RE: Porsche 911 Turbo (997): PH Carpool

[krallicious]

Thanks for all the positive comments. I'll get back to answering some of your questions when I get back home on Saturday as I am currently on my holidays.

Thanks for running the writ up PH.

Pete

[MartiniBianco]

What's that "three months before having a guarantee" thing?

[vinnie83]

MartiniBianco said:

What's that "three months before having a guarantee" thing?

I think that if you buy a used Porsche, they won't allow you to renew the warranty (unless it's from a main dealer of course) until you've owned the car for 3 years. This is to stop non official dealers being able to offer cars with full warranty.

This is what I read on here previously - cannot comment on how accurate it is.

[AMG Merc]

vinnie83 said:

I think that if you buy a used Porsche, they won't allow you to renew the warranty (unless it's from a main dealer of course) until you've owned the car for 3 years. This is to stop non official dealers being able to offer cars with full warranty.

This is what I read on here previously - cannot comment on how accurate it is.

Yes, if you want to buy a 12 or 24 month Porsche warranty to cover your used car (which you purchased elsewhere) then they won't let you sign up for three months. However, if you buy a used car from them they will include the same warranty

If you do go for said used warranty then they also ask you to pay for a "111 point" inspection first and if anything needs fixing you pay for that before they switch on the warranty. And, if you've non stock exhausts, lights, etc. they take them all off (at your cost - replacement parts + labour) first to take the car back to stock standard - lots of rules them Germins!

In the end I didn't bother and all good so far!

[vinnie83]

AMG Merc said:

vinnie83 said:

I think that if you buy a used Porsche, they won't allow you to renew the warranty (unless it's from a main dealer of course) until you've owned the car for 3 years. This is to stop non official dealers being able to offer cars with full warranty.

This is what I read on here previously - cannot comment on how accurate it is.

Yes, if you want to buy a 12 or 24 month Porsche warranty to cover your used car (which you purchased elsewhere) then they won't let you sign up for three months. However, if you buy a used car from them they will include the same warranty

If you do go for said used warranty then they also ask you to pay for a "111 point" inspection first and if anything needs fixing you pay for that before they switch on the warranty. And, if you've non stock exhausts, lights, etc. they take them all off (at your cost - replacement parts + labour) first to take the car back to stock standard - lots of rules them Germins!

In the end I didn't bother and all good so far!

We didn't bother either for 3 years. Until I had one of the only gearbox failures they have ever heard of from the tiptronic box. Faced with a huge bill, that Porsche eventually agreed to pay a large proportion of, we decided that we would get a warranty here onwards!

[MartiniBianco]

Alright, thanks.

Just to satisfy mu curiosity, how much (roughly) would a 2 year warranty cost on a 4 year 997 Turbo?

[AMG Merc]

MartiniBianco said:

Alright, thanks.

Just to satisfy mu curiosity, how much (roughly) would a 2 year warranty cost on a 4 year 997 Turbo?

I'm only going from memory but I recall something like £1800 plus the cost of a 111 point check so a little over £2000

[Barry38]

Your car looks amazing and is one of my dream cars.

[MartiniBianco]

Thanks for the information