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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

The car is a 2003 996 C4 Cabriolet, RoW (UK spec). I will only clock up around 7-8,000 kms a year, and it's had Minor maintenance done last year. I'm planning to do another Minor this year as well as spark plug change as the last one was done on 2007 when it had a Major maintenance work. However the dealer recommends a Major as the last one was done on 2007. The main question is whether maintenance schedule is mileage as well as year based?

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Is either or... So if you don't reach the miles in 1 year maintenance is recommended. At least that is what I am doing

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Elapsed time or mileage are the determining factors.

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'kay, thanks. Just making sure that the dealer is not just tying to make a few extra bucks.

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you can replace fluids yourself. these cars are fairly easy to work on. surfer161

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I bought the car only a few months ago, and no, none of the warranty company wants to touch Porsches. This means that I'm getting on the good side of the dealer in case something catastrophic happens to the car. If I can show consistent maintenance they'll be most likely happy to look at my case (hopefully). The labour cost difference between indy and OPC is about NZ$15 per hour.

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