Porsche Owners Thread - If you own one or just like or hate them! :)
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Nightmare at my local OPC over the last 2 days, car went in for a service, 111 point check, brake fluid change and to have the warranty renewed.
Surprise surprise I was told I needed 4 new tyres (tread at 2mm and 3mm on all tyres), plus a load of other bits and pieces.
Arrived to pickup the car, got the Service Manager to put the car on the ramp and we went through and checked the car, nothing they had quoted for actually needed doing. We couldn't find anywhere lower than 4.5mm on the rear tyres (checking the three tread lines) and couldn't find anywhere lower than 5.5mm on the fronts.
The Service Manager did try to say they check the tread all the way up to the side wall and he could find the occasional place that was 3mm-3.5mm right near the sidewall but I was taking any of it.
The result was a warranted car and a substantial discount on the work I'd had done.
Car has its MOT booked for 2 weeks time, I can't wait for them to tell me I need 4 new tyres again
Thankfully that is the car sorted in terms of warranty and servicing for the next 2 years and I plan to move it on before then so I'll hopefully not have to visit the dealer again. Love the car and cannot fault it but the three times the car has been into my local OPC I've been told all 3 times I needed new tyres and all three times this has been proven to be a lie.
Sadly it does take some gloss off of the car when I have to get an independent garage to do a written tyre and brake report before the car goes into them because I suspect they'll try and take me for a ride.
Surprise surprise I was told I needed 4 new tyres (tread at 2mm and 3mm on all tyres), plus a load of other bits and pieces.
Arrived to pickup the car, got the Service Manager to put the car on the ramp and we went through and checked the car, nothing they had quoted for actually needed doing. We couldn't find anywhere lower than 4.5mm on the rear tyres (checking the three tread lines) and couldn't find anywhere lower than 5.5mm on the fronts.
The Service Manager did try to say they check the tread all the way up to the side wall and he could find the occasional place that was 3mm-3.5mm right near the sidewall but I was taking any of it.
The result was a warranted car and a substantial discount on the work I'd had done.
Car has its MOT booked for 2 weeks time, I can't wait for them to tell me I need 4 new tyres again
Thankfully that is the car sorted in terms of warranty and servicing for the next 2 years and I plan to move it on before then so I'll hopefully not have to visit the dealer again. Love the car and cannot fault it but the three times the car has been into my local OPC I've been told all 3 times I needed new tyres and all three times this has been proven to be a lie.
Sadly it does take some gloss off of the car when I have to get an independent garage to do a written tyre and brake report before the car goes into them because I suspect they'll try and take me for a ride.
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Nightmare at my local OPC over the last 2 days, car went in for a service, 111 point check, brake fluid change and to have the warranty renewed.
Surprise surprise I was told I needed 4 new tyres (tread at 2mm and 3mm on all tyres), plus a load of other bits and pieces.
Arrived to pickup the car, got the Service Manager to put the car on the ramp and we went through and checked the car, nothing they had quoted for actually needed doing. We couldn't find anywhere lower than 4.5mm on the rear tyres (checking the three tread lines) and couldn't find anywhere lower than 5.5mm on the fronts.
The Service Manager did try to say they check the tread all the way up to the side wall and he could find the occasional place that was 3mm-3.5mm right near the sidewall but I was taking any of it.
The result was a warranted car and a substantial discount on the work I'd had done.
Car has its MOT booked for 2 weeks time, I can't wait for them to tell me I need 4 new tyres again
Thankfully that is the car sorted in terms of warranty and servicing for the next 2 years and I plan to move it on before then so I'll hopefully not have to visit the dealer again. Love the car and cannot fault it but the three times the car has been into my local OPC I've been told all 3 times I needed new tyres and all three times this has been proven to be a lie.
Sadly it does take some gloss off of the car when I have to get an independent garage to do a written tyre and brake report before the car goes into them because I suspect they'll try and take me for a ride.
Nightmare!
Had no issues regarding tyres, he'll I don't even run nspec tyres!
I shall not be re-newing warranty, I want a little more freedom with mods so contemplating Hartech or S&C service/warranty plan.
My OPC have being good but took it in for a squeak on cold startup which I diagnosed as idler pulley, told them don't change the belt as it's not that. Pick car up two days later and they say fixed, new belt but no charge and guaranteed it's ok. Few days later on cold start squeak back!
Gonna call them and say not happy about it and request they check the pulley as originally told otherwise at £90 for a new pulley I might as well by and fit myself as it's easy job. Just annoying when you tell them I know it's not the belt so don't bother changing it, yet they still bloody change that.
Still an excuse to request the new C4S rocket ship!
You can get "OEM" parts significantly cheaper, but it's probably not far off if they're quoting prices for official Porsche parts...
Second video is more fun, not so fun when he spins.
What was the thud at 6:10? Did he tag the wall?
Unsure, he's not said, if he did at such low speed suspect damage is minimal anyway. Shall be visiting him in a week or so, luckly it was a low speed corner, he was getting upto 155mph in parts, its at those speeds you don't want to be loosing it.
Thanks...
For a car they are doing up to sell they surely should have gone for that rather than reskimming the current ones.
£1k on lights seemed a bit crazy too
Yep that too me was a bad move by them. Yes they make the car look better and more desirable, but they could have left the lights and sold the car at £5995, end result would have been a further £500 profit.
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Don't think he hit the wall, I think the noise was just the car juddering to a halt. I reckon that was the safest place to spin, could have been worse as I thought he was going to have a tank slapper at around 4m 28 secs...
http://youtu.be/aenfx9uGk9Y?t=4m28s
But most importantly, what was that blue car that showed up at 3min 15
Hi there
Swapped my gen2 GT3 25.5mm rear ARB for an Gen1 GT3 23.6mm rear ARB in my hunt to get the cars understeer/oversteer balance where I want it.
The gen2 bar on softest setting was a handful, oversteer even at turn-in, bear in mind a GT3 has more rear grip than my C2S due to it's diff and wider tyres.
I had tried a C4S 21.7mm bar, an improvement over the C2S 20mm bar but still more push than I'd like.
Installed the Gen1 GT3 bar yesterday on its medium setting, so far seems great, made the front-end a lot more confidence inspiring, just turns in better and the car feels a lot more stable in high speed turns, no doubt as the rear 23.6mm is much closer to the front 26mm bar which is set to softest. There is still initial understeer at the limit, but less than previously, add more power and it pushes a little more, more steering lock or power brings the rear. Very happy, feels much better and as it's installed on medium I can adjust either way.
Also washed and sealed car yesterday with britemax elements on top of the collonite 476s I applied last weekend, paintwork is so slippery. Had an epic drive yesterday and today, car is still spotless.
Swapped my gen2 GT3 25.5mm rear ARB for an Gen1 GT3 23.6mm rear ARB in my hunt to get the cars understeer/oversteer balance where I want it.
The gen2 bar on softest setting was a handful, oversteer even at turn-in, bear in mind a GT3 has more rear grip than my C2S due to it's diff and wider tyres.
I had tried a C4S 21.7mm bar, an improvement over the C2S 20mm bar but still more push than I'd like.
Installed the Gen1 GT3 bar yesterday on its medium setting, so far seems great, made the front-end a lot more confidence inspiring, just turns in better and the car feels a lot more stable in high speed turns, no doubt as the rear 23.6mm is much closer to the front 26mm bar which is set to softest. There is still initial understeer at the limit, but less than previously, add more power and it pushes a little more, more steering lock or power brings the rear. Very happy, feels much better and as it's installed on medium I can adjust either way.
Also washed and sealed car yesterday with britemax elements on top of the collonite 476s I applied last weekend, paintwork is so slippery. Had an epic drive yesterday and today, car is still spotless.
They have been doing it for years, did my GT3 in 2007 but I took it to Fearnsport after this at Silverstone to have it made a bit more road friendly. I remember JZM using loads of packers......at £25 each too!
Yeah shims ain't cheap, I've got 12mm either side I think now giving me -2.0 front camber.
In fact I am so excited for next track day as I've got a set of Pirelli Corsa and Michelin CUPs in storage waiting to go on as well.
Boxster S for 1k
Problem with the gearbox and doesn't even do the basic fix of changing the gearbox oil. Instead leaves it the garage for 4 years and sells it on for £1k, could got more striping it for parts.
So regarding the previous comments relating to over revs...
Took my car (2005 C2S) in to get the warranty renewed and have been told can't get a warranty on it as it has over revs in range 3/4 and 5!
Now I admit to hitting the limiter on occasion but have never changed down into the incorrect gear or at unsuitable speeds. So I asked for the print out and the following is what it shows:
Total operating hours = 752hrs
Range 1: 2600 last hrs=737
Range 2: 260 last hrs=633
Range 3: 12 last hrs=251
Range 4: 1 last hrs=251
Range 5: 1 last hrs=251
Range 6: 0 last hrs=0hr
Its worth noting the car was bought from the same OPC ~ 4 years ago, it is 8 years old and had 16,000 miles on when I purchased it. It now has 30,000 miles on. Since I have had it it has only been serviced by that OPC.
So I think from the above I can categorically say that it had those over revs on before I purchased it. i.e. I probably took on ownership at 375 operating hours and these happened at 251 hrs.
The engine has been fine since I have had it but if I had known at the time that this car had these over revs, it could cause engine problems in the future or issues renewing warranty I would have looked elsewhere.
Is there anyway to get exact timestamps for these events?
How do you think I should proceed and what should I expect from the OPC.
I am going to be speaking to them tomorrow regarding it. When I come to sell I don't want these range 3/4/5 over revs to cause an issue.
Cheers,
Took my car (2005 C2S) in to get the warranty renewed and have been told can't get a warranty on it as it has over revs in range 3/4 and 5!
Now I admit to hitting the limiter on occasion but have never changed down into the incorrect gear or at unsuitable speeds. So I asked for the print out and the following is what it shows:
Total operating hours = 752hrs
Range 1: 2600 last hrs=737
Range 2: 260 last hrs=633
Range 3: 12 last hrs=251
Range 4: 1 last hrs=251
Range 5: 1 last hrs=251
Range 6: 0 last hrs=0hr
Its worth noting the car was bought from the same OPC ~ 4 years ago, it is 8 years old and had 16,000 miles on when I purchased it. It now has 30,000 miles on. Since I have had it it has only been serviced by that OPC.
So I think from the above I can categorically say that it had those over revs on before I purchased it. i.e. I probably took on ownership at 375 operating hours and these happened at 251 hrs.
The engine has been fine since I have had it but if I had known at the time that this car had these over revs, it could cause engine problems in the future or issues renewing warranty I would have looked elsewhere.
Is there anyway to get exact timestamps for these events?
How do you think I should proceed and what should I expect from the OPC.
I am going to be speaking to them tomorrow regarding it. When I come to sell I don't want these range 3/4/5 over revs to cause an issue.
Cheers,
