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Originally Posted by Porsche_monkey
Even if it broke down before he got off your street it's still his problem.
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Legally true, but I'd never do that. If something like that happened, or if it broke down (significantly) on the way home, I'd go out of my way to make it right. When I sold the boxster, 2 days before the guy came to pick it up, I broke the thin wood trim piece under the passenger side airbag. I probably could have glued it back together and hope he wouldn't notice, but I just can't do that. Unfortunately, it had to be not only ordered from Germany, but actually fabricated, so it was a 3 or 4 week wait. I'd ordered and paid for the piece before I even had a chance to tell him it broke. He'd agreed to DIY install it, because the service guy at the local dealership said it was an easy DIY install. When he ran into trouble, I even paid for half the labour cost to install it at a local shop. Granted, this was a $25K boxster, not a $1750 944, but still, that's the way I do business.
In this case, the buyer had asked if I had any doubt that he'd be able to drive the car home 300 miles. I said no, but even still asked him to call or email when he arrived home, just to set my mind at ease, which he did. I know that doesn't constitute a legal warranty, but in my view it constituted a moral warranty for that 300 miles against anything major.