Whilst not 911 related I run a 986S for my wife for summer use. Its a lovely car we have owned for six years and has only done 25k.
With such low usage I tend to service it every two years and its generally been very reliable. However its just had the third such service and its the third venue I've taken it to. We don't have any specialists close by.
The first was Paragon but that was because I dropped it in when picking up my GT3 from them so it saved me a train journey. They did a good job and I was pleased but its not practical to drive down there for a service.
Two years ago it was a well known Indy who many rave about. I was not pleased, they charged me to replace suspension components to solve a knocking noise at the front, it didn't cure it and their wash technique was not very good. I kicked myself about that as I normally say don't wash it.
When we first used the car this year it had a running fault, very lumpy idle and a CEL. I'd not had time to sort anything out but got it booked in to Dove House for a full service, plugs, brake fluid etc and asked them to resolve the knocking noise.
The latter wasn't straight forward and it took them a while longer to resolve, however they charged a very fair price and have cured the problem. The running fault seems to have cleared up just by running for a bit longer.
I'm really impressed, they could have charged me significantly more for both of these things. Great service and very good communication whilst dealing with the problem.
Regards
Fred
With such low usage I tend to service it every two years and its generally been very reliable. However its just had the third such service and its the third venue I've taken it to. We don't have any specialists close by.
The first was Paragon but that was because I dropped it in when picking up my GT3 from them so it saved me a train journey. They did a good job and I was pleased but its not practical to drive down there for a service.
Two years ago it was a well known Indy who many rave about. I was not pleased, they charged me to replace suspension components to solve a knocking noise at the front, it didn't cure it and their wash technique was not very good. I kicked myself about that as I normally say don't wash it.
When we first used the car this year it had a running fault, very lumpy idle and a CEL. I'd not had time to sort anything out but got it booked in to Dove House for a full service, plugs, brake fluid etc and asked them to resolve the knocking noise.
The latter wasn't straight forward and it took them a while longer to resolve, however they charged a very fair price and have cured the problem. The running fault seems to have cleared up just by running for a bit longer.
I'm really impressed, they could have charged me significantly more for both of these things. Great service and very good communication whilst dealing with the problem.
Regards
Fred