Considering selling my CS to Carmax, (how) do I recoup prepaid maintenance?

b1st said:

I'm thinking about selling my 2018 718 Cayman S and probably to Carmax. I purchased a 2-year 20k-mile prepaid maintenance plan when I purchased my car new for $920 and have not had a 2-year service yet. Is there a way to recoup the cost of the maintenance plan somehow? Can I get it refunded from Porsche NA or the dealer? Or perhaps transfer to another party?

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It's my understanding the maintenance plan transfers with the car upon a sale. It's associated with the car in Porsche's records by VIN number. I imagine Carmax will assign a value to it when they make you an offer just like any other option. In the end, there's probably no way to know what you're getting for the maintenance plan over and above what you would've gotten without it. I think that's true no matter who you sell the car to.

DriveInHouston said:

I confirm that the maintenance contract goes with the car, I got a 50k mi. pre-paid contract that the dealership never mentioned. (I also got transparent wrap for chip protection, that nobody mentioned).

CarMax gave me a pretty good written offer for my low mile Mustang GT (23k in 4 years), only $1k less than the dealer who serviced it (I guess Mustang GTs sold well).

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I've had this happen to me as well, both as a buyer and as a seller. Once I bought a used Porsche only to learn later that the original owner purchased a prepaid maintenance package, and once I returned an Audi off lease with one last service yet to be performed for which I prepaid. (I opted for the prepaid maintenance package because the overall cost of the lease and maintenance was cheaper with the plan than without out it, even after leaving one service on the table. This was because they discounted the prepaid maintenance and the car had a higher residual with the plan than it was without it.)