996 Major service

996ttalot said:

Some of you are misunderstanding OPC pricing. When they say major service at £395, that does not include other items like spark plugs etc that may be due.

This is why we separated out our prices the same as the OPC because otherwise no one could do a price comparison and many people where thinking that some indy were more expensive than OPC.

As an example.

http://www.nineexcellence.com/service/service.html?find=996--1998-2005--c2-2002-5-2898

The whole point of the OPC minor and major pricing is to get you through the door, then they will ring and say you need another £600 of scheduled items!

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deMort said:

I dont expect youll need any advise doing it yourself but if you do feel free to pm me .. always happy to help someone doing the work them selves .

Dont forget you have to dispose of the old engine oil .. local council tip should take it .. not the drain please

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cheshire911 said:

996ttalot said:

Some of you are misunderstanding OPC pricing. When they say major service at £395, that does not include other items like spark plugs etc that may be due.

This is why we separated out our prices the same as the OPC because otherwise no one could do a price comparison and many people where thinking that some indy were more expensive than OPC.

As an example.

http://www.nineexcellence.com/service/service.html?find=996--1998-2005--c2-2002-5-2898

The whole point of the OPC minor and major pricing is to get you through the door, then they will ring and say you need another £600 of scheduled items!

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I dont doubt what you say Ken. The confusion has arisen because under the prior fixed price servicing for a 996 Turbo, OPC charged £750 inc VAT for major service with plugs. I understand that was discounted from a high of £1500. Today, the charge is £725 inc VAT and does not include plugs. The plugs is charged separately at around £600 inc VAT. Hence the confusion. I have no knowledge of non-Turbo servicing under the OPC fixed price scheme.

Poly rib belt and fuel filter are mileage items (at 48k miles on a 996 Turbo, not time-driven). Hence they are priced separately. Brake fluid is time-driven every 2 years hence separate price.

Th reason for the plugs priced outside of the £725 apparently is because plugs are every 4 years for low mileage cars so it might fall in every other major service for those cars on annual service schedules such as MY2002 996 Turbo.

I enquired with an indy recently and was told that the reason the plugs have to come out after 4 years is due to the risk of them corroding and sticking in the head, but they as indy use copaslip (or similar) to stop this happening. Asked if then the low mileage cars still needs plugs changing at 4 years, the reply was - we always replace at 4 years and follow the Porsche schedule! So copaslip or not they are still changed every 4 years (max) at this indy I spoke to!

Nonetheless, the fixed price for major with plugs with OPCs has shot up in price to what it was. It is difficult to justify such a hike when it was done for £750 all-in inc VAT and plugs a couple of years back

Your remark about getting through the door and getting the phone call is applicable wherever one takes the car for a service and it undergoes a "vehicle health check". I know of indys that identify £1000 of 'advisory' work very easily and justifiably because they see cars that need this sort of work doing in addiiton - its the nature of many of these cars. So the reamrk is not exclusive to OPC. It happens with indys just as much as OPC's in my humble experience. And I have not had 'advisory' items tagged onto my bill for the sake of it by OPC - they send me a video link and show what they identify and why it needs it and the cost is confirmed (at a discounted labour rate valid for up to 3 months) before proceeding and they obtain my authorisation.

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