Bad news when picking car up from service today

[FatPorker]

loonycat said:

sjr-997 said:

out of interest how much would the RMS seal have cost to replace if you hadn't had a warranty ?

I did ask that question. As it is only leaking at this stage and they have their new tool / seal to fix it is only about £1500 (90% of which is labour so use an indy and it will be cheaper). But let things go and you'll eventually lose the engine - they're a tad more expensive....

Getting another 12 months of the warranty is about £750 I believe - given that it covers engine, suspension, gearbox etc it should be worth the money just for the peace of mind.

I'm sure someone has done their sums very carefully - a few warranty RMS cf virtual 100% coverage of a £750 insurance poilicy. Porsche are laughing all the way to the bank.....

[sjr-997]

my car is 2 years old in december/january - its a 997 C2.
I am not sure whether I will get a replacement in time (I have one on order but haven't committed the final spec)
Its done 12K miles so far. I hardly drive it as you can tell. If you were me, would you a) continue to buy a new 997 C2 and hope it arrives before christmas b) wait and do nothing and hope its fine when its out of warranty c) pay the £750 at Christmas and wait till I have enough cash to buy a 997 GT3.

[JEBLondon]

Just collected my 997C2S. OPC are now quoting December build with Jan/Feb delivery - don't fancy your chances of getting a car before.

Pay the £750.

[ballcock]

sjr-997 said:

my car is 2 years old in december/january - its a 997 C2.
I am not sure whether I will get a replacement in time (I have one on order but haven't committed the final spec)
Its done 12K miles so far. I hardly drive it as you can tell. If you were me, would you a) continue to buy a new 997 C2 and hope it arrives before christmas b) wait and do nothing and hope its fine when its out of warranty c) pay the £750 at Christmas and wait till I have enough cash to buy a 997 GT3.

You didn't say whether you'd trade or privately sell it , but it would make the car more valuable and more saleable if it were still under warranty .....

[loonycat]

ballcock said:

just do it! .. Look at it in a convoluted way ....


It makes no sense NOT to get it done.

Thanks for the advice guys - I'll check on the costs but if reasonable I'll ask them to do the clutch at the same time. As you say it is free labour so worth doing if the gearbox is out anyway.

[tonylal]

For what it's worth guys, don't confuse the warranty company with the dealership; the dealer recovers his cost from the warranty company (at a much lower hourly rate than we all pay)...and the warranty company sits on all of the premiums and shares them out every time there is a claim (know as the burn-rate). The more claims made the higher the premium will be the following year. At this rate with all of the rms claims the warranty will have gone up by 100%. Oh and another pointer, dont forget the dealer has to do a 110 point inspection before you can buy his extended warranty - if they find the rms leaking they wont sell you the warranty til you fix it yourself. But on a brighter note a Mercedes Warranty on an SL costs £1280 a year.
And the blonde receptionist at West London is called Doris Norris, I know her, foxy!

[loonycat]

loonycat said:

ballcock said:

just do it! .. Look at it in a convoluted way ....


It makes no sense NOT to get it done.

Thanks for the advice guys - I'll check on the costs but if reasonable I'll ask them to do the clutch at the same time. As you say it is free labour so worth doing if the gearbox is out anyway.

Just to update on the clutch conundrum - Porsche WL quoted approx £400 to do the clutch at the same time as the RMS. Makes sense to do it while the labour is free so I told them to go ahead.

Cheers for advice chaps
Loony

[Framps]

Did you remember to ask for a service engineer that only works on 996/997s, you don't want a Boxster engineer - that's the trainees