Best car inspection - OPC or Indy in SW London/Surrey area?

[Adam B]

Advice and recommendations required please.

I recently purchased a 997 turbo and have been very happy. Car came with 12 month third party warranty.

For peace of mind, and an idea of what I need to budget going forward and want the car given a thorough check over. Also if anything comes up that is not wear and tear I would rather claim early on the warranty when the selling dealer is likely to be more sympathetic (but hopefully no need for this).

My only specific concern is clutch life as biting point is quite high. Quite happy to do any necessary general maintenance points that come up, but not the usual OPC "all your discs are worn" nonsense

So obvious options are:

OPC 111 check, on the face of it £180 + vat seems pretty reasonable

Peter Morgan - more like £500 - thorough no doubt but costly, which is ok if it is pre-purchase and you can knock something off

Good local indie - anyone done this and know what they charge? Any recommendations local to me? I only know of GT One on Chertsey so I will ask them for a quote.

[Adam B]

crystalmethod said:

Don't know how much he charges but Bob at RGA in Vauxhall has an excellent reputation here. Have used him several times and highly recommend.

great to know as the last service was done by them, thanks

[Adam B]

LaSource said:

In your case also best to use somewhere you are likely to take the car for servicing.
Ken's team have looked after my Porsches ever since they started up...and their satisfied client list keeps growing!

yep good point, Vauxhall a lot closer than Gatwick!

[Adam B]

RB_987s said:

I've used Gt One and 9 Excellence for pre purchase inspections and servicing over the years and neither has let me down.

Not used Peter Morgan but check whether he has a workshop or just visits cars on site. If it's the latter he may not be able to get the car up onto a ramp and have a really thorough nose around

Can I ask what they both charged, just to give me an idea?

[Adam B]

ZeroH said:

I would only trust an indy with tons of experience working on turbos as opposed to using the likes of p morgan. You mention surrey so Ken is surely your best bet.

PITA to get to regularly though

[Adam B]

ZeroH said:

Thought you wanted an inspection? ie. one off

yep, but as LaSource said "In your case also best to use somewhere you are likely to take the car for servicing" which does make sense

[Adam B]

Thanks all - will give 9E a call

[Adam B]

Spoke to Ken - all booked in for precautionary spark plug replacement and full inspection

Time to re-build a decent history and pamper this car like my others have been