Porsche MOT

Rotty said:
knowing what most OPCs are like for inventing work I wouldn't take mine to one for a MOT
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I was thinking this, but I had my tyres checked less than 1000 miles ago and they had 5mm-7mm on them all over the one set of brakes are only 4000 miles old and the other set only about 10k old. Oil is topped up so can't really think what work they can create that I would actually need to pay for.

The email does offer me the following:

Loan car
Round of golf
Half day at a spa

All while they MOT my car :eek:
 
markyp23 said:
Sorry to bump an old thread. If you have OPC warranty do they require you to get your MOT done at an OPC? Assuming not but thought to check!

Cheers
Mark
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Probably not but given most decent manufacturer warranties have MOT cover which covers bits and bobs it might fail on but wouldnt be otherwise covered by the warranty, why would you take it elsewhere? I dont know if Porsche do this but I'd be suprised if they dont.
 
I'd stick with an OPC. Give your local 2 a call, mine offered me a courtesy car, a lift to anywhere I wanted, a round of golf for me and a friend and a day in a local health spa just to get me in for an MOT so no doubt one of your local ones will help you out and make it worth your while.

A car that hasn't had every single little tiny thing just becomes that much harder to sell. You may know a great local indy but a buyer will dismiss the car straight away as it doesn't have FPSH.

Car passed the MOT without issue btw.
 
Rotty said:
knowing what most OPCs are like for inventing work I wouldn't take mine to one for a MOT
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This.
Also my local OPC (Porsche West London) simply take the car to a MOT garage down the road so it seems pointless paying the extra to go to the OPC in the first place.
 
PaulyJay said:
This.
Also my local OPC (Porsche West London) simply take the car to a MOT garage down the road so it seems pointless paying the extra to go to the OPC in the first place.
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Expect all of the stuff they offer like I posted? My best friend owns a garage so I get any work on any other cars done FOC within reason but I take mine to a OPC.

markyp23 said:
It's got the warranty and FPSH though, so every little thing is attended to, it's just that the MOT certs won't be from an OPC...as PaulyJay says, they might not even do them in house at the OPC... I think probably just get it done where she gets her other cars done.

Cheers for the responses though.
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So say you take it to a random garage, it fails on something covered in the warranty - so no worries just drive it to Porsche they do all the work free and then drive it back to the original garage - you'll have to pay the MOT fee again!

I don't understand why you would take that risk of having to pay for the MOT twice when Porsche will do it all in house and provide you with golf, spa days, courtesy cars and lifts?

I doubt you'd find an OPC that doesn't do MOT's in house, any OPC I've ever seen is a massive showroom and then an even bigger workshop out the back!
 
i drive by the leeds one on my way to work, and they have a massive glass window so you can see inside the workshop from the road outside and it does indeed look massively impressive inside.
 
I think the Leeds one is the largest in the UK. the workshop is very large. The showroom has had a 550 1500 RS Spyder on display in the past and some bloke has had his carerra GT in there on display for the last 6 mths.
 
SDK^ said:
You refer to this 335i in every thread. Why did you sell it?
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Because it was nothing like as good as I thought it was going to be.

I mention it when its relevent, not in 'every thread'. In this case he said you'd not combine new car warranty and MOT. As I had experience of doing exactly that, I posted :)
 
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Peerzy said:
Expect all of the stuff they offer like I posted? My best friend owns a garage so I get any work on any other cars done FOC within reason but I take mine to a OPC.

I doubt you'd find an OPC that doesn't do MOT's in house, any OPC I've ever seen is a massive showroom and then an even bigger workshop out the back!
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Depends on the individual I suppose, living in London means I have no interest in a courtesy car and come on - it's a MOT test - surely it shouldn't take longer than 30 minutes.

I was purely speaking from experience where Porsche West London don't do it in house, hence I took my 997 Turbo elsewhere.
 
PaulyJay said:
Depends on the individual I suppose, living in London means I have no interest in a courtesy car and come on - it's a MOT test - surely it shouldn't take longer than 30 minutes.

I was purely speaking from experience where Porsche West London don't do it in house, hence I took my 997 Turbo elsewhere.
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Chiswick Porsche?

they did all my MOT's for me :confused:
 
Maybe they were too busy and offloaded it to a third party, I don't have the car(s) anymore but they were certainly completed onsite because I popped to my mates house round the corner whilst they completed the test. I would have been mildly upset if I'd aimed for the test be completed by an OPC garage and they gave me a certificate back completed by kwikfit :p (not that yours was I hasten to add!)
 
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