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Tall_Heat_6824 t1_j3ndd9h wrote

Your conventional wisdom on this is on point. With "luxury" cars, you kind of want a place that specializes in them...like a dealership. You don't really want to bring it to "Bill discount auto" or whatever place that spends most of their days servicing Nissan Altimas. Regardless of where you go, it's going to be exponentially more expensive to maintain. I have a higher-end Audi myself, and I'm pretty used to paying $500+ per tire, or having them quote me $750+ to change the headlights. It just comes with the territory.

Buying used luxury cars is a whole different can of worms that I won't open

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Hextall2727 OP t1_j3ne174 wrote

Yeah, I get that. I know of an independent BMW service shop near Epping that specifically services BMWs, I was just wondering if there's a similar shop in this area for Porsches... just to increase my options, especially for a pre-purchase inspection on a car I have a lead on.

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IntelligentMeal40 t1_j3npztz wrote

There was a guy in Rumney I think who was amazing, I don’t even remember why I found him except at my step mom used to have a Porsche from the 70s or 80s.

He was a sweetheart he would do it out of his garage at his beautiful house out in the woods, and I would hang out in his house with his wife and drink coffee and read books, but I appreciated that he let me chill with his wife because it’s not like there’s anything else to do while you’re sitting there for three hours in the woods unless you’re down to go hiking in unfamiliar areas by yourself

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Tall_Heat_6824 t1_j3netg4 wrote

Yeah I'd for sure get a pre-purchase inspection. I mean if it seems like it's in petty good shape, and you're definitely getting a discount from not buying new - you could luck out.

There is a place in Exeter that sells Jaguars and other high end cars, they might be worth looking into for service as well, but I'm spacing on the name

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Hextall2727 OP t1_j3nf3z4 wrote

I know there's a Jag dealership in Exeter.
I have a neighbor with a boxter he drives sparingly, I plan on picking his brain too.

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