
And what would have been the difference if you HAD bought from an OPC? IMHO: none.
Let's be clear: OPCs are just garages that happened to have a big Porsche sign outside - they're still just garages with human mechanics (which you can't speak directly to about you're cars service!) :grin:
I can't believe that people are banging on about Porsche's "profits" and generally how great they are as a company. The whole car industry is in bits - Porsche included. Sure, they may have announced great profits for the last year but that doesn't mean anything. Their overheads are massive and anyone with their own business will know that this country isn't the best place to have large heated aircraft hanger-like buildings full of £80k sports cars that aren't selling.
My local OPC didn't deliver one single Porsche vehicle on an '09 plate. I'm afraid that isn't going to pay the bills for long. Either that or they're going to have to sell one hell of a lot of those black puffa jackets and snow sleds! :grin:
My point is that now of all times, you'd think that Porsche were doing their utmost to maintain good customer relationships. From this thread it doesn't seem as though they are trying to.