This is my first post on the 997 forum, so I hope it's in the appropriate place! I'm looking for some advice on warranties.
My 2005 997 Carrera S warranty, which had been renewed twice, expired last week. I took it into my local OPC (Leeds) to have the 111 point check done prior to buying the new style/new price extended warranty for another year. My car is now on 67,000 miles.
However, whereas I considered my car to be in A1 condition (with the exception of one of the horns which had packed up - fixed under warranty), I was told that before they would sell me the warranty, they considered that it should have a new clutch fitted, new front discs,
new front pads, and have the Road Angel disconnected! Cost approx. £2,300 plus the £1,350 warranty.
I was a bit shocked at this as in my opinion, the cluct is fine, the front discs are not pitted/scored, and the pads still have plenty of meat visible, and of course none of these items are covered by the new warranty!! I couldn't justify this (in my opinion) unnecessary expense, so I paid the £150 for the check, and drove home without the warranty. I have to say the service manager was very reasonable about it all, and tended to agree with me that the new Porsche warranty is in danger of being counter productive, in that there will be other private owners like me who will now be moving to an independent warranty, and into the independent specialist sector for servicing.
I do of course appreciate that there isn't another warranty to match the genuine Porsche one, but does anyone out there have a recommendation for a suitable warranty that doesn't have an unrealistically low claim limit? I'd value your advice.
Thanks in advance.
My 2005 997 Carrera S warranty, which had been renewed twice, expired last week. I took it into my local OPC (Leeds) to have the 111 point check done prior to buying the new style/new price extended warranty for another year. My car is now on 67,000 miles.
However, whereas I considered my car to be in A1 condition (with the exception of one of the horns which had packed up - fixed under warranty), I was told that before they would sell me the warranty, they considered that it should have a new clutch fitted, new front discs,
new front pads, and have the Road Angel disconnected! Cost approx. £2,300 plus the £1,350 warranty.
I was a bit shocked at this as in my opinion, the cluct is fine, the front discs are not pitted/scored, and the pads still have plenty of meat visible, and of course none of these items are covered by the new warranty!! I couldn't justify this (in my opinion) unnecessary expense, so I paid the £150 for the check, and drove home without the warranty. I have to say the service manager was very reasonable about it all, and tended to agree with me that the new Porsche warranty is in danger of being counter productive, in that there will be other private owners like me who will now be moving to an independent warranty, and into the independent specialist sector for servicing.
I do of course appreciate that there isn't another warranty to match the genuine Porsche one, but does anyone out there have a recommendation for a suitable warranty that doesn't have an unrealistically low claim limit? I'd value your advice.
Thanks in advance.
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