993tt owners - do you have a Porsche warranty?

[nel]

All this talk of Porsche warranties for recent cars got me wondering if the 993tt owners pay their £700 a year to have one?

I bought my car privately and use an independent for any tasks that I can't easily do at home, but had never thought that Porsche warranty could apply to an older car. Now I understand that the warranty can be applied on a car up to 9 years old - seeings as mine is from '98 I suppose that I could get cover for her for the next 2 years. Do you other owners bother with this, and if so, what happens after the 9th birthday?

[sundiver]

My view : Think about it...Anything that's covered goes wrong - you take it to the dealers and they fix it FOC. For £14 a week.

Sure, it's sods law that nothing will go wrong, but it helps you sleep...;-)

[EK993]

You do have to take it for their 111 point check, and fix all issues that show up on the report before they cover it.

[silver993tt]

Yep, I have one. Came with it when I bought it (insisted on it). It went to Porsche Reading to have the checks (after an independent check). List of small things to fix which they did. Renewed the warranty over the phone for the following year. Will do the same next year

[MOD500]

I think it is worth it, although you take your chances on whether they can actually fix the car properly....I have had to pay for some bits fixing out of my whippet feed allowance after the OPC messed up repairs under warranty.

[nel]

silver993tt said:

Yep, I have one. Came with it when I bought it (insisted on it). It went to Porsche Reading to have the checks (after an independent check). List of small things to fix which they did. Renewed the warranty over the phone for the following year. Will do the same next year

What year is your car silver993tt, and what will you do when the Porsche warranty can no longer be applied to it (after 9 years I think)?

[aceparts_com]

No warranty here. If anything breaks on a 993 it can be repaired.
I had one when I bought the car and they did the RMS under warranty but since then I've just winged it and so far saved myself £1500+

Time will tell.

[baylon]

I have no warranty, bought the car a couple of years ago from an independant and had their warranty for the first year. Never bothered renewing and have been lucky (touch wood) so far..

[nel]

aceparts_com said:

No warranty here. If anything breaks on a 993 it can be repaired.

Yep - I tend towards this attitude too, relying on all the "it's bulletproof" stuff that I've read and heard to comfort myself. I suppose that it would be nice to have the warranty the year that the turbos need replacing, but some cars seem to do over 100k miles before this issue raises its head - my car will be too old for cover by the time it gets to that mileage (less than 60k miles for the moment).

Hey Martyn, if the banana's eating into your whippet fund maybe you should become a pigeon fancier instead - it's cheaper. Or sell your collection of flat caps.

[aceparts_com]

nel said:

aceparts_com said: No warranty here. If anything breaks on a 993 it can be repaired. I suppose that it would be nice to have the warranty the year that the turbos need replacing, but some cars seem to do over 100k miles before this issue raises its head

Wear and tear mate, sorry, not covered.

[nel]

aceparts_com said:

nel said: I suppose that it would be nice to have the warranty the year that the turbos need replacing, but some cars seem to do over 100k miles before this issue raises its head Wear and tear mate, sorry, not covered.

Ahhh OK, so it only covers real "failures" and won't ease the cost of ownership as the car starts to get age related afflictions! How about when the top ends need rebuilding, valve replacement and so on? Is that covered? Or the AC compressor, the steering rack, the suspension wishbones?

If these are all classed as wear and tear then I'll probably keep my £700 (if the price is the same in France) in my pocket!

[aceparts_com]

Read the wording very carefully - most cover wear and tear only.

Someone like 9M'r or Henry will probably be able to advise on what's likely to be covered.

[silver993tt]

aceparts_com said:

Read the wording very carefully - most cover wear and tear only. Someone like 9M'r or Henry will probably be able to advise on what's likely to be covered.

Turbos are covered in the warranty, it is excplicitly mentioned. Of course if the bearings are wearing then that's a different isuue. If they disintegrate or go bang then they will get replaced under the warranty.

I had a bolt come out of the bottom of the intercooler which went into the crank pulley and made a mess. needed new crank pulley, belts etc. That lot was £1200 including the labour. Glad I didn't have to pay for it. It can happen, maybe it won't but it did for me

nel, the car is a Sept 1997 model.

>> Edited by silver993tt on Thursday 6th October 13:06

[aceparts_com]

I guess at the end of the day you need to decide (tried and failed to spell asses, asess, assess) your level of confidence in Porsche engineering and your own abilities to fix or pay for things should anything go wrong!

I personally find paying for something much less stressful than being told it's not covered under warranty!

[nel]

aceparts_com said:

I guess at the end of the day you need to decide (tried and failed to spell asses, asess, assess) your level of confidence in Porsche engineering and your own abilities to fix or pay for things should anything go wrong!

I:
- have high confidence in pork quality for the 993 range.
- can do most things myself, limited only by the lack of a 2 post lift.
- am in a position to pay for any repairs that could be necessary.

Thanks, I'll stop worrying about the yes/no warranty thing then and just enjoy driving the car. Next issue, what price driving licence insurance?

[Adam B]

aceparts_com said:

No warranty here. If anything breaks on a 993 it can be repaired. I had one when I bought the car and they did the RMS under warranty

so they go on 993s as well?

[roygarth]

For all insurance my approach is that if you can afford to pay for the loss don't pay the premium.

Presumably Porsche make money on warranties ie total cost of claims is less than total premiums. So on average more people are losing than winning.

£750 premium to insurance against an engine blowing up is absurd - yes I know it covers other things but people seem to be taking it out primarily for the engine cover.

[rob05]

Not true in my case,i just like to have all angles covered,my steering rack failed and was replaced that alone with the labour would have cost me the price of the warranty.I have had other bits done too and even though my warranty came with the car i'd buy it every time if i had to.

[nel]

roygarth said:

Presumably Porsche make money on warranties ie total cost of claims is less than total premiums. So on average more people are losing than winning.

If they make money from the warranty system then it is true that those paying for a warranty on a less problematic model are effectively subsidising those with warranties on models with a higher claims likelihood. This could be avoided by making the premiums model-dependant.

However, it is feasible that Porsche run the system at a bit of a loss to keep cars within their network and to reassure the 2nd hand market. Anyone know how the porker warranty cost compares to other manufacturers' schemes?

[DanH]

If you have a 996 GT3/Turbo/GT2 the engine is nearly 30k, so worth the premium imho