Is the bubble about to burst?

[Dr Gitlin]

Steve Rance said:

If Porsche decide that future GT3's should have a turbo engine, I can see the 991 merging into the same market as the 996/7 but without a direct motorsport connection, they may not be as collectable.

Porsche will continue to need to homologate cars to run in GTE, therefore they will continue to sell cars with strong motorsport links.

[mollytherocker]

Dr Gitlin said:

Porsche will continue to need to homologate cars to run in GTE, therefore they will continue to sell cars with strong motorsport links.

'strong motorsport links'

It all comes down to ones definition of this doesn't it? When a road car doesn't have the same basic engine as the race car, I would say that link is getting tenuous.

[Dr Gitlin]

mollytherocker said:

'strong motorsport links'

It all comes down to ones definition of this doesn't it? When a road car doesn't have the same basic engine as the race car, I would say that link is getting tenuous.

Pretty sure that'll have to change when the 2017 GTE contender comes out.

[Phooey]

I wonder sometimes if some buyers actually know and understand what they are buying? Are they buying because they have the money and can? The thrill of the chase? Placing their bets that the ******* they have just bought is going to be the next 2.7RS?

[Sam All]

Phooey said:

I wonder sometimes if some buyers actually know and understand what they are buying? Are they buying because they have the money and can? The thrill of the chase? Placing their bets that the ******* they have just bought is going to be the next 2.7RS?

Good point. In this market/climate the "sum of the parts" equation has no place and fashion/herd instinct prevails. The safest place to put you money is in a new GT car at last.

[Gary81]

Having spent this AM at Porsche.... I gather they now allow 15 years of warrantee cover!?
Rather than 10 years only.
Not sure if it's model specific or not? But great to know these cars can now be used and covered by the fairly comprehensive cover (granted for a price) but piece of mind for sure

[Sam All]

Gary81 said:

Having spent this AM at Porsche.... I gather they now allow 15 years of warrantee cover!?
Rather than 10 years only.
Not sure if it's model specific or not? But great to know these cars can now be used and covered by the fairly comprehensive cover (granted for a price) but piece of mind for sure

That's quite a change. Also ensures more work for the OPC's.

[ChrisW.]

Would you know if correct, if the maximum mileage also been increased ?

[Gary81]

hi folks,
Happy to say I have purchased a GT3 Club Sport in white... with a clean bill of health (0 over revs at any level). testament to the way the car has been looked after and driven with care for the first part of its life.
Great meeting at Porsche Leicester with the seller (a guy I consider a friend from a car club I'm in)
The service manager from Porsche told us BOTH... that the changes came about last week and he would happily provide a full warrantee on 'MY' new car! until its 15 years old. I'm under warrantee as part of the current plan until March 2016 at which point I can add a further 2 years... and again can keep this going until the 15th birthday of my car (it's a 911 997 GT3 Club Sport 2007)
Cheers for the advice thus far from the guys that have commented and answered some of my daft questions.
Merry Xmas one and all.
G
Looking forward to some fun miles ahead :-)

[Gary81]

ChrisW. said:

Would you know if correct, if the maximum mileage also been increased ?

When I called this morning the service manager said it's 15 years and up to 100k.... not sure how this compares to old mileage cap?? as I have no idea what this is/was?.... hope this helps

[Gary81]

anonymous said:

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Leicester buddy.

[ras62]

The Porsche Approved Warranty is available for purchase until your car is 9 years old or has covered 125,000 miles (or 8 years and 125,000 miles for a 2 year policy).

http://www.porsche.com/uk/accessoriesandservice/ow...

[Gary81]

ras62 said:

The Porsche Approved Warranty is available for purchase until your car is 9 years old or has covered 125,000 miles (or 8 years and 125,000 miles for a 2 year policy).

http://www.porsche.com/uk/accessoriesandservice/ow...

not according to the guy in Leicester...

[ras62]

Fair enough. I guess it depends on what you believe correct. The spoken word of somebody who should know or the written word of the company that does know?

[Gary81]

ras62 said:

Fair enough. I guess it depends on what you believe correct. The spoken word of somebody who should know or the written word of the company that does know?

Assuming the website has been updated inline with the (alleged) changes introduced last week?? (alleged until confirmed)

[mollytherocker]

Wow, 15 years?

I guess they really want some of the indys business. This could well hurt them quite badly.

[s2000db]

Blimey, have Porsches suddenly got more reliable??

[Digga]

Certainly helps the dealer network to operate deeper into the used Porsche market, whilst also bringing more service revenue and better access to potential trade-up customers.

[Baz99]

mollytherocker said:

Wow, 15 years?

I guess they really want some of the indys business. This could well hurt them quite badly.

Why should this hurt the Indies? Having work done by a Indie or normal VAT registered garage does not invalidate the used warranty, unless the reason for your claim can be directly attributed to the work not being done in accordance with Porsche procedures or caused by non genuine parts. Normal exclusions for any warranty. The Indies are fully aware of this and will make sure that the work they do will be in acordance with Porsche procedures and will only use genuine parts and approve lubricants. Even the use of non genuine parts will only affect the system to which they are fitted.

Edited by Baz99 on Monday 21st December 15:45

[Baz99]

anonymous said:

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That indeed is your view, not Porsche policy and not what is stated in the policy. I have had two warranty claims and they were simply addressed, no one looked for get outs. As for significant risk of a claim being turned down because an Indy change your oil, nonsense.