It is indeed amazing how you can order nearly any single old part at a Porsche center: if you've got the PET catalog reference, even better. And the people at

It is indeed amazing how you can order nearly any single old part at a Porsche center: if you've got the PET catalog reference, even better. And the people at the counter there for "new old" parts do know their job: you explain them which part you need, the number you think it is, and more often then not they'll find it in no time, warn you about this or that similar but not identical part, that other part you'll then need too, how complicated the replacement procedure is, etc. Now for some stuff and in case bootleg ones exist, you better buy the bootleg part for it's going to be much cheaper. Or eBay, parts from crashed cars (you often see a photo of the "donor", crashed, car). Had the "roof console" going cuckoo before I got the extended manufacturer warranty so it was on me (and they wouldn't sell me the warranty unless I fixed it)... Turns out the roof console depends on which extra the car has (like "homelink" to open your garage door or not, the color of the interior, etc.). So it's a part that has to be made specifically for your car: Porsche quoted me something like 765 EUR for the part + one hour of work + VAT (something silly like 1100 EUR altogether). I found a nearly identical part on eBay for... 48 EUR and installed it myself in literally 5 minutes. 48 EUR vs 1100 EUR. Also some people on forums are very good at finding which company is manufacturing that one very identical part for Porsche, but without the Porsche logo on it: gonna be way cheaper too and it's literally the same part. One example would be a Porsche battery charger which is just a CTEK charger with the CTEK logo replace by a Porsche one and sold 2x the price (not the best example as better example would be actual car parts but you get the idea).