Turbo 996 brakewear

[davespearce]

Hi,
I'm in the process of buying a 996 turbo (not S) and looked at an approved Porsche car recently which appeared to me to have quite a high level of wear on all four discs. The car has about 30k on the clock but the dealer couldn't tell me how old the discs on the car were and wouldn't say how much wear they had in them, only that the car had been through the 111 point inspection and the discs were deemed acceptable. The dealer also suggested that I would need to replace the discs/pads at some point over the next three years anyway either through normal use or because the discs commonly rust and get pitted if the car is not used regularly - a common problem with the 911 apparently.

I've been told that a disc/pad change is about £2k and if there is a lip on the disc that they would likely need changing quite soon - so obviously I'm concerned that I might have to lay out that kind of money shortly after purchasing the car - not something I would expect to have to do with a Porsche approved car.



Any advice or experience with brake wear/issues would be greatly appreciated and also comments wear/road performance of the ceramic brakes on the turbo S. I'm not likely to use the car on the track at all and would probably do about 6k miles per annum in it.

Thanks
Dave

 

[911 turbo newbie]

surely if you were interested in the car, they would put new ones on for you if you bought it, when i got mine last year i got new disks and pads all round, its all part of the haggling we do when buying a car[]

 

[davespearce]

Tried that but the answer is that it's passed the Porsche test and they aren't willing to do anything. Obviously might be a show stopper but I just wanted to see what other peoples experience is.

 

[Gordon Attar]

The dealers comments are quite reasonable if they passed the 111 Porsche check(at another garage) so ask to see the report as there may be some advisories.. If it passed the report you can get the Porsche warranty. So new discs and pads at 48k is not unreasonable.

Reference pads you should get them done at every major 24k service and the discs should last double that through reasonable usage i.e. no track days. Any lips on discs that they currently have can be ground out for a few quid and the dealer should do that FOC.

Bearing in mind your concern you can always get the disc thickness measured to reassure yourself and shop around some independants for the proper costs for replacing discs and pads should be nearer £1k.

 

[Colin Booth]

You asked about ceramic disc and pad wear. I have a 2005 996 turbo S which I have had from new. So far I have done 115,000 miles on the same pads and discs. No brake dust either !
COLIN.

 

[ashley]

That's great news Colin, mine's done less than 40K and I was dreading the day when I need to renew. At a conservative 5 or 6K a year looks like its some way off

 

[Stuart Hatfield]

The 111point check is not great but needed for warrenty, missed a few things on my car ,but when the car goes for a service they will do the warrenty work ,of coarse they will ,if the discs dont look good from the outside ,they will be a lot worse on the inside ,if you can change them yourself not that expensive or indy, surely for the sale of the car they could change the discs .lots of other cars for sale.