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I personally think CPO is a total farce. My 2011 Cayman with 65k miles, which I bought from Porsche Colorado Springs in October 2022, was CPO'd. I incorrectly assumed that CPO'd meant that the certifying dealer would have gone through the car with a fine tooth comb and that there would be no need to have an independent shop look at it. I could not have been more wrong and my story is consistent with what others have experienced in the last 4 or so years with CPO'd cars. I did not expect a 12 y/o car to be perfect and free from all defects and I expected I'd need to put about $2000-3000 into the car within the first year. I was cool with that because this Cayman was of one hell of a spec including a super rare LSD. After getting my Cayman home and looking it over, I realized was full of issues and since I had not been able to test drive 987.2 6MT, because they are so rare, I did not notice all of the issues on my 10 mile test drive but did start to suspect some issues on my 600 mile driver home to KC. Regarding the clutch, the salesmen said that Porsche clutch pedals are really heavy so I believed him. Whoops.

Things missed by CPO:

1) Torn engine mount
2) Sagging transmission mounts
3) Cracked AOS vacuum line
4) Worn out clutch and failing dual mass flywheel. Upon removal of the clutch/flywheel, the independent shop (which is run be former Porsche techs) said the clutch and flywheel should have NEVER passed CPO.
5) Completely perished front suspension bump stops.
6) Completely perished rear hatch rubber stops/foots.
7) Seriously stretched and worn cable shifter rods and worn shifter bushings.
8) An engine bay that had not ever been cleaned. It was brown with so much grime. It took me 4 hours to clean it and inspect it. I also pulled out two softball size debris piles from mice living under the intake manifold.

When I realized all of the problems, I took the car to my local Porsche dealer and they gave me an estimate of around $14K to fix everything. NONE of it would be covered by CPO because it was considered wear and tear. I confronted Porsche Colorado Springs and not until I threatened to approach Porsche US did they offer me a settlement of $3500. I had a new clutch and flywheel installed for $2800 and did the remaining work myself for around $3000 in parts.

The good news is once I fixed all the issues, the car has been great and looks basically new now. Never got to use the 2 year CPO warranty.