Re: Porsche Cayman - Parallel Import ok?
I chose to get from authorised because:
1) for Cayman the price diff was only 20K.
2) paying 2K to SA just registers the car with SA, and they will handle warranty, but no goodwill, meaning that if anything spoil, you pay first, then if Porsche DE ascertain if warranty issue, then they will compensate SA and SA will compensate you (3 months delay) otherwise, you're out of pocket.
3) Mondial Warranty (special service VIP warranty) not available to people who buy from PI and pay 2K to SA ... only to authorised cars. Mondial includes free towing and hotel services and concierage services up to Malaysia (possibly Thailand).
4) Paying 2K to SA doesn't mean you get recall information, SA only responsible for recall for cars SOLD by it, paying 2K to register your car does not mean that you get recalls.
Overall, I weighed all this and did not want PI. In any case, I view some PI as opportunists who destroy value, not increase it. They feast on goodwill created by some authorised distros, and discount the value of this goodwill when they release cars for short term profit. Of course, some cars are well handled by authorised distros, some are not. So this is not a blanket statement.
