I've just got sick of it. So I have designed a new sticker anyone interested please let me know.

 

Enlighten me... what is the purpose of this sticker? Does Australia force Porsche owners to pay some sort of special tax/levy?

 

Matt,

Every country makes you pay a POL.

 

I don't get it.

 

Hmm... I *think* I get it, but I'm gonna just sit back and see if anyone else does...

 

PorscheOwner: "I need some work done on my car, how much is it going to cost?"
Mechanic: "No Problem We do this all the time, it'll be $X, btw what car have you got?"
PorscheOwner: "Porsche"
Mechanic: "Oh I forgot it will be $X + $POL"

 

Yup. Thats what it is alright. Like I said, EVERY country has it!

 

Gotcha.

Solution: Work on it yourself!

 

That's one of the solutions.

 

Nope......

 

So you pay the same labour rates at your Porsche dealership as you would at your Toyota dealership?

 

I know what you mean now. That's like when I carry in my wheels and mail-order tires to Discount Tire (they complain about ordering Toyo RA-1's, so I mail-order them). The first time I did it, they tried to tell me that it would cost $10 extra per wheel because "Porsches wheels are so expensive, if they messed one up on the machine, they would have to buy another". I didn't have the heart to tell them that I paid less for the wheels than I just did for new RA-1's.

I went to another location and they charged normal rates...

 

Pretty much. Expect to see anywhere from $70 to $100 labor rate for Toyota, Acura, VW, Porsche, Benz, Ford...etc.

Highway robbery, I say.
-Z.

 

hmd, as a fellow Aussie (I'm in WA) I have to ask, what do you pay per hour of labour?

 

$85-$95 but really its the hour markups that is the problem.