My car is nit standard so at the moment porscge will not give me a warranty. I am NOT returning the car to standard (only wheels, brakes, steering wheel and audio has been changed). Can anyone advise me which company to go with? Warranty direct seems ok ??
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If not porsche warranty then what one ?
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isysman
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If you can't get a Porsche one then I wouldn't bother. Anyone who offers a warranty without inspecting the car is dodgy IMO. Who would offer a warranty on a Porsche without wanting to make sure it didn't have big issues unless they knew they wouldn't pay out for it.
I had am AA Gold Warranty on my old Boxster I bought in 09. Turned out the car needed about £5,000 worth of work. I gave Porsche OPC my warranty details and they turned down everything except a fault with the AC. Which would have cost £176 to repair. So £1600 warranty was worthless.
I had am AA Gold Warranty on my old Boxster I bought in 09. Turned out the car needed about £5,000 worth of work. I gave Porsche OPC my warranty details and they turned down everything except a fault with the AC. Which would have cost £176 to repair. So £1600 warranty was worthless.
apollokre1d
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The Hartec warranty is held is high regard if you have a car prone to bore scoring. They are located in Derby though.
Other than that I too would not bother.
Other than that I too would not bother.
I was in the same boat, my previously Porsche warrantied car had just enough mods to make it pain to get it through the 111 inspection and then be a worry should I have a claim and find Porsche turn it down due to a mod.
After much research, including discussion with my Indie and OPC, I went with Warranty Direct. They do a pre-warranty inspection, it's not as thorough as a Porsche 111, but they give the car a decent check over, take it for a drive and produce a condition report.
Their policies are clear about what is covered and what is not, they will negotiate on the cover to make their product more like the Porsche warranty (e.g. £200/hr labour rate, no excess, no betterment) at a premium that reflects it's not a Porsche warranty. Haven't needed to claim (yet)
After much research, including discussion with my Indie and OPC, I went with Warranty Direct. They do a pre-warranty inspection, it's not as thorough as a Porsche 111, but they give the car a decent check over, take it for a drive and produce a condition report.
Their policies are clear about what is covered and what is not, they will negotiate on the cover to make their product more like the Porsche warranty (e.g. £200/hr labour rate, no excess, no betterment) at a premium that reflects it's not a Porsche warranty. Haven't needed to claim (yet)
It's a decision only you can ultimately make. If it were me making the decision I'd be writing down the essential facts to make a comfortable decision whether to pay for warranty (Insurance) or bank the money or spend it now ie on replacing known problematic parts.
Based on:
Which engine you're running
Age
Mileage
Over rev data / ignitions
Daily runner or not
Oil change history
Independent health check via honest & approved independent Porsche specialist.
Has the vehicle been maintained regardless of cost previously
Has the vehicle engine been previously reworked
Do I have the capability to purchase the cost of repairs is the ultimate question.
Based on:
Which engine you're running
Age
Mileage
Over rev data / ignitions
Daily runner or not
Oil change history
Independent health check via honest & approved independent Porsche specialist.
Has the vehicle been maintained regardless of cost previously
Has the vehicle engine been previously reworked
Do I have the capability to purchase the cost of repairs is the ultimate question.
Norfolk & Idea
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Bigfra said:
I wouldn't bother. Keep your dosh. I've got about 18 months OPC warranty left on mine and it's like I don't own the car! You can't do this, you can't do that..... I certainly won't be renewing mine when it expires. I'm from an engineering background and I'll probably have an idea of any pending disasters. That provided you look after your car, probably won't happen.
I think a lot of owners envisage their turbo's exploding or their PDK's lunching themselves and bagging a 20k repair job FOC. In reality, a very rare occurance. Unless you drive like a nutter all the time.
My view is that the Porsche bean counters have worked it all out and if the 111 check point warranty wasn't profitable, they wouldn't offer it. Simples...
You pays yer money...
^^^^ you're right of course, they do their suns otherwise their products would be loss makers and I certainly had the known issues with the engine type in my 997.1 on my mind when I put a warranty on that and having a PDK on the car I have now was a factor this time.
So happens for me that my cars have had enough issues (water pump, starter motor, seat motor, led kick plates, PSE baffler, tandem pump, coolant pipes) to have made a warranty seem like a good idea and the cost of repairs will have exceeded premiums.
Statistically that shouldn't continue, plus on my current car I had it properly inspected at my indie and had everything they found fixed whilst still under Porsche warranty, but just as I had decided to bank the money instead, couple of people on here had PDK fails, so I bottled it and set one up with WD.
So happens for me that my cars have had enough issues (water pump, starter motor, seat motor, led kick plates, PSE baffler, tandem pump, coolant pipes) to have made a warranty seem like a good idea and the cost of repairs will have exceeded premiums.
Statistically that shouldn't continue, plus on my current car I had it properly inspected at my indie and had everything they found fixed whilst still under Porsche warranty, but just as I had decided to bank the money instead, couple of people on here had PDK fails, so I bottled it and set one up with WD.
work out what a warranty would cost, put the money you would spend on that into an account you won't touch, review at end of year and spend if not touched.
chances are if sth BIG goes then these after market worries won't do all of it anyway and there is a limit of say £5k per claim on the top ones.
chances are if sth BIG goes then these after market worries won't do all of it anyway and there is a limit of say £5k per claim on the top ones.
Yep, check the t&cs of any warranty, many of them will have claim limits and maximum labour rates that aren't suitable to cover a Porsche or other high value high performance cars.
Make sure it's very clear about what's covered and what isn't, ideally the claim limit should be up to the value of the car and as mentioned earlier you should negotiate details like not paying an excess or betterment contribution.
No point generalising about the warranty marketplace, the companies and products vary massively.
Make sure it's very clear about what's covered and what isn't, ideally the claim limit should be up to the value of the car and as mentioned earlier you should negotiate details like not paying an excess or betterment contribution.
No point generalising about the warranty marketplace, the companies and products vary massively.
cheshire911
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OP doesn't say what model car he has? Where does "you have a GT3" come from? One of the posters (NLW) has GT3 stated on his signature.
Anyway, I agree with Issyman, anything outside of a OPC Warranty is a waste of money if you have kept your car in tip-top condition and spent money on it at each service on advisories etc.
Warranty Direct might be the best of a bad bunch seeing as they inspect the car, but that wear n tear clause catches out too many people on too many things.
The maintenance plan offered by Hartech is a good plan to be on especially if you have a NA 996 or gen 1 997 car. When I last met them at a Porsche Club GB Meeting they mentioned that they have stopped taking the Turbo cars onto the plan, in case you have a Turbo. The plan covers all labour and wear n tear parts as well as an annual service and is subject to their Gold Inspection and rectifying (at your cost) anything they pick up in that. For full details, see their website.
But of course it remains with you what you choose to do.
Anyway, I agree with Issyman, anything outside of a OPC Warranty is a waste of money if you have kept your car in tip-top condition and spent money on it at each service on advisories etc.
Warranty Direct might be the best of a bad bunch seeing as they inspect the car, but that wear n tear clause catches out too many people on too many things.
The maintenance plan offered by Hartech is a good plan to be on especially if you have a NA 996 or gen 1 997 car. When I last met them at a Porsche Club GB Meeting they mentioned that they have stopped taking the Turbo cars onto the plan, in case you have a Turbo. The plan covers all labour and wear n tear parts as well as an annual service and is subject to their Gold Inspection and rectifying (at your cost) anything they pick up in that. For full details, see their website.
But of course it remains with you what you choose to do.
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