I went in to get some prices on parts and getting them installed for my 1988 Porsche 911. (This meant driving 24 miles to this place way across town). Not obscure stuff but I needed new horns, (high and low), the power door lock actuators and a windshield wiper switch. Pretty vanilla stuff.
I got a quote on the parts prices but it did take some time. The parts guy was kewl but you could sense I was asking him to do something he doesn't do very often. He even asked me at one point if my windshield wiper switch was on the column or the dash. Hmmmm... The Porsche parts computer doesn't know that? Apparently I should just throw this car away because the parts records have been purged or something.
I was then directed to go see a service tech to get an estimate on installing the parts. So now i am off to another department to get some basic info. Same deal. Not sure what to do he leaves to seek out someone else. He comes back with the explanation that they don't work on anything older then a 1995 Porsche. I said this is the first dealer that has told me they can't work on my car because they don't know how. He said something like , "Well Rand can do work on those". Ohhh... But you won't bother to quote working on mine ??
He did recommend an independant repair shop to talk to as a parting gesture.
I will say the car salesman hanging outside was pitching me a brand new 2012 Porsche that was sitting there before I even got to the front door. Hey... It was only $117,000 PLUS PLUS PLUS to drive it away. They probably would have given me at least $500 for my car right ??? But I digress...
This was just a weird, strange experience for a Porsche dealer. Bad news is they are the only one in Vegas.
If you aren't there to spend some big money on some car they want to sell you I would go elsewhere.