ANF Posted 29August, 2016 Report Share Posted 29August, 2016 All I can think of is maybe they were done for a promotion of some sort, yes probably cost a small fortune to get done.Maybe Benetton, does not explain the purple though...They could have tried harder!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XLR8 Posted 29August, 2016 Report Share Posted 29August, 2016 The green pin striping on the wheels with matching callipers do it for me..... Someone somewhere paid good money to make it like that!!I was under the impression that it was a factory built car? I think I remember it being in a magazine in the 80s?I don't "hate" it ... get rid of the pinstripe on the wheels, and chuck some race numbers on it! firstone 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANF Posted 29August, 2016 Report Share Posted 29August, 2016 I was under the impression that it was a factory built car? I think I remember it being in a magazine in the 80s?I don't "hate" it ... get rid of the pinstripe on the wheels, and chuck some race numbers on it! A quick search reveals that VW (in the UK at least) did a string of Golf's in Harlequin colours, cannot find any reference to Porsche doing them.... maybe someone liked the VW's and decided hey that would look good on a 944....??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason E Posted 29August, 2016 Report Share Posted 29August, 2016 Look what's still for sale, "absolutely stunning, only 2 ever made", yeah i think we know why.http://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/Porsche-944-1984/SSE-AD-4230335/?Cr=7 Gee i'm surprised no one has bought thisThe Horror, the Horror............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pork Chops Posted 29August, 2016 Report Share Posted 29August, 2016 Speaking of horrors...Another PFA'er alerted me to this. Ouch.http://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/_/SSE-AD-4236615?WT.seg_4=AutoAlert;PCAA scashin, poetry911 and AMG 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 29August, 2016 Report Share Posted 29August, 2016 A car dealer doing a dodgy? How peculiar! Looks like their name will be mud to a few potential buyers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonN Posted 29August, 2016 Report Share Posted 29August, 2016 What's fun is that you can still see the original dealer ad description of the car on the dealer's website. Among other things, they saidTHIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN FULLY INSPECTED AND TESTED BY OUR SERVICE CENTRE AND IS VALID FOR AND AVAILABLE WITH OUR NATIONAL (AUSTRALIA WIDE) LORBEK EXCLUSIVE PRESTIGE 10 YEAR WARRANTY.meticulously maintained and fully documented authorised Porsche service history from new WITH CURRENT SCHEDULED SERVICE BY PORSCHE JUST COMPLETED, I don't know much about consumer protection law, and nothing about anything in Victoria, but surely there has to be some protection 3 weeks after buying a car and the seller seems to imply they aren't honouring the warranty. Something doesn't seem to add up. So i dug a little.When you look at the details of the warranty (downloadable off dealer website), it is pretty clear that suspension components aren't covered and with the brakes, only "the master cylinder, booster and calipers" are covered. On the face of it, the faults might not be covered at all by the warranty - I always am very suspicious of after market warranties and this supports that view. However, shouldn't this still leave the customer protected by some sort of statutory rights? The description on the dealer website alone has to be considered misleading, to say the least.Or is there really so little protection for the consumer? Does this reinforce my buying habits of only buying new or classics, and in the case of the latter, only after a proper ppi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted 29August, 2016 Report Share Posted 29August, 2016 Be interesting to see if there's any blowback on this from Lorbek... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamr Posted 29August, 2016 Report Share Posted 29August, 2016 Foregoing the extended warranty, any used car sold comes with at least a 3 month, 5000k warranty in which time any unroadworthy and or broken bits / items must be fixed at dealer cost .....i.e ..... if an electric window doesn't work, it has to be fixed by the dealer ....After only 3 weeks, the purchaser definitely has a case / rights ..... scashin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike D'Silva Posted 29August, 2016 Report Share Posted 29August, 2016 GOODNESS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstone Posted 29August, 2016 Report Share Posted 29August, 2016 Know the product you purchase.All insurance is a contract that has inclusions and exclusions.Too many people have been caught by this type of product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANF Posted 29August, 2016 Report Share Posted 29August, 2016 (edited) Disclosing all that in the ad makes the car very hard to sell.... also if they have had the car fixed why sell it now? Edited 30August, 2016 by ANF LeeM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 29August, 2016 Report Share Posted 29August, 2016 Disclosing all that is the ad makes the car very hard to sell.... also if they have had the car fixed why sell it now? I thought that too ANF 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted 29August, 2016 Report Share Posted 29August, 2016 I suspect selling it is not his aim... Petez and Peter M 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pork Chops Posted 29August, 2016 Report Share Posted 29August, 2016 I thought that tooPerhaps it ain't for sale. It's quite clever when you think about it. It'll get pulled by carsales shortly enough. I suspect selling it is not his aim...Wow! Jinx on me. LeeM and Petez 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 29August, 2016 Report Share Posted 29August, 2016 Perhaps it ain't for sale. It's quite clever when you think about it. It'll get pulled by carsales shortly enough.Wow! Jinx on me. Also thought that. Fake ad just to alert people with his experience Petez 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamond911 Posted 29August, 2016 Report Share Posted 29August, 2016 I suspect selling it is not his aim...Yep, $65 (or $135 for premium ad) to vent. Pretty effective really as we're all taking about it now and spreading the word by default. Petez and poetry911 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1q2w3e4r Posted 29August, 2016 Report Share Posted 29August, 2016 Lot of melbourne dealer's could be held over a barrel realistically as there is no consignment coverage in Vic. Plenty of the higher end stuff is on consignment off the books as I understand (this isn't a comment on Lorbek) michel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonN Posted 29August, 2016 Report Share Posted 29August, 2016 Reputation or not, surely the law applies, unless there is more to this than meets the eye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michel Posted 29August, 2016 Report Share Posted 29August, 2016 great way of identifying the crap US imports and handy to have something wider to stand on when loading up the tail at Bunnings or putting your ass up some pole Bit crude ... Should have said rubbing your ass up against some pole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michel Posted 29August, 2016 Report Share Posted 29August, 2016 Lot of melbourne dealer's could be held over a barrel realistically as there is no consignment coverage in Vic. Plenty of the higher end stuff is on consignment off the books as I understand (this isn't a comment on Lorbek) even the dealers who say the don't, won't...do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLD Posted 30August, 2016 Report Share Posted 30August, 2016 It goes to show that no matter the car, you should get a PPI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michel Posted 30August, 2016 Report Share Posted 30August, 2016 ....no matter the dealer ... Though personally have bought often without PPI. Though from good sellers poetry911 and hugh 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poetry911 Posted 30August, 2016 Report Share Posted 30August, 2016 perhaps people are realising that 930's don't drive nearly as good as they look... (And yes I have had one)totally agree! But I'll probably still own one again soon. :) Disclosing all that is the ad makes the car very hard to sell.... also if they have had the car fixed why sell it now?they're making a case for damages. Perhaps it ain't for sale. It's quite clever when you think about it. It'll get pulled by carsales shortly enough.Wow! Jinx on me.They bought what they thought was X. It was represented to be X. Then the purchaser found out it wasn't X but maybe Z. So the only way to sue would be to put it onto the market and sell it as Z with all the info, then sue for the difference plus interest. If that seems fair to you then that will probably apply in this case. Forget the three day cooling of period. Just an opinion.totally agree! But I'll probably still own one again soon. :)they're making a case for damages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PomBstard Posted 30August, 2016 Report Share Posted 30August, 2016 Well, not really interesting, except that the proper chancers are out now...http://www.carsales.com.au/dealer/details/Porsche-944-1988/OAG-AD-13394672/?Cr=1Seriously, for a 944S, not even an S2 or T, with 260,000km...??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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