996 warranty??

[hothatch2002]

Apologies in advance if this subject has been covered a million times before, but I would like a bit of advice of exteneded Porsche warranty. I am looking at a 99 S reg 996 C2 manual, 58k miles, and full service history from the supplying dealer. How do I go about making sure that I can get a Porsche extended warranty on this car? Can any Porsche dealer do it for me? How soon do I have to agree to it after the inspection - I assume they carry out an inspection??? Heard it being mentioned at about £ 750 a year? Exactly what does it really cover? If I have the car checked by the a dealer and they find something wrong with it and I no longer wish to buy the car, how much will the initial inspection cost me, and is this amount included in the warranty if I take it? Hope this all makes sense.
I could do with a quickish reply from someone in the know as a may be viewing this car on friday and want to be "armed" with the correct advice. Any other advice/insults are happily accepted. Also, he is asking £28k for it, is this about right (apparrently it is absolutely immaculate - so he says!!)

 

[PGAdamopoulos]

Simon
CTI (111 points Check) is £161.70 + VAT. Extended Warranty is £725. Grand Total is £915.00
Usually one extends the warranty after the yearly service, with any OPC
You should get the warranty straight away with the inspection, unless OPC agrees otherwise.
Wear & Tear are not covered by the warranty, it covers items which fail due to design or manufacturing faults; and usually it pays for itself if you are unlucky one to have such a failure.
I would strongly advice it for the 1st year's peace of mind on a newly acquired car which is more than £20k and between 3 and 7 years old.
Do not forget, items not covered by the warranty do not need to be repaired at an OPC.
Regarding prices, see
http://www.porscheclubgbforum.com/tm.asp?m=124920&mpage=1&key=𞡼
Good Luck

 

[OGiii]

You don't say where you are Hothatch.

I used Hartech (www.hartech.org) in Bolton, they are an indy who offer something that I thought was a better option for the older 996. They call it the Lifetime Maintainence Plan, basically I pay them ~£70 per month which includes 2 services and then the labour for any reapirs including wear and tear items including brakes and everything! I just pay for any parts, and they even have facilities to re-engineer some worn parts etc etc (I don't pretend to understand what though).

They will give the car a once over for about £50 pre-purchase I believe.

I liked the idea of it so I'm prepared to travel a bit further to them but as I said, I don't know where you are.

Personally I didin't fancy paying the servicing costs at a main dealer when there are so many good indys like Hartech out there.

If you're not bothered about the warranty and want a good buyers report then Peter Morgan (www.petermorgan.org.uk) does a really thorough check and is well thought of here. I had him look at a car for me that was a couple of hundred miles away from me so saved me travelling to see it - didn't buy it because it wasn't the 'immaculate well serviced' car the dealer suggested it was.

Good luck with your search - you're gonna love it when you get one[]

 

[philippe]

I think you will find this covered time and time again but this is part of what the Forum is for. From my personnel experience i would insist on it having a check with an OPC, it is not expensive and you then have the flexibilty of having to take out the warranty if you wish and i would say should even just for the first year to get use to the car. My car was inspected by a well known specialist and they missed the RMS.

The price sounds good to me, of cause the ususal depends on spec and no owners FPSH. They often say it is a nice example and you get there and it is not as nice had that to with a specialist after a 120mile drive. And i am not knocking the specialist as there are some excellent ones about, maybe share it with everyone to get a view on them.

Also if you want to know what is covered under OPC warranty call one up and they will send you a copy of what the warranty covers, my local OPC went through it all with me, very helpful.

Good luck and enjoy.

Phil

 

[Rodney Naghar]

CTI (111 points Check) is £161.70 + VAT. Extended Warranty is £725 + VAT. Grand Total is £915.00

I make that £1,042.[8|]

 

[Guest]

ORIGINAL: PGAdamopoulos

Simon
.......... it covers items which fail due to design or manufacturing faults; and usually it pays for itself if you are unlucky one to have such a failure.

I don;t think that's correct. If it were to cover design and manufacturing faults then PAG would have been taken to the cleaners many times over. It covers unusual mechanical breakdown of parts not caused by general wear and tear.......I guess that translates to design and manufacturing faults but Porsche would never admit to that. I wish they did I fully agree that it usually pays for itself though.

 

[grant_goulding]

Hi
I have just had the inspection done by Porsche Solihull on a car I haven't even seen yet. It cost £200 inc VAt with the PCGB discount. They have then sold me the Porsche warranty for £725 no VAT on this apparently. They spent two hours going over the car and I would say since this is my second 996 it removes the doubt and also means you are not looking through 'rose tinted glasses'. Well worth it and I think and this time I wanted the warranty which I am told covers all engine and transmission parts but not for normal wear and tear (eg brakes, tyres) but I guess you could apply that to the gearbox for instance if you were to abuse it on a track day for example - so it has get out clauses for Porsche so beware!

 

[tim court]

Get the pre purchase inspection done by an independant or an OPC. Use the results as a bargaining tool, get an initial warranty free of charge from the selling dealer, then take it to porsche and get the 111 point check and warranty which is just under a grand.

Think of the warranty as insurance for the major bits, provided it has not been overrevved, missed gear, abused etc.

Don't expect it to cover everything cos it doesn't. If your nipper spills a cup of coffee over your computer your house insurance will pay out under accidental damage. If you get a clonking in your suspension and you find bent bits or worn bushes you will pay up -not Porsche!

 

[PGAdamopoulos]

Rodney

ORIGINAL: Rodney Naghar

CTI (111 points Check) is £161.70 + VAT. Extended Warranty is £725 + VAT. Grand Total is £915.00

I make that £1,042.[8|]

You are 100% right, I suppose I should have checked the receipt more carefully as I did now.
There is no VAT on the Ext. War.....
Thanx

 

[hothatch2002]

Thanks for all your replies, they have been very helpful. I will explain the whole story - The seller is an outfit called Broadoak Performance Cars, in Canterbury www.bpc.uk.net who seems to mainly deal in Porsches if you look at his site. (Anyone got any information on this place good or bad?) I asked if he would mind if I arranged and paid for an OPC inspection, but he said that he doesn't allow cars to leave site for an inspection, but doesn't mind anyone inspecting the car at his showroom. I ran through all my fears of RMS etc with him and explained that this is the first Porsche that I am buying and want piece of mind, also I have never spent more than £15k buying a car before, so it is a relatively large step for me, even though it is cheap for Porsche standards. He assures me that he can issue a warranty which covers engine/gearbox trouble including RMS or a cracked liner. Obviously I need to read all the small print to make absolutely sure, and after all he is a trader so I have more comeback on the car than buying private. The car has been in his showroom for a week and there is no sign of any fluids underneath, but I do understand that they tend to leak when the oil is warm ( oil goes a bit thinner when warm and the rubber seal also softens when warm - so most likely to leak then rather than sitting cold for a long period of time.) The car has been serviced with the supplying dealer from new and has all the stamps in the book.
Any advice on this matter, there is not a major rush now as I am not viewing the car till next week now. Simon (based in Staffordshire)

 

[tim court]

Read my post again.... Definately get a PPI done.

The dealer may warrant the car - no doubt with one that could be as good as a Porsche warranty. What it will not cover is consumables which include brakes, clutch, bushes, bent bits, cracked bits etc.

When I bought a 996C4 a couple of years back I was in exactly the same pos as you - most I had ever spent on a car was £10k - and I was looking at £45k! The inspection showed up about £3.5k of items of which less than £500 was covered by the cars existing warranty. Naturally a deal was negotiated!!!

The inspection cost me £120 and saved me £3000!!!

 

[hothatch2002]

I guess I should leave it then, if he won't allow an inspection elsewhere?

 

[Hasan]

I would walk away.

What respectable dealer wouldn't allow you to take it to an OPC for a check?

There are plenty of other 996's out there []

 

[PGAdamopoulos]

If he is worried about his car, either arrange for the OPC to go and pick it up or ask him to deliver it to the OPC under Dealer's plates.
Then walk away and give him you contact number to call you back when he changes his mind.

 

[DavidO]

Bought mine from a "private" dealer, Select Performance in Berkshire. I asked for OPC inspection and service, as part of the negotiation, and they arranged all this with OPC Reading. This then qualified me for the OPC Warranty. In addition the inspection turned up a couple of items which were rectified by Select Performance. The dealers actions gave me great confidence in the condition of the car and helped me sleep well after I had handed over the money. If any dealer refused an OPC inspection at my expense (let alone his) I would just walk away

 

[Guest]

BTW, the extended warranty also incorporates 'Porsche assist' (full breakdown & recovery cover) so if you do have problems, Porsche assist will take your car to the nearest OPC and you will be provided with an alternative vehicle etc.

 

[PGAdamopoulos]

Conrad is right.
Porsche Assist is very good, like 1st Class EU AA...
Well worth about £250 I guess, considering the replacement car... although not a Porsche...[]