Anyone had their 981 10 year service recently?

[smartin]

My car is due it’s 10 yr service in a couple of months,so wondered what the current pricing is for OPC? It’s not like I need it to be OPC as not maintaining OPC warranty on the car and it isn’t 100% OPC service history already as the selling independent did the 6 year service just before I bought it.

Last service was the 8 year major including spark plugs and was done at an OPC still sticking to the fixed price scheme and came in it £795. Looking at a previously downloaded document showing the old fixed price costs, I was quite looking forward to the 10 year one as it was only £525!
 

Wonder what they are trying to charge now?

Not many Independents near me, so OPC with a courtesy car would be easiest. Plus I still need to sort out the recall work from last year as when I had previously booked it in to be done they couldn’t get the parts. Have now had a reminder to get it sorted. Could be done at same time as service to minimise the c100 mile round trips to OPC.

[Ninja02]

About £650 inc brake fluid change

[smartin]

23 minutes ago, Ninja02 said:

About £650 inc brake fluid change

Thanks. Which OPC was that, please? I see you are in East Yorkshire so hundreds of miles from me but maybe your OPC is part of the same group as one of nearest ones to me

[CMA]

On 9/20/2022 at 12:06 PM, smartin said:

Not many Independents near me, so OPC with a courtesy car would be easiest.

What part of the UK are you in? The collective here may know of a reputable indy in the area that might save you a few quid over OPC prices. You can update you location in your profile to give others an idea if you wish

[Ninja02]

17 hours ago, smartin said:

Thanks. Which OPC was that, please? I see you are in East Yorkshire so hundreds of miles from me but maybe your OPC is part of the same group as one of nearest ones to me

Got a price from Hull (Listers) and Sheffield (JCT600). Sheffield came in cheaper but Hull matched the price. Always worth ringing around. 
Phill

[bbob1]

Last October I got prices for a 6 year service from all OPCs within a 60 mile or so radius from me. I am based in the midlands. None of them were following the old fixed price servicing and their prices had gone through the roof. I decided to go with a reputable independent and will continue to do so from now on. The difference saved paid for my insurance!

[smartin]

34 minutes ago, bbob1 said:

Last October I got prices for a 6 year service from all OPCs within a 60 mile or so radius from me. I am based in the midlands. None of them were following the old fixed price servicing and their prices had gone through the roof. I decided to go with a reputable independent and will continue to do so from now on. The difference saved paid for my insurance!

Living in East Kent, I'm not blessed with a large number of independents (let alone reputable ones!) and the two nearest OPC are both an hour away. I feared that with the fixed price servicing scheme going the way of the Dodo, that prices would go up.

My car needs to go to an OPC to have the recall work done, anyway, so will just ask them how much they want to rob me for a service. If their service quotes are ridiculously higher than the old fixed price ones, I'll just get the recall work done at the OPC and look for opinions on independents for the service.

[Menoporsche]

12 minutes ago, smartin said:

If their service quotes are ridiculously higher than the old fixed price ones, I'll just get the recall work done at the OPC and look for opinions on independents for the service.

Don't be afraid to say this to them, they might want to make you a special price for both if you talk to the right person.

[Tony Daniel]

Quote from Preston OPC for 8 year service with plugs and brake fluid is £995 😥 

[Paul P]

6 hours ago, smartin said:

Living in East Kent, I'm not blessed with a large number of independents (let alone reputable ones!) and the two nearest OPC are both an hour away. I feared that with the fixed price servicing scheme going the way of the Dodo, that prices would go up.

My car needs to go to an OPC to have the recall work done, anyway, so will just ask them how much they want to rob me for a service. If their service quotes are ridiculously higher than the old fixed price ones, I'll just get the recall work done at the OPC and look for opinions on independents for the service.

Steve @ Goshall Classics (or Goshallwerks as I think it’s called now) is good.  He’s in Sandwich. he has courtesy cars available.  Nothing flash but beats walking.  

[J & F Hux]

I'm faced with the same dilemma. Car is 2014 . My 8 year service at OPC in Jan cost £1,100. Bought as ex demo 2months old, full OPC history to date.

Can anyone suggest why I should stay with OPC prices? You'll have read about us pensioners in fuel poverty, so with no plans to sell it, surely using an indie has got to be the sensible way forward?

PS based in Cheshire btw, anybody used WeissachUK in Middlewich?

 

[Jofoley]

If you want OPC with courtesy car, don’t use Reading. You need to give them 5 years notice minimum 😄

[Rob™]

I'm booked in for Monday at Unique in Bolton. No courtesy car, but he seems a good egg and won't do unnecessary work.

[smartin]

Just to update this thread. Having been in contact with the only 2 OPCs within a reasonable distance, it's not going to either of them as, compared to the now extinct fixed price scheme price of £525, one of them wanted £826 and the other £949 😮 Neither of them would budge when I mentioned what it used to cost - I guess they've got too much work on, anyway.

It will be going to one of them to have the recall work done, but for servicing, it's going to go to an independent that I reached out to before I called the OPCs.

 

[smartin]

Now that my car is not going to an OPC for servicing, it's looking like a t*ss up between Steve @ GoshallWerks (nearer to me) or LaRose. Both seem to have decent feedback in Google reviews and I know that LaRose got taken over by the Eporsch guys, who have a good rep.

I had already reached out to Steve and his price is the same as LaRose. Decisions!

[CMA]

25 minutes ago, smartin said:

Now that my car is not going to an OPC for servicing, it's looking like a t*ss up between Steve @ GoshallWerks (nearer to me) or LaRose. Both seem to have decent feedback in Google reviews and I know that LaRose got taken over by the Eporsch guys, who have a good rep.

I had already reached out to Steve and his price is the same as LaRose. Decisions!

As my 10 year is coming up next year what sort of price are they charging? And what does it cover?

[Ringmaster999]

10 minutes ago, CMA said:

As my 10 year is coming up next year what sort of price are they charging? And what does it cover?

Am I missing something here with servicing. I always thought it was just minor/major every two years alternating between the two. Of course there are additional expenses for items that have a time service such as PDK service. 
My car is 10yrs old next service but no one has mentioned a 10yr service 👍

[CMA]

3 minutes ago, Ringmaster999 said:

Am I missing something here with servicing. I always thought it was just minor/major every two years alternating between the two. Of course there are additional expenses for items that have a time service such as PDK service. 
My car is 10yrs old next service but no one has mentioned a 10yr service 👍

A 10 yr service is just the 5th service of the cars life. In the old Porsche Fixed price paperwork they used to show all services as 2yr, 4yr, 6yr, 8yr, 10yr, 12yr. They didn't differentiate between major/minor plus extras.

 

[smartin]

59 minutes ago, CMA said:

A 10 yr service is just the 5th service of the cars life. In the old Porsche Fixed price paperwork they used to show all services as 2yr, 4yr, 6yr, 8yr, 10yr, 12yr. They didn't differentiate between major/minor plus extras.

 

The old fixed price system used to show "Service" and Brake fluid change as constants every 2 years, although additional checks would get done every four years. Then at years 4, 8 and 12 they would do the spark plugs and in years 6 and 12 they change the air filter cartridge and the drive belt.

That meant that every service had a different price but sometimes from the outside it looked like 2 services were apparently doing the same thing but they charged two very different amounts; for example the 4 and 8 year services appeared to have the same work done but the 4 year one was priced £180 more than the 8 year one!

Meant that the 10 year (and the 2nd year, actually but again priced differently) were the "cheap" ones as just standard service items and brake fluid change.

The 12 year one is the biggie as needs service, extra 4 year checks, spark plugs, drive belt and then a clutch/ pdk transmission oil/fluid change, too. I jokingly said to the second OPC that I spoke to "I probably don't want to know how much the 12 year service would cost" and they agreed 😄

So, it is really alternating between minor and major but with extras thrown in every 4, 6 and 12 years.

[moospeed]

On 10/5/2022 at 4:50 PM, smartin said:

Just to update this thread. Having been in contact with the only 2 OPCs within a reasonable distance, it's not going to either of them as, compared to the now extinct fixed price scheme price of £525, one of them wanted £826 and the other £949 😮 Neither of them would budge when I mentioned what it used to cost - I guess they've got too much work on, anyway.

It will be going to one of them to have the recall work done, but for servicing, it's going to go to an independent that I reached out to before I called the OPCs.

 

Was one of those the Sidcup one?  I had it in mind to go there for my 10 year, just renewed the warranty until Nov ‘23 and service will be in Feb/Mar I think so my hands are tied to them I guess.

[smartin]

5 hours ago, moospeed said:

Was one of those the Sidcup one?  I had it in mind to go there for my 10 year, just renewed the warranty until Nov ‘23 and service will be in Feb/Mar I think so my hands are tied to them I guess.

Yes, the higher of the two was Sidcup. My car is going there for the recall work to be done, but after that it looks like no more fancy courtesy cars for me🙁

[moospeed]

12 hours ago, smartin said:

Yes, the higher of the two was Sidcup. My car is going there for the recall work to be done, but after that it looks like no more fancy courtesy cars for me🙁

How did I know you were going to say that? 🙄   I've had all my work done at that one, when the time comes I'll have to play them off against Tonbridge.

Last time I did get to use a brand new Cayman S for the day, and I mean "the day" - I'd booked it off work with the sole intention of giving it a proper test even though I didn't know what I was going to get until the day.  It was a perfect choice as until that point I'd considered the Boxster 718S as the next logical progression.

[lawrencequinn]

I had the 12 year service on the 987.2 Boxster done recently. OPC wanted £1350 and well respected indie £850. The car was full OPC until now but £500 difference was just too much. 718 Spyder going in for first 2 year service at OPC. £850 after PCGB discount. Ouch!

[smartin]

4 hours ago, moospeed said:

How did I know you were going to say that? 🙄   I've had all my work done at that one, when the time comes I'll have to play them off against Tonbridge.

Last time I did get to use a brand new Cayman S for the day, and I mean "the day" - I'd booked it off work with the sole intention of giving it a proper test even though I didn't know what I was going to get until the day.  It was a perfect choice as until that point I'd considered the Boxster 718S as the next logical progression.

The other OPC I called up was Tonbridge and they quoted the lower price. They were much more friendly than Sidcup this time, which is the opposite of my previous experience with them when I was looking for my car just over 4 yeards ago. When I was searching for a car they dismissed a 981S PDK for low to mid £30K as an impossiblity, even though there 2 such cars in the OPC Approved used scheme at the time, so I thanked them and didn't speak to them again until last week 🤐

At least Tonbridge offered some advice ; joining the PCGB to get a discount on the servicing, whereas Sidcup just said, this is the price that Porsche tell us and we cannot do anything about it.

Maybe it depends on who you talk to at each OPC!

[moospeed]

On 10/10/2022 at 12:13 PM, smartin said:

The other OPC I called up was Tonbridge and they quoted the lower price. They were much more friendly than Sidcup this time, which is the opposite of my previous experience with them when I was looking for my car just over 4 yeards ago. When I was searching for a car they dismissed a 981S PDK for low to mid £30K as an impossiblity, even though there 2 such cars in the OPC Approved used scheme at the time, so I thanked them and didn't speak to them again until last week 🤐

At least Tonbridge offered some advice ; joining the PCGB to get a discount on the servicing, whereas Sidcup just said, this is the price that Porsche tell us and we cannot do anything about it.

Maybe it depends on who you talk to at each OPC!

It may well be.  I asked Sidcup before about the club discount (to see if it was worthwhile joining) and was told they apply that discount as standard anyway so there wasn't anything to gain.  They were cheaper than Tonbridge at the time which seemed to back that up.  So much for fixed price servicing...