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Hi all, I am a new 911 owner, could anyone tell me, where is the best place to go for service and repaires around the Midlands Area, where you do not get charged through the nose!!! I have been told that there are some small workshops in the area, where the mechanic, repairs Porsche's for small fees, as it is more of a hobby for them, is this right??

Please let me know, if so where to go, or contact numbers.

Thank you.
 
Hi and welcome to the board.....
I am midlands based and I use PCT in Coventry on the A45 and Porscheshop in Halesowen - depending on what I need doing.
I have heard that 2+2 B Hill are good too.
Have a look in the R9 and R13 sections for more in R13 there is a thread running about specialists near us.
(R13 is Hereford/Worcs/Shrops - R9 is Wmids)
Cheers

Adam
 
For God's sake don't use PorschTech at Shirley's of Meridan. The blokes a crook. I went for a 'full service' a few years back. The day before I put a crafty mark on the fuel filter. After returning to pay at the end of the day I asked what had been done. "Plugs, oil, filters, fuel filter etc." Well funily enough the mark was still on the fuel filter. SAY NO MORE!

I have used PCT since and they are honest, reliable and well priced.
 
Best advice I can give is use your money on a decent set of tools and a workshop manual (Bentley) and do it yourself. They're not particularly complicated cars. Even if you do the basics you'll save yourself a fortune and send it out for the tougher stuff. I can never understand how garages charge so much for basic service items. There is no reason why someone with a basic knowledge do, filters, oil, plugs, dissy cap/rotor arm, brakes, valve clearances. You'll save hundreds with an initial outlay of about £150 on tools and a manual.

Its your choice and walllet, I have heard mixed reports of Zentrum in Notts, some people swear by them others don't guess its just a matter of luck sometimes.
 
I wouldn't fancy my chances of getting a decent price for my car if the service book wasn't stamped up every year. I could do mine myself as I do with my Focus (and save a fortune) but I know my Focus is worth sod all with or without a stamped up service book because its a Ford. I think more the mileage that do that 150-quid on an oil change every 12 months is money well spent as when I come to sell the car any perspective buyer will not start offering hundred of pounds less because the book aint stamped. Don't care what you say about doing it yourself, the fact is that buyers look for stamps in the book.
 
Fair point, particularly that you have a low mileage vehicle. From my point of view it would make little difference provided there is evidence that the car has been cared for, receipts and evidence of work, photo's and the overall condition of a car are on are more valuable to me than a stamp in a book. I've experience so called specialist services/repairs in the past and some leave little to be desired. Copper grease packed wheel bearings for one, at a so called specialist.

Personally I don't see it as an investment, its a keeper so mileage and stamps make little difference.
 
Have the car serviced at a specialist every 12K miles or every 5 years. Brake fluid and tranmsission oil needs to be changed every 5 years.
Have the engine oil and filter changed every year or do it yourself and keep the receipts.
 
Service it yourself, then you KNOW its right, give yourself plenty of time and be methodical in your approach. Use the bently book its superb, but also use Pelican Parts.com, they have a techical forum and I have done the alternator, brakes, 12k service, wheel bearings, switches, steering wheel bearing etc etc. Find a local supplier of OEM parts pay em cash and your laughing. I service my car fastidously every year with 10,000 miles per anum and its costs me the grand total of..........£125.00. Forget all this service history from an offcial porsche centre or so called expert, my car is now 20 years old and is worth no more or less as long as I have the receipts and evidence for the work carried out. At the end of the day its your choice, but the level of satisfaction you will get when you do it yourself and know your car inside out is, like the advert say's, Priceless!
 
Nathan, you sure brake fluid is every 5 years?
On the later cars (993) its every 2 years, and I'm sure its annually on my C3
 
It certainly won't do any harm to change it more often. 5 years is the limit.

The reason to change the fluid is that it absorbs moisture. This can cause corrosion to all parts in contact with the fluid. When the fluid gets hot the moisture reduces the braking performance until it stops working altogether.

I only averaged 600 miles a year. 6K in 10 years.
 
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