New clutch from OPC worth asking for a discount
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Been quoted just over £2k for new clutch and flywheel on my 997s. Car is 6 years old with full OPC history. Purchased 13 months ago from Same OPC. Only 27k miles from new and was serviced 10 months ago (major) with no comment on the clutch then although it has done a further 3k miles since then. Never tracked or driven in anger. Should I ask for a discount and if so how much?
Realistic Advice appreciated as I don't want to annoy the OPC who have been very good up to now.
Realistic Advice appreciated as I don't want to annoy the OPC who have been very good up to now.
The car is 6 years old and done 27,000 miles. You could have been riding or dropping the clutch doing smokey traffic light starts for all your OPC knows.
Clutch is a wear item and in fairness to the OPC, if the clutch operation was deemed ok at time of service (10 months ago) i think it's unfair to expect the OPC to cough up?
If the car was 6 months old and done 6,000 miles and still under Porsche Warranty - fair enough, you may consider some goodwill on a wear item.
Clutch is a wear item and in fairness to the OPC, if the clutch operation was deemed ok at time of service (10 months ago) i think it's unfair to expect the OPC to cough up?
If the car was 6 months old and done 6,000 miles and still under Porsche Warranty - fair enough, you may consider some goodwill on a wear item.
FisiP1 said:
I'd be annoyed to be quite honest, I have no idea if you are likely to get anything from them but I'd be very annoyed at this happening so soon after a major service/having purchased it from them, and on such low mileage.
hence why prep works makes me laugh.prep means clean and respray the front end if it looks bad , and fit new tyres if badley worn ie under 4mm.
Pisses me off trying to sell my GT3 which is had 10k spent on it so like new ie replacing the bits you cannot see, inc Clutch, dampers, diff etc etc and traders don't give a monkeys, but will sell you a car which will neeed a new diff, damper rebuild and clucth in a few months .
Traders and I mean all OPC and 3rd party ones which say they spend x ammount on prep on this forum go on looks alone and tyres, and at a push disks and of course the famous rev ranges. they don't care about clutch's, diff,s dampers, rads , bush's etc and they are 100% not going to fit them in prep work.
This one of the biggest reason for NOT buying a 997 GT3 which is 6 years old and had no work done but at top money.
you can see a 10k bill quite easy on a 997 GT3 which has had no work donebut still command top prices.
Edited by mrdemon on Friday 5th October 09:40
mrdemon said:
hence why prep works makes me laugh.
prep means clean and respray the front end if it looks bad , and fit new tyres if badley worn ie under 4mm.
Pisses me off trying to sell my GT3 which is had 10k spent on it so like new ie replacing the bits you cannot see, inc Clutch, dampers, diff etc etc and traders don't give a monkeys, but will sell you a car which will neeed a new diff, damper rebuild and clucth in a few months .
Traders and I mean all OPC and 3rd party ones which say they spend x ammount on prep on this forum go on looks alone and tyres, and at a push disks and of course the famous rev ranges. they don't care about clutch's, diff,s dampers, rads , bush's etc and they are 100% not going to fit them in prep work.
This one of the biggest reason for NOT buying a 997 GT3 which is 6 years old and had no work done but at top money.
you can see a 10k bill quite easy on a 997 GT3 which has had no work donebut still command top prices.
buyers are just as bad though, people are obsessed with mileage, no of owners and the digit on the reg... having just spent thousands on maintenance doesn't factor into their buying mantra! and the trade is just the same when making bids (well that's what i found anyway)prep means clean and respray the front end if it looks bad , and fit new tyres if badley worn ie under 4mm.
Pisses me off trying to sell my GT3 which is had 10k spent on it so like new ie replacing the bits you cannot see, inc Clutch, dampers, diff etc etc and traders don't give a monkeys, but will sell you a car which will neeed a new diff, damper rebuild and clucth in a few months .
Traders and I mean all OPC and 3rd party ones which say they spend x ammount on prep on this forum go on looks alone and tyres, and at a push disks and of course the famous rev ranges. they don't care about clutch's, diff,s dampers, rads , bush's etc and they are 100% not going to fit them in prep work.
This one of the biggest reason for NOT buying a 997 GT3 which is 6 years old and had no work done but at top money.
you can see a 10k bill quite easy on a 997 GT3 which has had no work donebut still command top prices.
Edited by mrdemon on Friday 5th October 09:40
Dr mojo said:
Been quoted just over £2k for new clutch and flywheel on my 997s. Car is 6 years old with full OPC history. Purchased 13 months ago from Same OPC. Only 27k miles from new and was serviced 10 months ago (major) with no comment on the clutch then although it has done a further 3k miles since then. Never tracked or driven in anger. Should I ask for a discount and if so how much?
Realistic Advice appreciated as I don't want to annoy the OPC who have been very good up to now.
What is the problem with the clutch, exactly?Realistic Advice appreciated as I don't want to annoy the OPC who have been very good up to now.
Not being a driving God, would anyone care to explain what riding the clutch actually means in reality. Also how can you test if the clutch is slipping or getting to the point where it may need to replaced soon?
I have recently had a quote for a clutch replacement at £1400 for East London... it was for a Cayman S rather than the 997 but seeing as many parts are shared i would expect the prices to be relatively similar.
I have recently had a quote for a clutch replacement at £1400 for East London... it was for a Cayman S rather than the 997 but seeing as many parts are shared i would expect the prices to be relatively similar.
floor it it 4th at low revs when moving do you move forward fast or does it smell lol
or put your foot brake on release the clutch does the car stall straight away, it should stall the car straight away.
riding the clutch is just that driving and resting your foot on the clutch, but also holding the car at lights just on clutch, or not rev matching on down shifts will all reduce clutch life.
you cannot really ride the clutch on a Porsche it's quite heavy.
or put your foot brake on release the clutch does the car stall straight away, it should stall the car straight away.
riding the clutch is just that driving and resting your foot on the clutch, but also holding the car at lights just on clutch, or not rev matching on down shifts will all reduce clutch life.
you cannot really ride the clutch on a Porsche it's quite heavy.
Edited by mrdemon on Friday 5th October 11:11
NA55 said:
Not being a driving God, would anyone care to explain what riding the clutch actually means in reality. Also how can you test if the clutch is slipping or getting to the point where it may need to replaced soon?
I have recently had a quote for a clutch replacement at £1400 for East London... it was for a Cayman S rather than the 997 but seeing as many parts are shared i would expect the prices to be relatively similar.
In addition to what mrdemon posted, it can also refer to excessive clutch/throttle blending when accelerating from a standstill or(more usually) when going into second gear. People usually do it if they are not confident that the engine won't stall in a given situation.I have recently had a quote for a clutch replacement at £1400 for East London... it was for a Cayman S rather than the 997 but seeing as many parts are shared i would expect the prices to be relatively similar.
Clutch riding can be a problem in some marques but you don't hear about this on Porsches as much. I remember when testing a Vantage the dealer rep said they'd all been specifically told at their national dealer day to get off the clutch as soon as possible when pulling away or changing gear.
There was a thread on Boxa.net asking posters to record how long they'd made a clutch last and some had got to 100K+ miles on one clutch with many more at an impressive 60k+. This is Boxsers not 911s of course but not a world away wrt this sort of think you'd think.
So it seems the OP has been very unlucky here but, as others have said, not sure you will be able to do much about this. It was the same with my first Porsche purchase when I didn't know to check the insides of the discs for corrosion and that came back to bite me at the first MOT...
There was a thread on Boxa.net asking posters to record how long they'd made a clutch last and some had got to 100K+ miles on one clutch with many more at an impressive 60k+. This is Boxsers not 911s of course but not a world away wrt this sort of think you'd think.
So it seems the OP has been very unlucky here but, as others have said, not sure you will be able to do much about this. It was the same with my first Porsche purchase when I didn't know to check the insides of the discs for corrosion and that came back to bite me at the first MOT...
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