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[Twinfan]

Unless the GT car extended warranty terms are different to the regular cooking models I can't see Porsche allowing them. An OPC is only the sales person for the extended warranty, not the one who sets the terms.

[WF36]

Is the blue one at OPC Colchester currently for sale,Shmee's old one? For sale, again?

[DMC2]

TDT said:

I will probably extend my warranty after the initial period.. but will try to work with local OPC to see if they will be ok with bolts-ons like headers - and suspension components - rear toe-links, as i learn the car and require them.

Good luck with a warranty claim if ANYTHING on your car isn't original. And I mean anything!!

[Porsche911R]

DMC2 said:

Good luck with a warranty claim if ANYTHING on your car isn't original. And I mean anything!!

never had issues and all my cars are not oem but I have only had to claim for a exhaust bracket and a clip for the boxster wind deflector.

One cannot say you have non N spec tyres so you cannot have an exhaust bracket lol

people do go over the top on here.

Edited by Porsche911R on Tuesday 26th September 15:00

[PhantomPH]

Porsche911R said:

DMC2 said:

Good luck with a warranty claim if ANYTHING on your car isn't original. And I mean anything!!

never had issues and all my cars are not oem but I have only had to claim for a exhaust bracket and a clip for the boxster wind deflector.

One cannot say you have non N spec tyres so you cannot have an exhaust bracket lol

people do go over the top on here.

True, but if you have non-standard suspension parts and suffer a failure in anything that might remotely be related...

I would imagine that if someone really wanted to be a git, they could argue that non-standard behaviour of related components increased harmonic resonance and caused the glovebox to fall open and break...in reality, if you were going to modify your car in any way, I would take the cash that I would spend on the warranty and keep it in a nice pile ready for any repairs. If you end up needing them, then great...if not...etc.

[Fokker]

PhantomPH said:

I would take the cash that I would spend on the warranty and keep it in a nice pile ready for any repairs. If you end up needing them, then great...if not...etc.

That's actually a very good alternative! How much is a gearbox though?! 10k?

[DMC2]

Porsche911R said:

never had issues and all my cars are not oem but I have only had to claim for a exhaust bracket and a clip for the boxster wind deflector.

One cannot say you have non N spec tyres so you cannot have an exhaust bracket lol

people do go over the top on here.

Edited by Porsche911R on Tuesday 26th September 15:00

I know plenty of Porsche owners who have had extended warranties rejected because of after market parts. And claims rejected too. Read this for example - https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Just because you believe something it doesn't make it true for eveybody.

Edited by cato.mod on Tuesday 26th September 20:39

[PhantomPH]

Fokker said:

PhantomPH said:

I would take the cash that I would spend on the warranty and keep it in a nice pile ready for any repairs. If you end up needing them, then great...if not...etc.

That's actually a very good alternative! How much is a gearbox though?! 10k?

Obviously there will be extremes, but how many gearboxes go due to natural design/manufacture failure and not someone doing something silly? I would hope not many. And much like any damage you do yourself, it wouldn't be covered by warranty anyway.

[Porsche911R]

DMC2 said:

I know plenty of Porsche owners who have had extended warranties rejected because of after market parts. And claims rejected too. Read this for example - https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Just because you believe something it doesn't make it true for eveybody.

That link has nothing to do with a warranty claim !

just because you are wrong you don't have to start with the abuse to try and make it look like you are right.

Why start with personal abuse and bring the thread down to gutter trash.

" extended warranties rejected " is a whole new ball game and thread and Porsche can refuse to extend a warranty if your car does not pass their 111 check.

This has nothing to do with a warranty claim on a non related part !

Edited by Porsche911R on Tuesday 26th September 17:23

Edited by cato.mod on Tuesday 26th September 20:40

[FocusRS3]

Without wanting to fan the flames, why do so many threads on the Porsche forum descend into personal abuse!

You just don't get that on other forums

[ChrisW.]

I have already voted not for the extended warranty even though it's in warranty (maybe).

Life is far too short to own the best car in the World and not want to correct it's obvious compromises that adversely affect my use of it ...

One thing is for sure, I will tell you about what has worked ... and what hasn't

P.S. Mine was an August 2015 build ... so hopefully not unlucky on the gearbox ....

[Porsche911R]

ChrisW. said:

I have already voted not for the extended warranty even though it's in warranty (maybe).

Life is far too short to own the best car in the World and not want to correct it's obvious compromises that adversely affect my use of it ...

One thing is for sure, I will tell you about what has worked ... and what hasn't

P.S. Mine was an August 2015 build ... so hopefully not unlucky on the gearbox ....

Great to hear Chris, I am on 6k miles with my mods and it's a great car after a few tweaks :-) with Sept 2015 build so all good so far.

Edited by Porsche911R on Tuesday 26th September 17:36

[FocusRS3]

Porsche911R said:

Great to hear Chris, I am on 6k miles with my mods and it's a great car after a few tweaks :-) with Sept 2015 build so all good so far.

Edited by Porsche911R on Tuesday 26th September 17:36

Demon, i have noticed on my spyder that after a good workout they tart to 'drone' . I know you wont suffer this as you have PCCB. What's my options would you say?

[Porsche911R]

FocusRS3 said:

Demon, i have noticed on my spyder that after a good workout they tart to 'drone' . I know you wont suffer this as you have PCCB. What's my options would you say?

GT3 cooling ducts, 340MM disc kit and some pads more upto the job.

you can try pads and ducts 1st then add discs if you feel you need a bit more.

[FocusRS3]

Porsche911R said:

GT3 cooling ducts, 340MM disc kit and some pads more upto the job.

you can try pads and ducts 1st then add discs if you feel you need a bit more.

Cheers I'll do some research .

[HokumPokum]

ChrisW. said:

I have already voted not for the extended warranty even though it's in warranty (maybe).

Life is far too short to own the best car in the World and not want to correct it's obvious compromises that adversely affect my use of it ...

One thing is for sure, I will tell you about what has worked ... and what hasn't

P.S. Mine was an August 2015 build ... so hopefully not unlucky on the gearbox ....

how do u know what month and year?

[Fokker]

HokumPokum said:

how do u know what month and year?

Thats a good questions as Id also like to know. My car was registered in Jan 2016 so fairly confident that its a late 2015 build so should be fine.

Would be good to know when actual build was though...

[GT4P]

My car arrived mid December 2015 and registered early January 2016 so I would assume that it was built late November 2015. Therefore one can assume cars would have been built within 2-3 weeks before arrival at dealership.

Edited by GT4P on Tuesday 26th September 20:38

[Sandy59]

Porsche911R said:

FocusRS3 said:

Demon, i have noticed on my spyder that after a good workout they tart to 'drone' . I know you wont suffer this as you have PCCB. What's my options would you say?

GT3 cooling ducts, 340MM disc kit and some pads more upto the job.

you can try pads and ducts 1st then add discs if you feel you need a bit more.

Oh dear, another reason to get the 981 version ..........

[gtsralph]

Porsche Centers can access build date or look at ECU coding date via Durametric