RE: Porsche Cayman S | PH Fleet
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SkinnyPete said:
Cracking cars and far better than the 981 that replaced it.
I do disagree totally with some of posters above and their comments about the extended warranty (I suspect few are talking from experience), I certainly felt that my 987 was going to bankrupt the insurance underwriters I had so many claims
Xenon ballast, gearshifter cables, suspension top mounts, horn (6 times), coolant leaks, lower arms, electric window module and god knows what else. Even got a flywheel done on my 981 under the extended warranty too.
In 7 years with my 987.1 I have not had any of those issues. I did have the IMS go though. But otherwise it has been almost faultless and over 50k miles done. I do disagree totally with some of posters above and their comments about the extended warranty (I suspect few are talking from experience), I certainly felt that my 987 was going to bankrupt the insurance underwriters I had so many claims
Xenon ballast, gearshifter cables, suspension top mounts, horn (6 times), coolant leaks, lower arms, electric window module and god knows what else. Even got a flywheel done on my 981 under the extended warranty too.
Brake pads and discs when I bought it. I used Kinetix discs and Brembo pads. Just replaced all pads again today. Fronts where just starting to wear the indicators and ten rears where at 50%. Brakes pads are £50 front and £45 for Brembo if you know where to shop. Brembo Discs are only £80 a pair.
I have had to change rear silencer clamps, front springs (broke, hell of a bang) manifold to downpipe bolts (very common). Recently had some paintwork done and re-coloured the roof again. I pay £300 a year insurance. And as a 2005 car it's cheaper to tax than a 2006.
Love the car.
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Great read and something I could relate to easily.
I bought mine 987.2 S last summer. It had a warranty on from previous German owner, which cost him 800 EUR per year.
Intending to prolong it, I did the first service at OPC (fluids, filters spark plugs etc.) It came at 30k CZK (around 1000 pounds).
In September I had a vacuum pump failure, had it towed to the same OPC where it was repaired under warranty. When I asked what would be the normal quote, I was shocked: 120k CZK (around 4k pounds). You see, it required to take the engine out, which in itself is a 2k job.
Anyway, even though I was glad I had the warranty at that time, I did not prolong it when it expired in October. Reasons?
1) Prices at non PC specialist. I was quoted half for the first service I did.
2) The warranty is 40k CZK per year, 35k if you subscribe for 2 years (so 1,3k or 1,15k pounds). In other words, twice the price of the same warranty in Germany a from what you wrote, more expensive than in UK
I bought mine 987.2 S last summer. It had a warranty on from previous German owner, which cost him 800 EUR per year.
Intending to prolong it, I did the first service at OPC (fluids, filters spark plugs etc.) It came at 30k CZK (around 1000 pounds).
In September I had a vacuum pump failure, had it towed to the same OPC where it was repaired under warranty. When I asked what would be the normal quote, I was shocked: 120k CZK (around 4k pounds). You see, it required to take the engine out, which in itself is a 2k job.
Anyway, even though I was glad I had the warranty at that time, I did not prolong it when it expired in October. Reasons?
1) Prices at non PC specialist. I was quoted half for the first service I did.
2) The warranty is 40k CZK per year, 35k if you subscribe for 2 years (so 1,3k or 1,15k pounds). In other words, twice the price of the same warranty in Germany a from what you wrote, more expensive than in UK
I've owned a 987.2 Boxster since January 2012. It had Porsche approved used car warranty until 2014. I didn't choose to renew and 6 years later haven't yet had cause to regret that decision. Servicing (not cheap, but not silly money either), tyres and a new battery have been the only maintenance costs in 8 years of ownership.
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