First service - how much?
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SkinnyP said:
You won't get much change from £300 servicing a fancy hatchback these days, so it sounds like a bargain for a Porsche.
Exactly right, I'm running a Civic Type R at the moment and the dealer takes around £300 off me each year for a serviceHowever they don't suggest pads and discs need replacing at the first service !...are OPC's really that picky ?
It's not really about being picky. In my fairly limited experience, it's just about getting away with as much as they can in terms of generating work for themselves and cost for you.
I doubt many people get away with less than £1k spent any time Porsche West London gets hold of their car, for example.
I doubt many people get away with less than £1k spent any time Porsche West London gets hold of their car, for example.
SkinnyP said:
You won't get much change from £300 servicing a fancy hatchback these days, so it sounds like a bargain for a Porsche.
Ha! by the time the dealer has "found" a few non-warranty things, your minor service will top £800Then a major service will go well over £1200.
In four years they will rape your wallet to the tune of a minimum of £2000.
About £500 a year.
Latest Golf R service plan for 4 years/ 40k miles is £579
ilduce said:
Latest Golf R service plan for 4 years/ 40k miles is £579
Two ways to look at this.Dealers taking a huge hit with servicing costs i.e. loosing money with about £100 per hour labour rates, plus 4-5 litres of fully synthetic oil and filters at each service...car being properly checked over and looked after.
Or
Dealer doing basically nothing to the car for four years.
I wonder which one it is...I'd be worried.
Klippie said:
ilduce said:
Latest Golf R service plan for 4 years/ 40k miles is £579
Two ways to look at this.Dealers taking a huge hit with servicing costs i.e. loosing money with about £100 per hour labour rates, plus 4-5 litres of fully synthetic oil and filters at each service...car being properly checked over and looked after.
Or
Dealer doing basically nothing to the car for four years.
I wonder which one it is...I'd be worried.
"yes sir, your discs are worn out after only 23k miles and the original set of pads"
"yes sir, £150 to replace brake fluid, that doesn't really need replacing"
"yes sir, £130 to do a £49 check on your air con that's working perfectly"
"yes sir, £230 to do a £75 geometry check"
"yes sir, £250 for a £70 battery"
"yes sir, £2000 to change all the shock absorbers. (Fortunately the worn out ones healed themselves by the time they check them 20k miles later.)"
You can't have ever owned a modern Porsche.
To be fair to them, if you don't have a warranty they are haggleable. I got my local OPC to do a major service inc MOT for £500 (matched the indie). I asked how long the spark plugs were good for, I can't remember now, but it's at least 60k and my car had done 15k. They're £90 to swap, told them not to bother. Little things like that will save a surprising amount when it comes to things that simply don't need to be done. Used an indie for the last 'smalll one and that was £250.
Brakes, DIY, it's not hard and a full set of Pagid disks and pads isn't horrific from Euro Car Parts (under £400 IIRC, I've only done the pads so far). Don't run the pads too low though as it can rub through to the sensors and you'll need new ones (if the light comes on it's too late). There's one on each corner if you do. Easy to re-use them however if you get to them before hand.
Not having a warranty also allows you do do things like fit a battery that isn't a complete bag of s
t.
Brakes, DIY, it's not hard and a full set of Pagid disks and pads isn't horrific from Euro Car Parts (under £400 IIRC, I've only done the pads so far). Don't run the pads too low though as it can rub through to the sensors and you'll need new ones (if the light comes on it's too late). There's one on each corner if you do. Easy to re-use them however if you get to them before hand.
Not having a warranty also allows you do do things like fit a battery that isn't a complete bag of s
t.If you must get the service done at an OPC, do as others have said and try to haggle. For the brake fluid change, I'd take it to any decent independent garage. They'd probably do it for under £75.
Brakes are easy to do. Many guides on YouTube and Porsche forums. The Brembos are easier to do than normal cars with sliding calipers. As the Brembos have pistons on each side of the brake disc, they are fixed and so come off when you undo two bolts at the back of the caliper. Then, the caliper comes right off and you can change the disc too.
Brakes are easy to do. Many guides on YouTube and Porsche forums. The Brembos are easier to do than normal cars with sliding calipers. As the Brembos have pistons on each side of the brake disc, they are fixed and so come off when you undo two bolts at the back of the caliper. Then, the caliper comes right off and you can change the disc too.
My '58 Cayman minor serviced at Byfleet last week = £697 inc. brake fluid and MOT. Pretty satisfied with that as my first OPC service experience. Nice 'traffic light' report indicating a few horrors ahead in 2 years time though. I never expected owning a Porsche to be light on my wallet. Hasn't cost a lot more than my old Z4 yet either......
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