Porsche Owners Thread - If you own one or just like or hate them! :)

Bradmax57 · 23 Feb 2018 at 00:45

Booked my 911 in for its first MOT under my ownership next week, call me sceptical but I'm fearing its not going to be plain sailing, despite nothing being wrong with it that I know of and it passing last time with no advisories when I bought it (apparently) I just have a feeling that the main dealer may pick up on odds and sods

fortunately i have 4 weeks till it expires so 3 weeks after the test so if they try and take my eyes out I can still take it elsewhere, what annoys me is they are going to charge me 18p a mile for a courtesy car

ShivP · 23 Feb 2018 at 19:00

Take a chill pill

Dis86 · 23 Feb 2018 at 19:13

Bradmax57 said:
Booked my 911 in for its first MOT under my ownership next week, call me sceptical but I'm fearing its not going to be plain sailing, despite nothing being wrong with it that I know of and it passing last time with no advisories when I bought it (apparently) I just have a feeling that the main dealer may pick up on odds and sods fortunately i have 4 weeks till it expires so 3 weeks after the test so if they try and take my eyes out I can still take it elsewhere, what annoys me is they are going to charge me 18p a mile for a courtesy car

Just wait til you see the cost for exhaust bolts!

RSR · 23 Feb 2018 at 19:52

Bradmax57 said:
what annoys me is they are going to charge me 18p a mile for a courtesy car

Is this a OPC?

As I have never been charged for a courtesy car or been put on a mileage clause but I believe there is normally a £15 a day charge which they will normally waver.

RSR · 23 Feb 2018 at 19:55

Dis86 said:
Just wait til you see the cost for exhaust bolts!

If you think that's bad, you want to see the cost to replace the PCCB's

Bradmax57 · 23 Feb 2018 at 21:25

Dis86 said:
Just wait til you see the cost for exhaust bolts!

£500

ish isn't it?

RSR said:
Is this a OPC?

As I have never been charged for a courtesy car or been put on a mileage clause but I believe there is normally a £15 a day charge which they will normally waver.

Yeah OPC, they've quoted £10 plus 16p or whatnot a mile, I'm sure if it needs anything doing I'll be able to wangle it

Dr House · 24 Feb 2018 at 00:00

I almost bought a 2014 C4S PDK today, it was a steal, 65k, very good spec, 33k miles.

I just love the I8 so did not pull the trigger

Voxination · 24 Feb 2018 at 14:44

Dr House said:
I almost bought a 2014 C4S PDK today, it was a steal, 65k, very good spec, 33k miles.

I just love the I8 so did not pull the trigger

You can buy your old one back if you'd like, I'm absolutely in love with it but it's about time I bought a house

mikeh501 · 25 Feb 2018 at 15:58

you chaps financing these 911's? what kinds of deals can be done?

ive been wanting to scratch the porsche ownership itch for a while and am still procrastinating. i could buy a 981S outright (30-40k) but ive got the feeling it wont be what i want.... a 991, probably a cab.

Dr House · 26 Feb 2018 at 19:32

Voxination said:
You can buy your old one back if you'd like, I'm absolutely in love with it but it's about time I bought a house

I will keep it in mind. It’s a bit older than I would like now but there is no other car with that spec out there.

RSR · 26 Feb 2018 at 20:26

mikeh501 said:
you chaps financing these 911's? what kinds of deals can be done?

You'll need to speak the OPC to see what they can offer, generally you'll be hard pushed to get any deals from OPC as they just don't really discount.

My incoming GTS is just on standard HP.

RSR · 26 Feb 2018 at 20:30

Dr House said:
This is how I would spec the car if I was you
http://www.porsche-code.com/PJ955JV3

I'd rather a PDK car and I am not sure the extra money on the Hi-Fi is worth it, the main thing for me is getting a allocation in a PTS color. I'm looking forward to my PEC Silverstone day though, as it going to be my first time driving the GTS.

crinkleshoes · 26 Feb 2018 at 20:43

tom_nieto said:
£27,000 on additional extras! Porsche really are the masters of upselling!

LOL... nothing compared to Ferrari

It's easy to hit £70k worth of cosmetic-only optional extras and a lot of them do for resale :/

crinkleshoes · 26 Feb 2018 at 20:46

RSR said:
I'd rather a PDK car and I am not sure the extra money on the Hi-Fi is worth it, the main thing for me is getting a allocation in a PTS color. I'm looking forward to my PEC Silverstone day though, as it going to be my first time driving the GTS.

The Burmeister is awesome... well worth the extra & I'm sure it will help re-sale... too many on the market without it

RSR · 26 Feb 2018 at 21:22

crinkleshoes said:
The Burmeister is awesome... well worth the extra & I'm sure it will help re-sale... too many on the market without it

It's better than the Bose but its not that much better, it also wouldn't make me pick one car over as id rather it had all the handling extra's over the stereo.

crinkleshoes · 26 Feb 2018 at 21:35

RSR said:
It's better than the Bose but its not that much better, it also wouldn't make me pick one car over as id rather it had all the handling extra's over the stereo.

Yeah... that's one of the annoying things about the second hand car market... finding the ideal that has both sets of options ticked is annoying

But I'd disagree about the improvement... the Burmeister is a heck of a lot better than the Bose.

The Bose is only marginally better than "Sound Package Plus".

If it was a weekend car... I wouldn't mind so much... but as it's my want for a daily...

RSR · 26 Feb 2018 at 21:53

crinkleshoes said:
Yeah... that's one of the annoying things about the second hand car market... finding the ideal that has both sets of options ticked is annoying

If you're being that picky about a secondhand car, you should be looking at ordering one new and you can have the spec you want.

crinkleshoes · 26 Feb 2018 at 22:33

RSR said:
If you're being that picky about a secondhand car, you should be looking at ordering one new and you can have the spec you want.

I'd love to... please feel free to find me a GT3 or GT3RS build slot

(even though neither of those have the Burmeister option)

Got to drive 991.1 Turbo S back to back with McLaren 570S on Friday and the McLaren is the more enjoyable car.

The money that 991.2 GT3s are going for on the second hand market is practically 720S money and at that price... the 720S far outclasses the 911.

It's annoying... if I could get a new build order for a GT3 or GT3RS I'd have it in a heartbeat... when spending that much on a car, I want to spec it for me... I couldn't care less about flipping it... I want to drive the damn thing.

At least I had a nice chat with a friendly Porka dealer... he said that if I can offer proof that I'm happy to drive the car and put plenty of miles on it before selling, then it would be easy for him to find an allocation... so looks like I'll grab a McLaren this time around and it'll demonstrate proof for the next iteration of Porsche GT cars... can only hope... otherwise the right spec will appear on the market.

£200k for a 991.2 GT3 (non-RS) is insanity.

RSR · 26 Feb 2018 at 23:04

You will need to play the game if you want one of the new "halo" products or you'll have to pay the current market rates for the car.

Housey · 26 Feb 2018 at 23:11

Had a nose around my first 991 GT2 at the weekend....currently over 500K 2nd hand. Madness.

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