Who said servicing a Porker was expensive ?
 

My MY03 996 C4S was due its 'major' 4 year service....... and its MOT.

Off to the OPC it went - using the pick-up/deliver home service (probably with some donuts in the local Tesco car park :D)......

First got phoned to say that the car will fail its MOT......... because it has a space deleted on the registration (***TRO instead of *** TRO) :angry:

Now the OPC want my V5 etc to make some new 'temporary' plates - but they are in storage with the rest of my house contents (mid house move) ! - so had to diss the MOT ! (but found a place around the corner - who will MOT it).

Anyway - get phoned at 5pm - car done.....

Major service inspection including......

Oil change/filter
Carbon a/c filter
Brake fluid change
Spark plugs changed
a/c serviced

£850 inc VAT....... JOB DONE !

Now that ain't bad IMHO. But then again the car has only got 18k miles on the clock :)

850 :eek:
:eek2:

£850 for bugger all...

Cheap as chips mate. :rolleyes:

Not bad, here it goes for about €300 for a regular so.....:thumb:

That's quite funny ..........They stick it on the ramps, wander round having a quick look underneath while drinking tea. Get the apprentice to change the plugs and filters which they bought from GSF and charge you £850.

Bargain I say :D :D :D

Did you ask what their hourly rate was?

judging by the price....£800 per hour! :D

'kin 'ell, how do they get away with calling that a major service? £850? Twice what it would cost for an Impreza and that's expensive.

I've been quoted £500 for a major service on my VW and that includes cambelt change, new disks and pads and a brake fluid change plus the usual fluids/filters.

Thats good "value" for a major service.
I run a 996 turbo & the last major service with nothing extra needed was £1200.
Last minor service came in at about £500.

But.....just had an MOT & front disks/pads.....£1,000. Nice.

R.

I agree, my 986 had a major done and it was just over a grand.
850 for all that is good. (or bad which ever way you want to look at it)

The dealer services on my old 911 were about £500 for a major service.

That included doing the tappets, which any air-cooled owner will know is quite a labour intensive task.

But they always overcharged on replacing wiper blades when there was nothing wrong with the old ones LOL.

Perhaps I should explain a bit more....... a Major service is only every 4 years or 48k miles.......

Hourly rate is £90 + VAT

Remember an oil change (and spark plugs for that matter) on a 911 are a little more tricky than on a front engine Impreza.

My service prior to that was £350 :)

Mmmmm not really (certainly not on the 996's with their access panels built in that werenot on the 993's where the engine had to be dropped) Porsche quote a lot of labour for the job of changing spark plugs (well they would at their hourly rate) because they quote for removing the rear bumper to do the job. I have it on good authority that this isn't actually needed & if the bumper wasn't removed the job time would be slashed.

R.

I have serviced a few Porkers in my time, for nothing....

It's just a 'rich' tax IMO. Porsche, BMW Mercedes etc.. all ridiculous servicing.

Looking through the receipts in my old M3 made for good reading, a few £1k+ bills.

At the end of the day they are just lumps of metal like a ford focus etc.

£99.95 for a service and mot at halfords :)

LOL....;)

If £850 for a service is expensive to you then don't buy a 911.

Its pretty simple really :p

That sounds like a great bargain! Nice to hear about that.
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Don't they need 16 litres of oil due to running a dry sump with a reservoir and pump at the front :wonder: Should have gone to Kwik Fit for their £10 oil change offer :idea:

GSF Prices....

Oil Filter - £5 to £8.50 max
A/C filter - £7.50 (assuming it's the "pollen filter")
Plugs - £1.25 to £2.40 each
Brake Fluid - £10 max (no different to any other car)
A/C service :wonder: - This must mean "turn it on, if it works, great. If not get someone in to re-gas it (unlikely)"
Allow another £60 for oil

So, taking the highest priced items...

£109.30 (inc VAT) + labour and whatever they mean by A/C service.

Blimey!! Not THAT cheap!

My C service at GGR was only 500 and that was changing a few more fluids and filters than that.
Obviously a "higher marque" and all but that still sounds harsh for the work done.

I'd have thought a 'major' service at 4 year intervals would have included a belt change or three especially for that price.

Listed items there are only a regular/middle service from what i can see and an air con re-gas is about £80 iirc

5t.

Well if you are happy then that's all that matters.

I would not call that a major service by any means, around two hours of labour and parts, assume labour at £ 150.00 per hour so £300.00
Parts: 6 x plugs, oil filter, a/c filter + oils look pretty expensive @ £370.00 + VAT.

IMHO a 'major' service would have included cam belt!

the service items and labour should only be a few hundred max, however the collect and re deliver the vehicle along with the phone call probably doubled the cost!!!

I guess that's nice to hear.



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£800!! Not even slightly cheap, but hey it gets a magical dealer stamp in the book

Didn't think that number plates were even part of the mot? Certainly never used to be, having them spaced differently means they aren't road legal, not an mot failure though.
Sounds a lot for what you are actually getting, but for a Porsche service it really isn't as high as I would have expected.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring...ot/DG_10016070