12 year service for 981 how much?

[SkinnyPete]

The next service due for my 981 is the 12-year one.

If I'm not mistaken, all of the following is due:

Major service
Spark plugs
Brake fluid
Aux belt
PDK oil change

I’ve not got a price from OPC yet but I'd guess it would be in the region of £2000.

My warranty also expires at the same time, so there’s another £865 on top.

Let’s call it £3k all in for a 12-year-old car with 115k on the clock.

I’ve always been an advocate of keeping the car in the OPC network and under warranty, but at that cost, maybe I should consider taking my chances and using an independent or just doing it myself.

I'm interested to hear what others are doing now these cars are getting on a bit.

[SkinnyPete]

Thanks for the comments so far.

Contrary to some posters, I've mostly had an excellent experience with Porsche dealers overall, and getting a nice courtesy car to dump miles on when things go wrong can make up for the few not-so-great experiences.

I've had a couple of less-than-ideal experiences with Porsche independents, though, even for things like tyres, which is really offputting because their labour rates aren't much cheaper than those of an OPC.

If I were to take the car out of the OPC network, I'd probably be tempted to service myself or get an OPC to do the PDK box if it needs a computer plugging in. That's where my head is at anyway; I need to get some accurate pricing first.

stanlow45 said:

You can renew warranty up to 15 years or 125,000 miles. If you’ve been paying it this far what’s a couple more years at the usual opc rates?

It may be cheaper to take out of the network, but at that age I’d have thought a major component failure is more likely hence the high opc servicing and warranty cost is even more likely to pay back?

This is a fair point.

I think what you are referring to is called the bathtub curve. Although my car seems to have gotten more reliable as it has gotten older, I've had my money's worth out of the warranty every year.

Engine and gearbox failure are the ones I'm really insuring against, though. The car has already had a flywheel under warranty, and from memory the part alone was about £1k and £2k for labour.

[SkinnyPete]

elan362 said:

^and PADM failure if you have Sports Chrono

I do, but my car is an early car before the faulty design.

[SkinnyPete]

elan362 said:

SkinnyPete said:

I do, but my car is an early car before the faulty design.

my car is 2013 with PADM... when did the faulty design come on the scene?

I can't remember off the top of my head but the dates of the units affected have been posted not so long back. I remember reading them and thinking my car was built before the affected batch.