I switched to a local Porsche specialist for 12 year on my 987.2. All prevous OPC but the sums were too big. OPC wanted £1350. Specialist £850.
Are Spyders Becoming Extinct At OPCs!
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OPC said it was discounted from £1650 for the older car labour rate. The specialist did all works including drive belt and gearbox oil change. He is ex OPC head mechanic. Plus he is in central Edinburgh and not in the boondocks as is the OPC. I am currently in San Sebastián loving the car. 
I am not sure my 981 Spyder's 6th year service this week by an OPC is like for like with your 12th but it included new drive belt and air filters x 2, interim service & brake fluid change £923.28 incl but I supplied my own Mobil 1 for way under half what they like to charge £17.95 per litre [ScottishSpyder said:
]Seriously considering JZM next time out for multiple reasons too many school boy errors on this latest OPC service plus I never realised JZM are factory approved service agents for Porsche apparently one of just a few to have that officially approved arrangement
I took my 987 out the opc network a few years back.
it makes no odds to resale sadly after 4 years old, but you pay a lot more over 12 years keeping in the OPC network which you never get back, and they don't do a proper job at an OPC esp on brakes etc.
they are very lazy and skip jobs.
it makes no odds to resale sadly after 4 years old, but you pay a lot more over 12 years keeping in the OPC network which you never get back, and they don't do a proper job at an OPC esp on brakes etc.
they are very lazy and skip jobs.
not like for like as you need plugs on the 12 years, on your 981 it did not need plugs as that is done every 4 years and is a big part of the costs on the 12 year.
So £900 for a oil and filter change with a £50 belt is a rip off imo esp when you supplied your own oil :-(. And I doubt they did the brakes right as they don't take the wheels off so never bleed the inners !! so the nipples will seaze up.
The 12 year service EVERY thing is due at the same time and the only time upto this date every thing is due. But the parts are all cheap really.
A big reason I sold my GT3 was the 2nd service and warranty on a 4k mile car they wanted over £5k lol screw that. NO cars worth that much to me to run. I made £5k after 4 years ownership and the next owner had a £5k bill.
in hinesite I should have kept it these are £165k !!! atm but try getting a price from a dealer I phoned 3 OPC all were circa £125k , I got £140k from Ashgoods and also saved the £5k costs due. OPC margins people say £10k !!! it's way way more on GT stuff. They wanted a £30k margin and that's was 3 different OPC's all only offering £125k on a retail £155k car at the time. People buy porkers in the main as it's a goto cheaper performance car vs Ferrari, times have changed when Ferrari now give you 7 years free service and 5 years warranty these days, while Porsche service costs are up 300% Porker are no longer cheap to run sadly.
£1500 to swap a filter, belt, oil and some plugs lol ffs. it's £200/£250 parts and nothing is hard to do.
So £900 for a oil and filter change with a £50 belt is a rip off imo esp when you supplied your own oil :-(. And I doubt they did the brakes right as they don't take the wheels off so never bleed the inners !! so the nipples will seaze up.
The 12 year service EVERY thing is due at the same time and the only time upto this date every thing is due. But the parts are all cheap really.
A big reason I sold my GT3 was the 2nd service and warranty on a 4k mile car they wanted over £5k lol screw that. NO cars worth that much to me to run. I made £5k after 4 years ownership and the next owner had a £5k bill.
in hinesite I should have kept it these are £165k !!! atm but try getting a price from a dealer I phoned 3 OPC all were circa £125k , I got £140k from Ashgoods and also saved the £5k costs due. OPC margins people say £10k !!! it's way way more on GT stuff. They wanted a £30k margin and that's was 3 different OPC's all only offering £125k on a retail £155k car at the time. People buy porkers in the main as it's a goto cheaper performance car vs Ferrari, times have changed when Ferrari now give you 7 years free service and 5 years warranty these days, while Porsche service costs are up 300% Porker are no longer cheap to run sadly.
£1500 to swap a filter, belt, oil and some plugs lol ffs. it's £200/£250 parts and nothing is hard to do.
The 12 year service also includes manual gearbox oil change. Not sure about PDK.
I have now asked JZM twice for a 12 year quote they have no clue really, very poor.
2 quotes in and still lots missing from them ! the price is creeping up but still missing 3 items ! I won't be asking for a 3rd attempt to quote !
I wonder what would happen to Mr/Mrs/miss ave who asked for a 12 year service and then 4 years later the engine put it's pistons though the block because the belt snapped and was not done
Would JZM or the like be responsible for NOT servicing the car right 4 year later ? tricky one.
I might phone up the service manager today and say his staff need TRAINING.
RPM are more than useless, JZM don't even know after 2 attempts what a 12 year service needs. And these 2 are the top 2 indies in the UK really and the two only UK Manthey dealers.
Easy money service work also esp wit the added Porsche TAX.
I'll email a few others for the 12 year see if any one can get it right !!
2 quotes in and still lots missing from them ! the price is creeping up but still missing 3 items ! I won't be asking for a 3rd attempt to quote !
I wonder what would happen to Mr/Mrs/miss ave who asked for a 12 year service and then 4 years later the engine put it's pistons though the block because the belt snapped and was not done
Would JZM or the like be responsible for NOT servicing the car right 4 year later ? tricky one.
I might phone up the service manager today and say his staff need TRAINING.
RPM are more than useless, JZM don't even know after 2 attempts what a 12 year service needs. And these 2 are the top 2 indies in the UK really and the two only UK Manthey dealers.
Easy money service work also esp wit the added Porsche TAX.
I'll email a few others for the 12 year see if any one can get it right !!
Hi all
Got a call this week have secured a 2022 new 718 Spyder allocation after many years wait .
Had to go big on spec: paint to sample , ceramics and full bucket seats - car due in December this year .oh and PDK - don’t shout at me but I’ve driven over 100k miles in PDK as well as manual and with long gear ratios PDK my preference
tony
Got a call this week have secured a 2022 new 718 Spyder allocation after many years wait .
Had to go big on spec: paint to sample , ceramics and full bucket seats - car due in December this year .oh and PDK - don’t shout at me but I’ve driven over 100k miles in PDK as well as manual and with long gear ratios PDK my preference
tony
Congrats on your order. I've also gone PTS on a Boxster GTS 4.0, the following links are also useful but agree, nothing like seeing actual samples with your own eyes.
[link=http://www.colors.rs]www.colors.rs[/link]
[link=http://www.rennbow.org]www.rennbow.org[/link]
[link=http://www.colors.rs]www.colors.rs[/link]
[link=http://www.rennbow.org]www.rennbow.org[/link]
[link=https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/2016-porsche-981-boxster-spyder-3]2016 PORSCHE (981) BOXSTER SPYDER (collectingcars.com)[/link]
This car sold 25/04/22 @ £65000 plus 6% buyers premium £68900.00 and here it is again! 1200 miles added in that time frame and owner number 8!
Has the market remained the same as April[&:] [link=https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/2016-porsche-981-boxster-spyder-2]https://collectingcars.co...e-981-boxster-spyder-2[/link]
This car sold 25/04/22 @ £65000 plus 6% buyers premium £68900.00 and here it is again! 1200 miles added in that time frame and owner number 8!
Has the market remained the same as April[&:] [link=https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/2016-porsche-981-boxster-spyder-2]https://collectingcars.co...e-981-boxster-spyder-2[/link]
Strange that the colors.rs didn't work , typically it's actually got sometimes more info than the rennbow one. I like the history aspect of it, I love Miami Blue, not now available on the Boxsters, but seems silly to pay PTS for a (until very recently) standard Boxster colour. I'm trying to find a rare colour from Porsche's history that has a bit of a story, but I've still got to love it. The search continues LOL
HAHAHA that'll do it.....waxman said:Would have helped if I’d spelt colours without the ‘u’ on the link
It's good to see a selection of photos of PTS cars taken in different lights but I still worry about committing without having seen something in the flesh
Also there seems to be a lot of mislabelled stuff online. I have looked into certina colours, and some of the photos/videos online are so, so different they just cannot be the same colour.
There was a 'Rare Shades' meet in the US recently and this video on Youtube actually tells you the colours, found it quite useful....
[link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoLNUclOvcQ&t=569s]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoLNUclOvcQ&t=569s[/link]
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