ORIGINAL: Shane Hodges
Austin,
It can be quite scary when you tot up all the bills, but any high performance car is going to cost. In fact, non-performance cars do too - a work colleague has just had the front disks and pads replaced on his people carrier and it cost more than when I got mine replaced on the 993!
4 years of ownership has cost me:
Insurance, Tax and MOT £5,500
Servicing £1,800
Other repairs £2,500
Tyres / Geo £ 700
Oil and bits £ 850
I also paid £1,800 for a 2 year warranty which was good value when the OPC were generous with the repairs. In the last few months (when Porsche bought the dealership from HR Owen), it wasn't quite the same and I didn't bother to renew.
Re OPC v specialist. Next month will see the first non-OPC stamp in the book. I thought long and hard about it, but a 6k service at JZM v 12k at OPC (they don't do 6k) will save me approx £400 - that's two tyres! The service should be just as good.
Go and drive as many 993's as you can before you buy to get the idea of what feels and sounds "good" - enjoy.
