Grieg and I had a very constructive meeting with the dealer principal at Edinburgh OPC on Monday. We both felt that there had been a lack of contact between the Club and our Official Porsche Centre for some time and that perhaps now was the time to attempt to build a relationship between the club members and the OPC.
At the meeting we discussed a number of issues that in turn can benefit us all. We have agreed the following.
The stated 10% discount,a benefit of club membership will be honoured at all times, this is available on parts,service costs and items from the shop. All you have to do is supply proof of club membership when arranging any work or ordering parts. This can be done by production of your membership card or quoting your membership number over the phone.
The east coast club night on 7th June will be hosted by Edinburgh OPC, between 6.30 pm and 8.30 till 9 ish. They will provide food and drinks for club members and the staff will be available for consultation. Staff from the tech side will also be available for questions and advice regarding your own vehicles and they will be able to give a tour of the workshop and be there to answer any of your technical questions.
For owners of older vehicles Colin Ferrier is going to set up a special section primarily to deal with these models, he has been allocated a budget and a healthy discount option on parts and service costs. No final discount amounts have been quoted yet but we have been told that these will be very healthy and I can update you all in due course regarding this. They actually showed me the details of older cars that they still service and supply parts for as some had been worried that the OPC staff would only be used to working on the newer models, this is definately not the case.
They are going to support the Club Concours this year and supply a stand and a couple of demos on the day of the event.
And finally they want us to return again to the OPC for a club night in early December.
In order to make the relationship work we would ask that as many members as possible put the June date in their diary and try to attend, it should be a good night and the staff there have been very keen to get us to attend. I hope that all the Glasgow members can make their way over to Edinburgh for the night as well and we could always go on somewhere afterwards for a drink. By June the weather should be fine so it's a good excuse to get our cars out for a run.
At the meeting we discussed a number of issues that in turn can benefit us all. We have agreed the following.
The stated 10% discount,a benefit of club membership will be honoured at all times, this is available on parts,service costs and items from the shop. All you have to do is supply proof of club membership when arranging any work or ordering parts. This can be done by production of your membership card or quoting your membership number over the phone.
The east coast club night on 7th June will be hosted by Edinburgh OPC, between 6.30 pm and 8.30 till 9 ish. They will provide food and drinks for club members and the staff will be available for consultation. Staff from the tech side will also be available for questions and advice regarding your own vehicles and they will be able to give a tour of the workshop and be there to answer any of your technical questions.
For owners of older vehicles Colin Ferrier is going to set up a special section primarily to deal with these models, he has been allocated a budget and a healthy discount option on parts and service costs. No final discount amounts have been quoted yet but we have been told that these will be very healthy and I can update you all in due course regarding this. They actually showed me the details of older cars that they still service and supply parts for as some had been worried that the OPC staff would only be used to working on the newer models, this is definately not the case.
They are going to support the Club Concours this year and supply a stand and a couple of demos on the day of the event.
And finally they want us to return again to the OPC for a club night in early December.
In order to make the relationship work we would ask that as many members as possible put the June date in their diary and try to attend, it should be a good night and the staff there have been very keen to get us to attend. I hope that all the Glasgow members can make their way over to Edinburgh for the night as well and we could always go on somewhere afterwards for a drink. By June the weather should be fine so it's a good excuse to get our cars out for a run.
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