fyi, found an Indy in Cherry Hill, NJ called I.Service Imports 856 424 0419, 1931 Olney Ave, Cherry Hill, NJ 08003. Owner is old school Porsche guy (80 y/o) and will only do re-seal during winter time current rate is $125.00 per hour minimum 10 hours to 30 depending on what needs to be re-sealed. Found him from a member of Region 1 club. iserviceimports.com. Owner's name is Fred

 

Is dropping the engine in that price? $125 an hour is nothing. Many Porsche dealerships are now over $300 an hour.

I hope your 964 doesn't need a reseal. It was fine when I looked at it. I am assuming seals are extra and that can add up.

 

$300 an hour is crazy. By me, they were like $225 a year or so ago. Even that is insane.

 

My son just came back from the Porsche Macan EV training class in Texas. He said the turbo model is very fast. They just raised their rate from $245 to $275 and no doubt changed their compensation making it harder to make their pay. So they are grabbing everything they can from customer and employee. When he spoke with others from different areas of the country they were the lowest at $245. Many were higher in parts of the country where their overhead was no where near as high. $300 was pretty average and some were more so I was told. I hear Manhattan was at $350/hr and has gone up since. Even the independent shops by me are nearly $200/hr. I am happy I can do my work myself. I figure I save myself between $50k-70k a year servicing 11 cars and rebuilding engines. LOL

 

Cup needs nothin and thanks to you! he was referred to me by a Region 1 member as i needed some work on my Cayenne Turbo S and did a great job.

 

Wait when did you get a C turbo S? You always surprise me. The cayman is finally sold so I am onto other things finally. You mean Zone 1. You know Cindy is the secretary. Wondering who recommended him.

 

The prices that I see for Porsche maintenance in the US seems to be very expensive, For example some of the prices quoted for engine rebuilds on the Pelican forum are eye watering, I can only presume that mechanics in the US are paid way more than a similar mechanic in the UK, thankfully I can do my own maintenance as well, my 2 post lift has paid for itself already and I’ve only had it under 2 years.

 

Considering changing careers.

 

It isn't just the mechanics pay which is not as high as one would think. Most is Increased overhead and business owners want to see their profit which they are taking every penny they can. Most mechanics get paid book time. Many times Book time is a joke and will take double or triple on old cars with deferred maintenance. It is more the exorbitantly high cost of everything and it is still climbing. Overhead by me is more than twice as high as pre COIVD. The average cost of parts has gone through the roof as well. I have seen some parts rise as much as 5000% since 2020. Many of which are garbage made in China or who knows where. Causing the job to be done twice at no fault of the mechanics. But they eat the headache and the shop is not producing. Worst yet parts availability can tie up a lift for weeks when simple things aren't in stock. A local Independent shop was charging $115 an hour pre COVID, today they are considering raising their hourly rate to $195 but are afraid they will push customers away. Meanwhile even at $195 the profit margin is considerably lower than it was at $115. If we continue to print money like this we will be paying $1000 for an oil change soon enough.