Spyder Major Service - Page 2 - Boxster/Cayman - PistonHeads UK

My car is four years old in June and I plan on booking the car in to have cruise fitted as well. Have been quoted £1729 all in to do the work. What discount should I be asking for and which dealer would you recommend. I am close to Reading but would be happy using Guildford, West London or Silverstone.

Christ that's dear!! I had cruise retro fitted to mine 2 years ago. Took another year to get the fuel gauge working again. Turned out I had the long range fuel tank fitted which never made it on to the build sheet. Buggered up the calibration no end! Major service should be less than a grand and I paid less than £400 for cruise. PCGB discount of 10% useful this time of year...

What needs doing for that? Isn't it around 800?

I thought so but they add on brake fluid change and spark plug change I think.

And AC refresh.

800 includes brake fluid. Not sure it would need a spark plug change. Still sounds v expensive to me.

The work was to include service, brake fluid, spark plugs, airbag check and the cost of fitting cruise. Cruise was quoted at £564 and the service, brake fluid, airbag check, spark plugs etc at £1165. I do not have A/c and the car has only covered 7900 miles. Do all dealers allow a 10% discount if you are a PCGB member. I can't see anything about this in the Membership Benefits area on the PCGB site?

Plugs are every 4 years. They're not something you want to discover are seized in place after 8 years... I agree at a low mileage they will be physically ok however. My car's due it's major in August. I guess I'll bite the opc bullet rather than go to a specialist who may be prepared to remove, check and re-fit the plugs after 9000 miles.

You will get 10% off parts but not labour, certainly from Guildford and Reading, not had experience of West London. Pretty much covers your membership cost for the year.

You will get 10% off parts but not labour, certainly from Guildford and Reading, not had experience of West London. Pretty much covers your membership cost for the year.

Alpinestars said: 800 includes brake fluid. Not sure it would need a spark plug change. Still sounds v expensive to me. it's the Porsche tax, but that's cheaper than Ferrari Tax or Lambo Tax or even BMW M tax.

I have just had my 987.2 Cayman serviced (Major one) and it was £610 without the the sparkplug change. It is a fixed priced system from Porsche as you can see from the website below. http://porscheownerservices.co.uk/servicing/?model...

Mine is booked into OPC Tonbridge for it's major in a couple of weeks. I was quoted around £1,100.00 before PCGB discount. Doesn't your local OPC price match?

My Spyder is booked into mid Sussex for its 4 year service next week. I have been quoted £1190 for service, brake fluid change , air bag check, replace tyre repair gunk (4 year shelf like apparently) and spark plug change - though at ony 10000 miles I have questioned need for this. The Porsche WEB site does now say that they change plugs only if necessary - not sure what that means. Unfortunately, need to rear tyres as well so an expensive week coming up (using OPC for tyres as I hate the likes of Kwik Fit. OPC a bit more exopensive but less likely to damage the wheels (I hope) and don;t have to hang arounf filthy service area!!!

Johnthepotter said: My Spyder is booked into mid Sussex for its 4 year service next week. I have been quoted £1190 for service, brake fluid change , air bag check, replace tyre repair gunk (4 year shelf like apparently) and spark plug change - though at ony 10000 miles I have questioned need for this. The Porsche WEB site does now say that they change plugs only if necessary - not sure what that means. Unfortunately, need to rear tyres as well so an expensive week coming up (using OPC for tyres as I hate the likes of Kwik Fit. OPC a bit more exopensive but less likely to damage the wheels (I hope) and don;t have to hang arounf filthy service area!!! Event Tyres? They can fit on your driveway for a very good price (cheaper than anyone else for the 500 when I last used them) as you sip coffee in yoru own homw. I was very impressed with their care and service as well.

The Porsche GB group of dealers (Reading, Guildford, Hatfield and West London) offer special labour pricing for cars over 4 years old called "Forever Porsche". It doesn't say it includes fixed service pricing but does offer discounts of 30% on labour and 10% on parts. One would have thought therefore the cruise control retrofit should be cheaper than for a newer car. The scheme also includes free MOT, free fitting on bulbs and wipers and car wash club (for what that is worth). If using one of these OPC make sure you get the offer prices. When I used one for fitting a fog light bulb I had to explain to the service receptionist what the scheme included.

the thing is if you skip the 4 years spark plug change can you say full service history. I would not buy a car with that missing on a car over 4 years old. as the next service is another 2 years away and then they might be sized in after 6 years its about preventative maintenance.

if the car has done low miles whos to say the opc doesnt replace or just removes and refits and charges you for a set of new ones.i changed the airfilter on my fiesta which is 5 years old and it had never been changed(date stamped)although the previous owner was charged twice.likewise changed the plugs yesterday and they had never been removed yet again previous owner charged for new ones.if your car has low miles then i would ask the opc to remove and refit if they are ok a good opc would do this.plugs are good for 30-40k so why throw £100 away on new ones!

The plugs are good for many more miles than most people do in a Spyder in 4 years. I understand the issue is to do with them getting sealed in the seating, which stinks of them not being fitted "properly" in the first place. A lot of indies use some sort of sealant/grease/lubricant to ensure that theirs will still come out after many more than 4 years.

mrdemon said: its not that easy to get to all 6 do if you are going to take them out you may as well fit new ones. I agree with this, for the sake of the price of new plugs.

Same position - booked the OPC Reading (as its on the way to work - always used Guildford in the past) for service & brake fluid, about £760 I think. Spark plugs were recommended at £300 extra based on age not mileage. I havent got round to speaking to indies for whether its a big saving on 6 plugs elsewhere but worth a thought. Getting the free MOT as mentioned in a previous post while there which is a nice addition. Main thing is its ready for summer and can come out of the garage

its not that easy to get to all 6, so if you are going to take them out you may as well fit new ones. Edited by mrdemon on Friday 21st March 16:46

Alpinestars said: The plugs are good for many more miles than most people do in a Spyder in 4 years. I understand the issue is to do with them getting sealed in the seating, which stinks of them not being fitted "properly" in the first place. A lot of indies use some sort of sealant/grease/lubricant to ensure that theirs will still come out after many more than 4 years. i found it easier to get the plugs out on a warm engine rather than a cold engine and to seat them properly smear engine oil around the thread,hand tighten then spanner tighten a quarter turn

If you are between Guildford and Reading try Eporsch in Bisley. I can't help but wince at that sort of service cost for what you get.

Thanks for ref to Event Tyres EJH. They are indeed £30 per tyre cheaper than OPC but as I have already ordered tyres from OPC I feel I ought to stick with them. Will bear in mind for future though! Cheers Edited by Johnthepotter on Friday 21st March 22:19

I have always asked for a discount when I book the service for my Cayman S - have had all the recommended procedures down on schedule and have paid a maximum of £620, which was for the major with plugs and brake fluid. (though that was 4 years ago). The minors have been a fair bit less. I use the OPC I bought the car from new, which may help.

Thanks for all the replies gents. I shall see if I can get the bill down to £1400

if in london, try Gray's auto center in romford essex. i had mpss fitted on my spyder v carefully for under 900. excellent service too.

Thought this might be of interest to anyone looking to Service their Porsche over the summer. I have just booked the car in for the major service, oil, spark plugs etc and retro fitting cruise with Porsche West Byfleet. They have agreed a price with me of £1500. As I said in my original post, Porsche of Reading quoted £1729 and would not budge from this price. They did however ring back after I had booked the car in with West Byfleet to offer a price match with a written quote from another OPC. Will post after I have the service done at West Byfleet next month. Thank you to everyone for the help with my questions.

Johnthepotter said: Thanks for ref to Event Tyres EJH. They are indeed £30 per tyre cheaper than OPC but as I have already ordered tyres from OPC I feel I ought to stick with them. Will bear in mind for future though! Cheers Edited by Johnthepotter on Friday 21st March 22:19 But that is £60 for two tyres. Opc wouldn't care less. BTW, half of my cars that I have owned over the years had cruise control. I can't say that I used it often and would miss it if my next car did have it fitted. Fair enough if the OP was a sales rep using a 3 series but I doubt it if it is for a Spyder. Edited by KPE on Wednesday 7th May 21:55

KPE said: But that is £60 for two tyres. Opc wouldn't care less. BTW, half of my cars that I have owned over the years had cruise control. I can't say that I used it often and would miss it if my next car did have it fitted. Fair enough if the OP was a sales rep using a 3 series but I doubt it if it is for a Spyder. Edited by KPE on Wednesday 7th May 21:55 I use cruise all the time, especially on the motorway. For me it helps me keep my speed regulated and stops me going down the motorway at 80+ mph. Though on the Spyder I would only use it on the motorway or fast dual carriageways.

lotus116tornado said: KPE said: But that is £60 for two tyres. Opc wouldn't care less. BTW, half of my cars that I have owned over the years had cruise control. I can't say that I used it often and would miss it if my next car did have it fitted. Fair enough if the OP was a sales rep using a 3 series but I doubt it if it is for a Spyder. Edited by KPE on Wednesday 7th May 21:55 I use cruise all the time, especially on the motorway. For me it helps me keep my speed regulated and stops me going down the motorway at 80+ mph. Though on the Spyder I would only use it on the motorway or fast dual carriageways. I always found cruise useful for roadworks on the motorway with average speed cameras. Set it at the start and you don't have to worry about watching your speedo.

Hello chaps. Just a quick question on the back of all this chat about cruise control....I have a gebn 1 Cayman S design Edition 1. It has a speed limiter but not, unless I am being a complete numptie and cannot find it, a cruise control. I have scanned the manual in a cursory way, as men do...but it seems odd to have a speed limiter but not cruise. I must say that the idea of setting a speed for motorway driving is something I have used often on other cars I have had, or currently own. It saves many speeding points I think! Thanks for any replies.