Viable Warranty Alternatives to OPC?

[Schmalex]

Hi,

Forgive me for posting a new topic on something that has probably been discussed eleventy billion times on this forum, but any help or advice that can be offered on the issue of warranties would be most appreciated!!

Having owned BMW's for many years, I have just purchased my first Porsche (2003 Boxster S) & am hoping to take delivery of it next weekend. I appreciate that for complete 100% cast iron peace of mind, an OPC warranty is the way to go. However, are there any independant warranties that anyone could recommend that would provide, say, 95% of the cover for, say, 60% of the price?

Schmalex

[giw12]

Short answer is, get OPC.

There are a few threads on here illustrating why other warranties aren't anywhere near as good.

[Koln-RS]

Two choices -

1. OPC Warranty
2. Don't bother and keep your fingers crossed

[Raven Flyer]

You could always put the money on a horse. A rank outside at over 50 to 1 should give you similar or better cover than a cheap alternative to the OPC jobbie.

[jonny996]

hartech

[stefan1]

OPC warranty is 100% the way to go. Unlike the M-Power BMW warranties, the cost is very reasonable (somewhat less than £1k). £3 per day for peace of mind. Easy call I think. From what I have read about non OEM warranties, I would want to read the fine print very carefully before taking out the cover.

Kind regards

Steve

[diesel130]

Koln-RS said:

Two choices -

1. OPC Warranty
2. Don't bother and keep your fingers crossed

Surely 3 alternatives

1) OPC
2) Hartech
3) Don't bother and keep your fingers crossed

Edited by diesel130 on Sunday 25th February 17:57

[lex luther]

Was very tempted to get the OPC warrenty for peace of mind when I got my 996 last year - however I'm not a big fan of giving Porsche a grand a year, every year for something I'm not (hopefully) going to use.

Instead, I'm putting that grand to oneside in a seperate account and going to go down the Hartech route instead.

At the end of the day, as long as you have a plan (or the cash) in place to cover the worst should it happen then I wouldn't worry too much. If you will sleep better at night by having the OPC warrenty then go for it.

[Koln-RS]

Compared with other manufacturers the official extended warranty isn't expensive and covers a lot potential nasties.

Also, if you ever want to sell your car privately, having the extended warranty can make a big difference.

[Schmalex]

Thanks for the speedy response all!!!

Sounds like OPC is the way to go (£3 a day is not a lot to pay....)