996tt service

[kayc]

Got to hold my hands up..had the 996tt serviced by the OPC in Tonbridge today,spoke to James..very helpful guy and the car went through unscathed at £825 including a plug change..maybe the OPC's are ok after all?n.b..they never noticed the ecu upgrade either but i dont know if their checks would spot that?..

[egbert]

sounds very reasonable with the plugs.

Don't think the ECU shows up on their machine but it does on the test drive

[mikeg996]

Was it 48k service?

[kayc]

egbert said:

sounds very reasonable with the plugs.

Don't think the ECU shows up on their machine but it does on the test drive

The geezer who dropped it off looked a bit pale..i had to check and see if the Metropole blue drivers seat had gained a brown addition

[superlightr]

News shocker - No lube tube required by Kayc!

Kayc says 'I take it all back, OPC are fantastic value and a swell bunch of fair guys'

[guyvert1]

Best double check it actually went through its service and not an extended test drive

[kayc]

mikeg996 said:

Was it 48k service?

36k i think but with a plug change..

[buster]

kayc said:

Got to hold my hands up..had the 996tt serviced by the OPC in Tonbridge today,spoke to James..very helpful guy and the car went through unscathed at £825 including a plug change..maybe the OPC's are ok after all?n.b..they never noticed the ecu upgrade either but i dont know if their checks would spot that?..

James is a truly TOP CHAP. Always superb with my TT.

Plus a GRRC member, good combination.

[911wise]

kayc said:

Got to hold my hands up..had the 996tt serviced by the OPC in Tonbridge today,spoke to James..very helpful guy and the car went through unscathed at £825 including a plug change..maybe the OPC's are ok after all?n.b..they never noticed the ecu upgrade either but i dont know if their checks would spot that?..

Fcukin hell you'll be doing a deal with Henry soon!!

[MaKSiNG]

I would have been surprised if that was for a 48,000 mile service.
36,000 mile sounds about right, with £500 on top for the plug change alone. That is an obscene figure for what is essentially just 2 plugs out of the 6 which are hard to get to.

[supermono]

Have you noticed an improvement in the performance? I know when I took mine in for that service I said I didn't think it was quite going fast enough, and they went pale and seemed to take it very seriously that someone was questioning the performance of a tt (unlike when my M5 went in with bad MAFs and I nearly had to beat them with an iron bar before they took me seriously and changed them).

Anyhow, I don't know if it was the new plugs or if they turned the "speed" dial round to eleven but it was like an animal when I picked it up

SM

[kayc]

supermono said:

Have you noticed an improvement in the performance? I know when I took mine in for that service I said I didn't think it was quite going fast enough, and they went pale and seemed to take it very seriously that someone was questioning the performance of a tt (unlike when my M5 went in with bad MAFs and I nearly had to beat them with an iron bar before they took me seriously and changed them).

Anyhow, I don't know if it was the new plugs or if they turned the "speed" dial round to eleven but it was like an animal when I picked it up

SM

I didnt notice any performance difference..but i did peak at 3mph as i put it back in the garageThe OPC delivered the car back to me...