OPC Silverstone PCGB discount?
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chrismouzou
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always take my own oil mobil 1 costco 5litres £23.99+vat
I very much doubt you'd get away with skipping any of these items.
Just get a few locals indis to quote you for the same.
If its any help, I had a Minor + brake fluid + spark plugs done at Silverstone in July and with PCGB discount it was £660 total. The £610 certainly comes from Porsche menu pricing, but some of those other numbers don't make sense to me.
garyw
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As you may have read in Porsche Post, I've recently been through the 4 year service [
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I did get a good 'combined deal' from the OPC and got the 111 inspection done at no cost being as it was already in for service..
Then a generous club discount []
Silverstone did offer me the 10% club discount when I last visited them.
garyw
]I did get a good 'combined deal' from the OPC and got the 111 inspection done at no cost being as it was already in for service..
Then a generous club discount [
]Silverstone did offer me the 10% club discount when I last visited them.
garyw
I'm not looking forward to the 6 year service in the Spring [] which will be the first under my ownership. Would appreciate thoughts on whether I should take the car to OPC Silverstone or to stick to the indy route (RPM for those in Bucks/Beds, RPM have done a great job on the small bits I've had to do).
So far my car has had two services at Hatfield and one indy (Strasse) and I'm simply wondering about the relative importance, come re-sell, of the OPC service stamps. The price difference seems to be £300 or so for a standard service (and I'm not expecting any surprise "extras" which i would certainly use RPM for in any event).
] which will be the first under my ownership. Would appreciate thoughts on whether I should take the car to OPC Silverstone or to stick to the indy route (RPM for those in Bucks/Beds, RPM have done a great job on the small bits I've had to do).So far my car has had two services at Hatfield and one indy (Strasse) and I'm simply wondering about the relative importance, come re-sell, of the OPC service stamps. The price difference seems to be £300 or so for a standard service (and I'm not expecting any surprise "extras" which i would certainly use RPM for in any event).
So after retrieving this month's Porsche Post from the wormhole into which my better half decides to put all car related media (Also found this month's Evo, very happy..!) I had a scan for the article but it wasn't obvious.
Perhaps speed scanning so many of those post Christmas break emails has left my eyeballs with scarring in certain areas so it may well be there!
Anyway, back to topic. I called OPC Silverstone to discuss the options, you can take in your own oil, they dont like it but you can do it so long as its the same as they would use and you can use the PCGB discount which is ace.
Here is the breakdown of costs as discussed with the OPC:
"¢ Major service £600
"¢ Brake fluid £150
"¢ Spark plugs £200
"¢ Drive belt check £30
"¢ Tyre goo £45
Total £1025
Deductions
"¢ Spark plugs £200 (car has only done 16K non track m/way miles)
"¢ Taking own oil £120 (!)
"¢ PCGB Discount on £705 £70.50
Total £390.50
Total cost after deductions £634.50
Also note that 8.5 litres of Mobil 1 or comparable is needed which will be around £70 using our membership discount at OPIE.
Perhaps speed scanning so many of those post Christmas break emails has left my eyeballs with scarring in certain areas so it may well be there!
Anyway, back to topic. I called OPC Silverstone to discuss the options, you can take in your own oil, they dont like it but you can do it so long as its the same as they would use and you can use the PCGB discount which is ace.
Here is the breakdown of costs as discussed with the OPC:
"¢ Major service £600
"¢ Brake fluid £150
"¢ Spark plugs £200
"¢ Drive belt check £30
"¢ Tyre goo £45
Total £1025
Deductions
"¢ Spark plugs £200 (car has only done 16K non track m/way miles)
"¢ Taking own oil £120 (!)
"¢ PCGB Discount on £705 £70.50
Total £390.50
Total cost after deductions £634.50
Also note that 8.5 litres of Mobil 1 or comparable is needed which will be around £70 using our membership discount at OPIE.
****UPDATE****
Service carried out by Silverstone OPC.
Major service
Brake fluid change
Poly rib belt change
Tyre gel replacement
Total price after PCGB discount £634
***OIL SUPPLIED*** purchased from OPIE oils, 10 litres of Mobil 1 0W40 fully synthetic total price delivered £71. 1.5 litres left after the oil change. PCGB discounted
Additional work
Air bag check
Valet.
Overall a very pleasant experience and although more expensive than an independant for my cars second only scheduled service (!) a Porsche stamp is nice to have in the service book!
Service carried out by Silverstone OPC.
Major service
Brake fluid change
Poly rib belt change
Tyre gel replacement
Total price after PCGB discount £634
***OIL SUPPLIED*** purchased from OPIE oils, 10 litres of Mobil 1 0W40 fully synthetic total price delivered £71. 1.5 litres left after the oil change. PCGB discounted
Additional work
Air bag check
Valet.
Overall a very pleasant experience and although more expensive than an independant for my cars second only scheduled service (!) a Porsche stamp is nice to have in the service book!
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