997.2RS OPC Major Service Costs

[RSVP911]

Evening my 997.2 RS is due it’s major service - been quoted about £1150 inc VAT. IS this about right ?

Cheers

[Yellow491]

Dont sound far away if that includes plugs and the main drive belt,you can take your own oil,order from opie oils at a good price.

[ttdan]

That won’t include plugs. Budget about £600 for those. Ridiculous that a major doesn’t include them. What does it include over a minor you may well ask.. it should also include rear drop links and arb bushes.

[RSVP911]

ttdan said:

That won’t include plugs. Budget about £600 for those. Ridiculous that a major doesn’t include them. What does it include over a minor you may well ask.. it should also include rear drop links and arb bushes.

I think it might - it’s basically this : except for the air con clean (just has that done last time - not needed now)




Does this look ok ?

Can you elaborate on what they are supposed to do to the rear drop links and arb bushes. - cheers

Edited by RSVP911 on Thursday 20th December 20:12

[RSVP911]

Yellow491 said:

Dont sound far away if that includes plugs and the main drive belt,you can take your own oil,order from opie oils at a good price.

Cheers , I think it does. Thanks for tip on the oil - feels a bit like smuggling in alcohol to a nice restaurant though

[JPCGT]

£1500 including spark plugs, brake fluid change from mid Sussex OPC.

[Nuttcase]

Id ask them for a written breakdown of the quote and compare to the fixed pricing on Porsche.co.uk.

https://www.porsche.com/uk/accessoriesandservice/p...

[RSVP911]

Nuttcase said:

Id ask them for a written breakdown of the quote and compare to the fixed pricing on Porsche.co.uk.

https://www.porsche.com/uk/accessoriesandservice/p...

Cheers thanks - didn’t realise there was such a thing

[ttdan]

I went through all this tosh with Reading earlier in the year. 1st they were more expensive than their own “fixed “ price service schedule. When challenged they said that was for participating dealers only and they were not participating ... yes, this was the PCGB head office dealership saying it....2nd plugs were xtra and NOT part of the service.

Drop links & bushings are service items on 7RS.

[isaldiri]

Nuttcase said:

Id ask them for a written breakdown of the quote and compare to the fixed pricing on Porsche.co.uk.

https://www.porsche.com/uk/accessoriesandservice/p...

I'd love to know how they can justify charging a st ton more for the 4.0 that is very nearly mechanically identical to the 7.2rs!

[2010spy]

Went through the same rigmarole with my Spyder. My OPC, owned by Porsche, did not participate in the Porsche Fixed Price Programme!!!!! I took it to Porsche Brooklands who did and saved 30% which is not to be sniffed at.

[jimmyslr]

RSVP911 said:

Evening my 997.2 RS is due it’s major service - been quoted about £1150 inc VAT. IS this about right ?

Cheers

I pay similar amounts at the best of the Indies. I take a view that it’s part of ownership of one of these plus if I try to nail them on price there’s a good chance they’ll cut corners.

Excellent excuse for a gratuitous car pic OP! Your RS looks great.

[smithyithy]

isaldiri said:

I'd love to know how they can justify charging a st ton more for the 4.0 that is very nearly mechanically identical to the 7.2rs!

Thought the same tbh, seems a bit ridiculous!

[jakesmith]

smithyithy said:

Thought the same tbh, seems a bit ridiculous!

Because the car is worth a lot more and they know you are even more likely to use OPC to maintain its value / provenance
I think this shows Porsche for the cynical money grabbing capitalist pigs that they are

[anonymous-user]

ttdan said:

I went through all this tosh with Reading earlier in the year. 1st they were more expensive than their own “fixed “ price service schedule. When challenged they said that was for participating dealers only and they were not participating ... yes, this was the PCGB head office dealership saying it....2nd plugs were xtra and NOT part of the service.

Drop links & bushings are service items on 7RS.

That's Reading all over, I will not use them and saved a lot using a different OPC and the different OPC didn't wreck the bodywork either.

[RSVP911]

jimmyslr said:

RSVP911 said:

Evening my 997.2 RS is due it’s major service - been quoted about £1150 inc VAT. IS this about right ?

Cheers

I pay similar amounts at the best of the Indies. I take a view that it’s part of ownership of one of these plus if I try to nail them on price there’s a good chance they’ll cut corners.

Excellent excuse for a gratuitous car pic OP! Your RS looks great.

Ah, I have a little confession - it’s not my actual car , its just a great image of an identical car that I had to hand ...... oops

[RSVP911]

ttdan said:

Drop links & bushings are service items on 7RS.

Checked & they are included - thanks for the tip

[DAB964RS]

RSVP911 said:

Edited by RSVP911 on Thursday 20th December 20:12

Hi Richard which OPC provided this quote?

[Geoff39GL]

DAB964RS said:

RSVP911 said:

Edited by RSVP911 on Thursday 20th December 20:12

Hi Richard which OPC provided this quote?

Sounds like its the OPC we should all use, very reasonable compared to others.

[RSVP911]

DAB964RS said:

Hi Richard which OPC provided this quote?

It’s Porsche Leicester, great to know the quote is good - this may be because when booking in I sent them the price from last time as a polite “aide memoir” combined with the fact I do a lot of business with their service and sales team. I really rate them they are a great bunch. However, as I’m personally not technically very competent (as you may have guessed from this thread), I’m not qualified to comment from a technical perspective (but they do seem very competent to me) . However, what I can say is this; I find them to be really efficient and professional - a great bunch. I speak to Claire , she’s brilliant.