2014 981 2.7 8yr service costs OPC vs. Indy (RPM)
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Bright Halo said:
I have just used Cotswold Porsche Indy specialist. Brilliant service and advice.
You know what even if they were more expensive than an OPC (don’t tell them) I would still use them.
That's the key.You know what even if they were more expensive than an OPC (don’t tell them) I would still use them.
I asked RPM to check my brake disc thickness. "They're fine" rather than "Unfortunately sir all four need changing."
RPM offer a free comprehensive checkover on a Saturday. After a few hours I'm invited into the workshop by the technician. "Everything is perfect, no work needed. I did find an area of underseal which had been applied rather lightly so I've topped it up. No charge."
And they are NORMAL HUMAN BEINGS. You try finding one of those amongst the OPC robots.
981Boxess said:
o you believe a garage opens on a Saturday, pays for staff, uses equipment that costs plenty to maintain to get under cars without expecting to gain anything from doing it.
Seriously?
That’s exactly my point.Seriously?
Obviously they hope to gain work but whereas any cowboy outfit would create unnecessary work RPM were honest in their appraisal.
Have you never had a main dealer sit you down with a list of urgent advisories costing £1,000 only to get a second opinion and find you need to spend just £100?
If not, you may have been ripped off all your motoring life. That IS the norm I’m sad to say.
DJMC said:
Have you never had a main dealer sit you down with a list of urgent advisories costing £1,000 only to get a second opinion and find you need to spend just £100?
They could try, but given that in most cases I have been in the motor trade longer than they have I may be better placed than some. Coming unstuck being sat down in a garage can happen at both OPCs and indys, make no mistake about that. Given the example quoted above where the indy was only 16.6% cheaper no prizes for guessing which of the two businesses was on the bigger margin.DJMC said:
If not, you may have been ripped off all your motoring life. That IS the norm I’m sad to say.
Unlikely 
RichTT said:
FWIW Porsche Aberdeen asked 1695 GBP for 8yr service + MOT with no additional works.
Porsche Aberdeen did my Cayman's 8 year service and it was nothing like that much. Indeed my last 2 services combined have come out around this figure. I'm curious what all they were quoting for.Another example of saving outside the OPC network; I’m soon to be in need of new front disks & pads. Under the extended warranty, I’d be obligated to use the OPC to do that.
Would anyone like to hazard a guess at the difference in cost between OPC replacement vs sourcing identical parts from ECP/Design911 and having them fitted independently?
Bear in mind, this is a job a child can do…
Would anyone like to hazard a guess at the difference in cost between OPC replacement vs sourcing identical parts from ECP/Design911 and having them fitted independently?
Bear in mind, this is a job a child can do…
Royal Jelly said:
Another example of saving outside the OPC network; I’m soon to be in need of new front disks & pads. Under the extended warranty, I’d be obligated to use the OPC to do that.
If you buy genuine OE parts it wouldn't matter where you have it done if you cannot or don't fancy doing it yourself, they would never know.If you use cheaper parts then that is a different matter.
981Boxess said:
f you buy genuine OE parts it wouldn't matter where you have it done if you cannot or don't fancy doing it yourself, they would never know.
If you use cheaper parts then that is a different matter.
I appreciate that, same as a sneaky oil change. However, it is ‘against the rules’. If you use cheaper parts then that is a different matter.
Most folks locked into the warranty/OPC don’t realise of course, and continue to throw their cash down the toilet.
Royal Jelly said:
I appreciate that, same as a sneaky oil change. However, it is ‘against the rules’.
Most folks locked into the warranty/OPC don’t realise of course, and continue to throw their cash down the toilet.
Sneaky oil change Most folks locked into the warranty/OPC don’t realise of course, and continue to throw their cash down the toilet.
Well if it's 'against the rules' I wouldn't want to do that, so to make sure I will have all my pads and discs changed twice the same week at the same OPC just to make sure they got me
You’re obviously being deliberately obtuse - I’ll allow it.
The point I’m making, as you well know, is that (assuming you actually abide by the terms of the extended warranty) is that routine consumables are yet another point at which you get financially fingered by your friendly OPC. Alliteration not intended, but enjoyed.
The point I’m making, as you well know, is that (assuming you actually abide by the terms of the extended warranty) is that routine consumables are yet another point at which you get financially fingered by your friendly OPC. Alliteration not intended, but enjoyed.
I don't recall the extended warranty conditions prohibiting servicing elsewhere? Isn't that breaking block exemption rules?
OPC Leicester advised I was quite at liberty to have OE discs fitted at indy GCR within the extended warranty terms. But then they did wrongly put the 2yr extended warranty on my car when they shouldn't have so may well have been talking out of their arse.
OPC Leicester advised I was quite at liberty to have OE discs fitted at indy GCR within the extended warranty terms. But then they did wrongly put the 2yr extended warranty on my car when they shouldn't have so may well have been talking out of their arse.
This is the problem with the opacity of it all. Some have heard different, but the consensus on here seems to be that the block exemption laws apply to the new car warranty but as the extended warranty is an insurance product, they can stipulate whatever terms they like in it. I’m happy to be corrected, but that’s the meat & potatoes of what I read on here.
Who knows how it will work out if tested, someone who suffers something like a PASM failure but they used an Indy to do the brake discs. Ultimately if you’re paying for the warranty, you’re not likely to want to take the risk of scuppering it.
Who knows how it will work out if tested, someone who suffers something like a PASM failure but they used an Indy to do the brake discs. Ultimately if you’re paying for the warranty, you’re not likely to want to take the risk of scuppering it.
DJMC said:
I don't recall the extended warranty conditions prohibiting servicing elsewhere? Isn't that breaking block exemption rules?
Block exemption applies to manufacturer new car warranty. The extended 'warranty' is an insurance product sold by Porsche and underwritten by a third party. Block exemption stipulations entirely irrelevant.
The wording of the extended warranty policy boils down to a warning that a claim may be denied should a given fault be deemed consequential to non-OPC maintenance work or repairs.
Get the oil changed elsewhere and have an engine failure, would that be enough to have a claim denied? Doesn't seem reasonable or terribly likely, but then should it happen, you'd be in a horrible position of having to decide whether to spend possibly very significant money on legal fees pursuing your rights against a in finitely better resourced corporation.
With the extended warranty, it makes sense to give the impression of playing by the rules. Get the serving boxes ticked by Porsche. Get other non-warranty work done elsewhere using the right parts (for instance, brake discs etc). The service intervals are huge, so it's hardly costly.
It's also worth noting that if you get a non-OPC service, you won't be able to renew the warranty. Well, they'll make you have a major service before renewal. So, if you want to keep renewing, in effect you must service at OPC.
It's their insurance product with their rules. If you don't like the rules, do something else. Trying to beat the rules doesn't make sense. Major benefit of the warranty is peace of mind, which you won't have if you break the rules and are then left wondering if they'll still pay out.
esotericar said:
It's their insurance product with their rules. If you don't like the rules, do something else. Trying to beat the rules doesn't make sense. Major benefit of the warranty is peace of mind, which you won't have if you break the rules and are then left wondering if they'll still pay out.
Exactly this 
It's very simple, but there are always folks who think they can cheat the system. Never forget that the House always wins...
Same. After two years, savings using an indy major service & oil change a year earlier; plus front brakes & pads vs OPC prices and warranty is nigh-on £3000.
Yes, perhaps I can shave 400 off an OPC service by ringing around, but I’ve got better things to do with my life than transport my car to OPC Benbecula.
Yes, perhaps I can shave 400 off an OPC service by ringing around, but I’ve got better things to do with my life than transport my car to OPC Benbecula.
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