PPI in Northern VA?

[td_va]

Hi,
I just ran across a pretty unbelievable deal on my first 911. The catch is, I only have until 6:00 pm Monday to close the deal and I want to get a PPI. Can anyone recommend a good place to get one in the DC metro area that might be able (long shot, I know) to get me in on Monday?

Thanks!

[redducati750]

what is it? how much?

[pwd72s]

I have a friend in VA...but with this timeline? Fergit it. I'd suggest you keep this in mind for ANY deal that crosses your life in the future. Whenever somebody says to you: "it's now or never"? Pick never. You will come out ahead in the long run.

[RoninLB]

check with the locals

http://www.dorkiphus.com/porsche/index.php

[Rich L]

Try calling some of the local shops listed in the PCA Potomac links page:

http://www.pcapotomac.org/pca/html/links.shtml

Good luck!

[Jim Richards]

TD, here's some good places (listed in no particular order) to get the PPI at:

Intersport in McLean 703.242.8680
Dr. John's in Sterling 703.433.2007
ASG in Fairfax 703.876.2811
Curry's Auto Service in Herndon 571.522.1002
Dulles International Motorsport in Herndon 703.471.4111

Good luck on your purchase!

[Doug E]

Here are a few that are located in NoVa:

Dulles International Motors 703/471-4111
Intersport 703/242-8680
Autobahn 703/691-1771
RPM 703/550-8240
IMA 703/849-9590
Pitstop 703/212-0900
Dr. Johns 703/433-2007
Heinz 703/455-3911
Rennsport 703/750-0928
ASG 703/876-2811

Good luck!

[td_va]

Thanks Jim and Doug! Redduc, I'll post details and pics next week if the purchase works out. I was being purposely vague because I haven't sealed the deal yet. I'm a little afraid of someone else grabbing it while I'm trying to work out the PPI.

TD

[td_va]

Thanks again to all the Pelicanites for the great advice about getting a PPI and where to get it. I called first thing this morning and Intersport was able to get me in and do a really thorough and professional PPI. Unfortunately, they found enough significant issues with the car that it wasn't cost effective for me to purchase it. That was really bad news after spending Sat and Sun starting a relationship with it!

In case anyone a little braver than me wants to take on a project, the car is a silver/blue 1984 Carerra Cabrio, with a clean Carfax and 63K miles, sitting at DARCARS Chrysler in Fairfax. They originally offered it for 18K on cars.com, then advertised it in the paper this weekend for $14.9K. After some tire kicking they offered it to me for $12.7K. The interior is really clean and it has a new top. It needs paint work, but I was OK with that for $12.7. But, when you add in several pretty substantial oil leaks, new brake rotors, etc it got expensive pretty quickly. If anyone is interested, the dealer seemed like he was thinking about it when I showed him the PPI and told him he should be asking like $8K. I also left a copy with the dealer, he said he'd show it to future prospective buyers.

So, lesson learned. Anyone have a lead on a clean Carerra Cabrio in silver, red or blue for a fair price?

Thanks,
TD

[Jim Richards]

Tony, sorry it didn't work out. I hope you find one that's a keeper.