Porsche Warranty - 996 Gen 2 / Bore Scoring

Porsche Warranty - 996 Gen 2 / Bore Scoring

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nickpan

Original Poster:

570 posts

188 months

Tuesday 3rd May 2016
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Porsche recently extended their warranty cover period to cars up to 15 years old.

My 996 Gen 2 3.6 (2003) with FPSH from new and 40,000 miles on the clock falls into this bracket.

Porsche have offered to sell me a 2 year warranty for the car subject to a 111 point check.

Question - is this likely to cover any bore scoring issues in the future?

Cheers

Nick

fastgerman

1,911 posts

194 months

Tuesday 3rd May 2016
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Porsche warranty is the only warranty that covers everything (excl. service items), so yes

Soov535

35,829 posts

270 months

Tuesday 3rd May 2016
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Yes

nickpan

Original Poster:

570 posts

188 months

Tuesday 3rd May 2016
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Cheers for the speedy response gents - appreciated.

griffter

3,981 posts

254 months

Wednesday 4th May 2016
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How far will you drive in 2 years?
If the engine shows no signs of scoring now, how likely are they to develop within two years?

Assuming the 111 point check would pick up any scoring showing now, and that scoring takes time (well, miles) to develop, I think you'd need to use the car a lot in 2 years to justify the Porsche warranty.

nickpan

Original Poster:

570 posts

188 months

Wednesday 4th May 2016
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griffter said:
How far will you drive in 2 years?
If the engine shows no signs of scoring now, how likely are they to develop within two years?

Assuming the 111 point check would pick up any scoring showing now, and that scoring takes time (well, miles) to develop, I think you'd need to use the car a lot in 2 years to justify the Porsche warranty.
Sound advice. After much thought, I concluded the £2000 was best spent investing in the car replacing parts rather than into a "warranty".

Trev450

6,314 posts

171 months

Wednesday 4th May 2016
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griffter said:
If the engine shows no signs of scoring now, how likely are they to develop within two years?

Assuming the 111 point check would pick up any scoring showing now, and that scoring takes time (well, miles) to develop, I think you'd need to use the car a lot in 2 years to justify the Porsche warranty.
AFAIK bore scoring can occur at anytime and take a matter of seconds to happen

mollytherocker

14,365 posts

208 months

Wednesday 4th May 2016
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Trev450 said:
griffter said:
If the engine shows no signs of scoring now, how likely are they to develop within two years?

Assuming the 111 point check would pick up any scoring showing now, and that scoring takes time (well, miles) to develop, I think you'd need to use the car a lot in 2 years to justify the Porsche warranty.
AFAIK bore scoring can occur at anytime and take a matter of seconds to happen
Indeed, and I do not believe that the 111 point check includes checking the bores.

They check things like lights and headlamp washers.... biggrin

Fl0pp3r

859 posts

202 months

Thursday 5th May 2016
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