[flash]

correct - as i said, a very common misconception. the club is in no way connected to PCNA. the only club that is connected is POC, and that is a loose connection.



PCNA sells a certificate of authenticity for each car for a $100 fee. it is exactly the information that jeff is giving out for free. if somebody were essentially giving away the very same product you sell, how would you feel about it?



porsche is extremely aggressive about people picking their pockets. they have driven people out of business, and nearly taken their houses over far less. they don't even let clubs and such use their fonts or logos without threatening to sue them for copyright infringement. we had to be very careful about that when setting up the site.

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[Inkedupfatboy]

That is interesting that PCA is not endorsed by Porsche since they obviously give that impression. So I would think that if Porsche Automobil Holding SE would go after anyone then PCA would be high on that list. This is obviously not the case since their name (in their font) and logo are all over the PCA site.



It looks like they have disclaimers on their legal page about the owners of the logos, names, etc related to Porsche, so maybe that is enough..

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[flash]

yeah - they would love you to think that they are connected.

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[tamathumper]

Any use of Porsche intellectual or brand properties is dearly licensed to PCA.

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[rxter]

An interesting read. Then I thought what is the problem we are trying to solve? Why do I need to know that my car is 1 of XXXX.



Curiosity I suppose?

Bragging rights maybe?

Valuable information that we can use at the next Barrett Jackson auction to increase the value of my 968? Not likely.



If I had what I thought was a collector value car I'd pay the $100 cause I'd want the piece of paper for auction. Except for maybe a couple cars these are not collectors - especially the way that we drive them. And given what I (and others) have done to my car it is clearly 1 of 1 now...

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[ds968]

[quote name='rxter' timestamp='1377553472' post='148061']

. And given what I (and others) have done to my car it is clearly 1 of 1 now...

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Excellent point !!

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[Inkedupfatboy]

Well, mine's still one of five. If that helps, fine, if not fine. It is the telling the story of the car. If that is not for everyone, fine.

I wanted to know and now I do. I will probably spend the c-note for the pedigree as I plan to locally show the car and it will look cool in my opinion. I have other documentation as well as photos, original brochures and a framed poster for display in the car at shows...

I have decided against tracking my car, although I do plan on driving and enjoying it, I am still going to hang at our local car shows...there are very few Porsche guys that do and I think people will enjoy seeing my car.

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[Langley968]

[quote name='rxter' timestamp='1377553472' post='148061']

If I had what I thought was a collector value car I'd pay the $100 cause I'd want the piece of paper for auction.

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I requested the Certificate of Authenticity because I needed to prove to the insurance company that the 968 Cab is a different model from the 968 Coupe (as far as Porsche is concerned - the VIN is a different sequrence). And it worked! Saves me about $900 a year on insurance. In British Columbia we do not have "free enterprise" when it comes to car insurance, we must all insure our vehicles with the "state insurance co" ("they" know what is good for the "dumb" people... stupid socialism).

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[Inkedupfatboy]

That's cool. As I said before, as having a cab being only of of five produced in '94 with the Chestnut Brown interior, as a seller that gives me an item I can use in a sales presentation. It makes the car stand out instead of say a car that has the same interior as 1,000 other cars.

In fact everyone that I have told that to thinks it is really cool. It adds a bit to the mystique that the 968 already has, being one of the more unfamiliar Porsche models.

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[ds968]

[quote name='Langley968' timestamp='1377646302' post='148146']

I requested the Certificate of Authenticity because I needed to prove to the insurance company that the 968 Cab is a different model from the 968 Coupe (as far as Porsche is concerned - the VIN is a different sequrence). And it worked! Saves me about $900 a year on insurance. In British Columbia we do not have "free enterprise" when it comes to car insurance, we must all insure our vehicles with the "state insurance co" ("they" know what is good for the "dumb" people... stupid socialism).[/quote]



Wait, what ? Insuring a 968 cab is $ 900 / year cheaper than tne same insurance for a coupe, and in tne same province ? Seems it should be just the opposite given the market value delta between the two models. And the reason tne socialistic bureaucracy gives you for this is ...what exactly ? Higher theft

rate on coupes ( too cold in Canada to drive cabs so no one steals them, LOL ) ? Or is it because

they're fractions of seconds faster than cabs and thus more dangerous on the roads ? Or it must be that

it has a roof, and if you have a roll-over accident the body shop has one more part to fix ? LOL, that's just bizarre.

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[Langley968]

Sorry for the confusion...

The difference is not bewteen 968 models.

ICBC (Insurance Corp of British Columbia) has the following rule: a vehicle will qualify for collector status BEFORE it is 25 years old if:

* the vehicle is 15 years old

* there were LESS than 1500 built worlwide in that given model year

Since there was 1440 cabs built in 1993, it qualifies. BUT... the first time I applied they lumped the cabs together with the coupes and then the total was way over 1500. By getting the certificate and supporting documentation about how the VIN works for both coupe and cab, ICBC then accepted my application.

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