[Doug&Julie]

I doubt you'll get an independant PPI on a certified car, as the whole point to a certified car is it has been thoroughly checked (including history and background...as much as possible) and is "proven" to be a good car. Theoretically, the certification process is pretty thorough, at least as much as any PPI would go through. And evidently it does cost the dealers some money, as they get the certification from Porsche. Not exactly sure how that works, but there it is...

So the bottom line is, a 2006 car with certification shouldn't have any surprises. In fact, buying that car will provide a nice car with a nice long warranty (the remainder of the four year factory warranty and an extra two years / 100k miles total).

FWIW my car came certified, and to meet certification they replaced a leaking RMS, replaced pads and rotors, and two new rear tires (plus alignment). Oh yeah, and a 30k mile service as my car was just at that mileage. No short changing there!