Look closely at your 981 specification

[Brian Halling]

If you pay close attention when specifying your new 981 you will find some unwelcome surprises.

I was told that a 3 year warranty is now standard "" just like in the USA! Look closely and you will find that the mandatory third year warranty costs you £660 and third year Porsche Assistance costs £169, albeit included in the quoted base price. Furthermore, a top tinted windscreen at £77 and two floor mats at £73 are also standard "˜options' for UK purchasers.

Fancy the nav package? PCM is your only option, now costing a couple of hundred more at £2,141. Ah, but you can only have it if you also buy the sound package plus at £397, making the nav cost a total of £2538! Perhaps TomTom is a better option.

Front seat lumbar supports cost £251 in our BMW325, but the only option which includes them in the 981 is the full monty electric seats at £2,283.

Porsche make much of their policy of building every car to meet an individual buyer's requirements, maybe to justify the enormous list of "˜extras' on offer which many other manufacturers provide as standard. As there are no doubt many more mandatory prerequisites I did not discover, perhaps customer choice is playing second fiddle to marketing.

In the end you get what you pay for. So I spec'd up to £47K and signed my order! []

 

[lamboman]

tell us more about your spec, including colour. PTV only with PASM is another ..

 

[Brian Halling]

981 aqua blue metallic, blue roof, blue leather & seat belts, PDK, 19" wheels, PCM, sound plus, MF steering wheel, seat heating, full a/c, cruise control, park assist, wind deflector and no doubt a few more before the order is finalised. Online configuration is Porche's best salesman! Anyone else prepared to share their selections?

 

[lamboman]

am thinking very hard about a 981S with this spec .. carrara white brown hood espresso leather rear park assist wind deflector model designation delete 20" Carrera S wheels PASM PTV PSE Sport Chrono sport seats plus sport design steering wheel Automatic dimming mirrors and rain sensor cruise control light design package folding mirrors homelink heated seats roll over hoops painted in body colour BOSE 6CD changer

 

[Nick_USA]

ORIGINAL: Brian Halling If you pay close attention when specifying your new 981 you will find some unwelcome surprises. I was told that a 3 year warranty is now standard – just like in the USA! Look closely and you will find that the mandatory third year warranty costs you £660 and third year Porsche Assistance costs £169, albeit included in the quoted base price. Furthermore, a top tinted windscreen at £77 and two floor mats at £73 are also standard ‘options’ for UK purchasers. Fancy the nav package? PCM is your only option, now costing a couple of hundred more at £2,141. Ah, but you can only have it if you also buy the sound package plus at £397, making the nav cost a total of £2538! Perhaps TomTom is a better option. Front seat lumbar supports cost £251 in our BMW325, but the only option which includes them in the 981 is the full monty electric seats at £2,283. Porsche make much of their policy of building every car to meet an individual buyer’s requirements, maybe to justify the enormous list of ‘extras’ on offer which many other manufacturers provide as standard. As there are no doubt many more mandatory prerequisites I did not discover, perhaps customer choice is playing second fiddle to marketing. In the end you get what you pay for. So I spec’d up to £47K and signed my order! []

You also missed that the non-optional partial leather 'standard' seats are £ 745.00 btw the 3rd year (non-optional) of the warranty is a 'limited warranty' and not the 'new car' warranty of the previous two years. The USA market gets 4 years of 'new car' warranty for free. To the last poster PSE is not listed as an option for the early release UK models.

 

[Buddy]

It really is about time that Porsche gave the same warranty in all markets, we pay more for our cars in the UK yet in the USA they get a 4 year warranty have them shipped further then pay less. Ok our over taxation may have some effect on price but not the warranty. And all this after Porsche many years ago said one power output for all markets.

 

[CLIFFWILKINS]

Hi Brian The car sounds great. When are you picking it up? Cheers Tracy Boxster RS

 

[Brian Halling]

The official launch is on 28th April, so not before then. I hope I'm high enough in the queue for a May delivery, but the Ts&Cs warn that cars may not be delivered in the sequence they were ordered. Wait and hope, I guess.

 

[phlize]

Porsche warranty must be about the worst on the market at effectively 2 years. Also, I'm staggered that they have the nerve to charge for what many economy cars now fit as standard... in addition to those folk above have mentioned... how about electric retractable mirrors at £202!!! If they didn't keep making the bloomin' car fatter they could save some metal and you wouldn't need electric retractable mirrors. When did you last stop on a country lane, get out and start faffing around with the little plastic clip things to let a Polish juggernaut by ... it's just crazy. So they now offer the electric option, available as standard on any £12k car.... pathetic!!! As an aside, I'm wound up about Porsche warranty because I recently complained about corrosion on alloy wheels. Twice in fact. Once for my wife's Honda Jazz.... that was Tuesday and by Friday they had fitted a complete new set of wheels with nothing but apology. The second one was on the Boxster .... sorry, your £1250 extended PGB appoved warranty doesn't cover that .... check clause 'optical defects' (sic) not covered, faults due to 'external factors' not covered. Despite the website's claim that the extended warranty offers 'comprehensive bumper to bumper cover'. Grrrrrr.

 

[flat6]

Hi phlize I've had alloy wheels corrected at the OPC but it was an Approved Used car. Therefore, knowing that they had obviously not been previously refurbished properly, they rectified it at no cost. This was probably as goodwill at the OPC rather than through a warranty claim. Therefore, i'm interested to know if you had your Boxster from new? Many thanks

 

[phlize]

ORIGINAL: flat6 Hi phlize I've had alloy wheels corrected at the OPC but it was an Approved Used car. Therefore, knowing that they had obviously not been previously refurbished properly, they rectified it at no cost. This was probably as goodwill at the OPC rather than through a warranty claim. Therefore, i'm interested to know if you had your Boxster from new? Many thanks

My Boxster was 6 months old when I bought it. It was one of PGBs company cars that they dispose of after 6 months, apparently by closed auction to OPCs. It's now 4 years old & I've always taken their extended warranty, believing their claim that it "provides comprehensive bumper to bumper cover" equating to their new car warranty. It turns out to be a lie.... I was told that the wheels would be refurbed if it was within the 2 yr new car warranty.

 

[BartyB]

And when I factor in the disappointing build quality, unreliability and rubbish residuals experienced in 8 years of ownership too my next car won't be a Porsche.

 

[john holmes]

Spec given to OPC - everyone in Region 7 will know what colour! John & Rita Holmes

 

[flat6]

ORIGINAL: phlize

ORIGINAL: flat6 Hi phlize I've had alloy wheels corrected at the OPC but it was an Approved Used car. Therefore, knowing that they had obviously not been previously refurbished properly, they rectified it at no cost. This was probably as goodwill at the OPC rather than through a warranty claim. Therefore, i'm interested to know if you had your Boxster from new? Many thanks

My Boxster was 6 months old when I bought it. It was one of PGBs company cars that they dispose of after 6 months, apparently by closed auction to OPCs. It's now 4 years old & I've always taken their extended warranty, believing their claim that it "provides comprehensive bumper to bumper cover" equating to their new car warranty. It turns out to be a lie.... I was told that the wheels would be refurbed if it was within the 2 yr new car warranty.

Thanks, that's interesting to note.

 

[IainCameron]

Hi Brian I can't wait to see your new car. It will certainly be a winner and I am sure it will better the best car in the world, the one we have now! I made my spec. up on line and I went for exactly the same spec. as my one and it will cost £5,000 more, so .. that means £5,000 more of a gap if I traded my Boxster in for the new one. Looks like I will keep mine for a little bit longer and enjoy the thrills that is gives me. I still cannot believe how my "new" Boxster 2.9 can be so much better than my 3.2 S and I loved that car too. I am sure the new model will be so much better again. A true driver's car! Keep us posted about the new one. I see that Autocar are saying that the new Boxster is due to arrive in the UK in June now.. delayed yet again? Best regards, Iain

ORIGINAL: Brian Halling If you pay close attention when specifying your new 981 you will find some unwelcome surprises. I was told that a 3 year warranty is now standard – just like in the USA! Look closely and you will find that the mandatory third year warranty costs you £660 and third year Porsche Assistance costs £169, albeit included in the quoted base price. Furthermore, a top tinted windscreen at £77 and two floor mats at £73 are also standard ‘options’ for UK purchasers. Fancy the nav package? PCM is your only option, now costing a couple of hundred more at £2,141. Ah, but you can only have it if you also buy the sound package plus at £397, making the nav cost a total of £2538! Perhaps TomTom is a better option. Front seat lumbar supports cost £251 in our BMW325, but the only option which includes them in the 981 is the full monty electric seats at £2,283. Porsche make much of their policy of building every car to meet an individual buyer’s requirements, maybe to justify the enormous list of ‘extras’ on offer which many other manufacturers provide as standard. As there are no doubt many more mandatory prerequisites I did not discover, perhaps customer choice is playing second fiddle to marketing. In the end you get what you pay for. So I spec’d up to £47K and signed my order! []