This man bought a shabby Porsche Cayenne S in an auction for a mere price of $700 and implemented one simple fix that would increase the car’s worth tenfold.
The Porsche listing had been up for several days, and the man kept encountering it every day until he finally hit the ‘bid’ button.
It cost him $700 plus taxes, making it a grand total of $925.
However, the listing mentioned that the car wasn’t in driveable or running condition, so why did he spend the money?
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Man bought ‘not running’ Porsche Cayenne S for $700
For that price, you could barely get an oil change on a newer car like the Porsche 911, so this was an intriguing deal.
Sam, a car enthusiast and a YouTuber, saw the photos of this Cayenne S listing, and his first instinct was that he could fix it without emptying his wallet.
What exactly did he see, you ask?
While browsing the photos, Sam noticed the warning errors on the Porsche’s dash, which hinted toward a minor problem.
Jump to a few days later, he got the Cayenne S on his doorstep, and somehow managed to start the car — which the listing mentioned wasn’t possible.
However, that was just a workaround rather than an actual repair, so he started investigating.
Sam knew that older Porsche Cayenne S models had a history of errors that caused the dash to light up like Christmas lights.
Those issues are directly related to faulty wiring, so that’s precisely where Sam looked.
A straightforward fix to decuple its value
After taking a thorough look at the battery and the factory wiring, he ultimately found a wire that had corroded due to standing water on the car’s floor.
It wasn’t just some amount of water, but the floor had become a swimming pool.
Sam immediately reconnected the wire, and – voila – most errors disappeared like they were never there.
Some warning lights stayed, however, but those were only minor issues that could be taken care of later.
Then, Sam spent hours making sure water didn’t enter the car again, and also fixed that by cleaning two drainage bays full of stuff that shouldn’t have been there.
You could certainly say that he fixed the Porsche with a wire — because he did.
Sam estimated that the car’s value had decupled at this point, and he could sell it off for thousands of dollars.
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