Is the bubble about to burst?
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The warranty provides peace of mind but at huge cost. When I went to renew my wife's in 2013 (on a 2008 C4s) my OPC presented me with a bill for £3600 to fix everything before renewal. I had it all done, except the rusted exhaust studs, for half that at an indie (work included new brakes, leaking tandem pump etc). Two years later I am still £4000 up (including savings on not paying warranty), have Michelin Super Sports (great tyre), cheaper future servicing bills, and a superb mechanic. No coffee or valets but I don't care about that. And if something serious happens it will be off to Hartech. Never going back to OPC. The 15 year deal is just a clever way to screw more older 911 owners IMO.
Actually there could be a simple way around the renewal vs getting work done at an Indy.
Get the work done at the Indy using Porsche parts and then take it to the OPC for inspection/renewal. Since the warranty kicks in after the inspection is done I can't see what reason they would have to refuse cover.
Get the work done at the Indy using Porsche parts and then take it to the OPC for inspection/renewal. Since the warranty kicks in after the inspection is done I can't see what reason they would have to refuse cover.
ks in a picture a while ago?
Is anyone noticing any change at auctions etc?
I'm only really following the 997.1 GT3s and more loosely the 996 Turbos and GT3s.
Seems the Pistonheads classifieds has really stagnated in respect to the 997.1 GT3s, no real price drops though.
Is everything Porsche GT related in the U.K listed on Pistonheads or do you guys keep an eye on other websites?
I'm only really following the 997.1 GT3s and more loosely the 996 Turbos and GT3s.
Seems the Pistonheads classifieds has really stagnated in respect to the 997.1 GT3s, no real price drops though.
Is everything Porsche GT related in the U.K listed on Pistonheads or do you guys keep an eye on other websites?
Edited by Geesus on Friday 22 January 12:38
anonymous said:
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^This.Whilst it's not been the coldest, it's certainly been the wettest winter on record. Hardly the sort of weather to inspire people to look for sports cars of any marque, let alone go for a spin, so it really is a bit early to guess. I also don't cleave to the idea that all models within a marque march in step; you can see this with the relative prices of late 996tt and early 997tt for example.
Prices and sales of air cooled stuff could be just as significant to the fate of the later cars.
It's going to be interesting to see, long term, how the 991s are valued - not so much financially as dynamically and enthusiastically. If their following grows, then that's one thing. If the enthusiast's money is preferring the 997 and older cars, then that's another dynamic altogether.
Two of my school mates (brothers) run our local chippy and they're car nuts. I was in there the other week and they introduced me to the guy next to me in the queue - a 991 GT3 owner. Whilst waiting, we had a good chat about cars, iPhone pictures of past and present etc. and he'd had a 997 turbo cab before. He was very much taken with the 991 GT3, but then on the other hand, as you say, they're now a lot more money, and bigger and, well, more GT in proportions.
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