Highest mileage 718s - any issues so far?
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Hello, the Thread
First, an update from last time.
The car was taken back in for some warranty work: the seatbelt and the Sports Exhaust. They fobbed me off with the exhaust, claiming the engineer couldn't hear anything. There was a temptation to ask if he/she actually had ears, but I thought I'd just leave it and tell them when it goes in for a service again. Glad the seatbelt got fixed as that was really doing my head in.
So we're almost 4 months into ownership and the car is due its first service. Much to the surprise of the OPC local to me who asked me 4 times if I was ABSOLUTELY SURE the car had done 20,000 miles since the 31st of January this year. Must be a rare thing for them to hear I suppose.
Anyway
OPC Leeds wants £1066.04 for the service which includes a drive belt, which I didn't think was too bad.
As an aside: I paid £600 for just the fitting of a drive belt on an Audi A1 I had, and £300 and something for a service at the main dealer so seems like sensible pricing to me.
Had another quote at £1250ish from another OPC locally, but decided to take it back to Leeds as they sold the car originally and its always been serviced there before so just felt it made sense and looks good in the book lets face it.
Up in Scotland last week I had an oil warning come up: something along the lines of 'oil level low, refill max 1ltr, driving still possible'. As I checked this, it had a major freakout and said 'coolant low, stop driving immediately'... Because I'm an ex Volvo driver and therefore prepared for every eventuality with my first aid kit and anorak, I also had a litre of oil in the froot. So no big deal, filled it with 800ml or so and not heard a peep out of it since. I read somewhere that the coolant and oil sensors are on the same circuit so think it was just a few of 'wires crossed' as there was no strange coolant activity before or after the oil incident.
All-in-all its going great guns, although the fuel is crippling me and I didn't do the self imposed oil change at 10k miles. Instead trusting Porsche and their engineers that 20k intervals are perfectly fine. Perhaps I'll change my mind, but to be honest, everywhere I tried to book it in was busy and Porsche wanted £400 and something so I just thought I'd leave it on the recommended schedule.
Current Average MPG for the last 4000 miles or so: 31.9MPG
Bought a set of winter wheels and tyres for the car at a cost of £1500 from a company on eBay who specialise in Porsche parts. 9Apart they're called. Brilliant company, delivered next day from Bolton I think he said. Would recommend.
Summers on the front were past their best so replaced with Michelin PS5 in the hope they introduce the PS5 in the 265 section rears at some point soon so they can all match when the rears are changed. £420ish including fitting.
The car has been down to Tignes for a week of Skiing, up through Germany for an Autobahn blast, up to the highlands for some camping (fuel crisis killed my hotel budget, obviously). It's been down to London and to Shropshire for site inspections and events. Caffeine and Machine about 5 times. All over the Peak District and North Wales, down to Devon and right up to Teesside. Every single mile has been a joy.
Next update I'll do when something interesting happens.
Apologies that my numbers are all 'ash' or 'roughly' or 'or so'. I try to forget them as best I can.
First, an update from last time.
The car was taken back in for some warranty work: the seatbelt and the Sports Exhaust. They fobbed me off with the exhaust, claiming the engineer couldn't hear anything. There was a temptation to ask if he/she actually had ears, but I thought I'd just leave it and tell them when it goes in for a service again. Glad the seatbelt got fixed as that was really doing my head in.
So we're almost 4 months into ownership and the car is due its first service. Much to the surprise of the OPC local to me who asked me 4 times if I was ABSOLUTELY SURE the car had done 20,000 miles since the 31st of January this year. Must be a rare thing for them to hear I suppose.
Anyway
OPC Leeds wants £1066.04 for the service which includes a drive belt, which I didn't think was too bad.
As an aside: I paid £600 for just the fitting of a drive belt on an Audi A1 I had, and £300 and something for a service at the main dealer so seems like sensible pricing to me.
Had another quote at £1250ish from another OPC locally, but decided to take it back to Leeds as they sold the car originally and its always been serviced there before so just felt it made sense and looks good in the book lets face it.
Up in Scotland last week I had an oil warning come up: something along the lines of 'oil level low, refill max 1ltr, driving still possible'. As I checked this, it had a major freakout and said 'coolant low, stop driving immediately'... Because I'm an ex Volvo driver and therefore prepared for every eventuality with my first aid kit and anorak, I also had a litre of oil in the froot. So no big deal, filled it with 800ml or so and not heard a peep out of it since. I read somewhere that the coolant and oil sensors are on the same circuit so think it was just a few of 'wires crossed' as there was no strange coolant activity before or after the oil incident.
All-in-all its going great guns, although the fuel is crippling me and I didn't do the self imposed oil change at 10k miles. Instead trusting Porsche and their engineers that 20k intervals are perfectly fine. Perhaps I'll change my mind, but to be honest, everywhere I tried to book it in was busy and Porsche wanted £400 and something so I just thought I'd leave it on the recommended schedule.
Current Average MPG for the last 4000 miles or so: 31.9MPG
Bought a set of winter wheels and tyres for the car at a cost of £1500 from a company on eBay who specialise in Porsche parts. 9Apart they're called. Brilliant company, delivered next day from Bolton I think he said. Would recommend.
Summers on the front were past their best so replaced with Michelin PS5 in the hope they introduce the PS5 in the 265 section rears at some point soon so they can all match when the rears are changed. £420ish including fitting.
The car has been down to Tignes for a week of Skiing, up through Germany for an Autobahn blast, up to the highlands for some camping (fuel crisis killed my hotel budget, obviously). It's been down to London and to Shropshire for site inspections and events. Caffeine and Machine about 5 times. All over the Peak District and North Wales, down to Devon and right up to Teesside. Every single mile has been a joy.
Next update I'll do when something interesting happens.
Apologies that my numbers are all 'ash' or 'roughly' or 'or so'. I try to forget them as best I can.
Great update, good to see people actually using them - 20k? since Jan is impressive mileage.
Also reminded me to book the six year service - more 1,200 than your OPC Leeds quote but then I am in the South East. A year's warranty extension coming in at 660 or 835 with Porsche Assist.
Coming up to 50k now and I just finished a tour of Ireland, superb scenery and driving roads. Managed to get from the West Coast over there and back to the SE, UK via Holyhead on one tank, that's over 500 miles averaging 41 mpg so can't complain really although I am usually in the 20s day to day. That PDK 7th gear seems particularly fuel efficient if you're doing any motorway driving.
Some pics:
Also reminded me to book the six year service - more 1,200 than your OPC Leeds quote but then I am in the South East. A year's warranty extension coming in at 660 or 835 with Porsche Assist.
Coming up to 50k now and I just finished a tour of Ireland, superb scenery and driving roads. Managed to get from the West Coast over there and back to the SE, UK via Holyhead on one tank, that's over 500 miles averaging 41 mpg so can't complain really although I am usually in the 20s day to day. That PDK 7th gear seems particularly fuel efficient if you're doing any motorway driving.
Some pics:
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