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Most (including me goodself) go for an annual check up whatever, unless putting loadsa miles on the beasty - better for keeping your oil fresher - and a more regular check on consumables
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Most (including me goodself) go for an annual check up whatever, unless putting loadsa miles on the beasty - better for keeping your oil fresher - and a more regular check on consumables
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This has probably been covered before but...........
I am led to believe that from '04 onwards the 996's only needed servicing every 2 years or 12,000 miles whichever came sooner.
However, the OPC kept sending my reminders for the second annual service on its second birthday even though it had only been serviced some 6 months before.
The manual (which is dated before 2004) says every 12 months.
So do I get my car serviced in October (a year after the last one) when it will have covered 8,000 miles or wait until the 12,000 ?
Any ideas ?
Migration info. Legacy thread was 72449
Pretty sure that these things are 12 months or the 12,000 miles. I believe that the 997 is 24 months or 20,000 miles.
Migration info. Legacy thread was 72453
Minor service
Every 12,000 miles or 1 year (up to and including Model Year 2003)Every 12,000 miles or 2 years (from Model Year 2004)
Major service
Every 24,000 miles or 2 years (up to and including Model Year 2003)Every 24,000 miles or 4 years (from Model Year 2004)
Annual service
Cars driven less than 9,000 miles per year (up to and
This seems to come from somewhere in Porsche (but I don't know where bcos I nicked it from another website.......) I can only assume the OPC will continue to tell me annually to make some more money! The previous owner also told me 2 years or 12,000 miles....all very confusing
Migration info. Legacy thread was 72459
Hallo mate
Most (including me goodself) go for an annual check up whatever, unless putting loadsa miles on the beasty - better for keeping your oil fresher - and a more regular check on consumables
Migration info. Legacy thread was 72463
As Hendo says, once a year, if you aint doing the miles, and more often if you do.
Not doing the miles is sometimes worse for a car, than putting many on.
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Well I had a card through the door from the OPC and a follow-up call and they insist that for 04 MY 996's the servicing should be done at 12,000 miles or 24 months whichever is sooner and were fairly insistent that as mine has onyl done 8,000 in the year that it really should wait.
I'm mindful to still book it in.....thoughts ?
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