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If you intend to service the car at the stealership, you save a little bit in the end (about $100 according to my SA). Note that small savings is in comparison to the regular stealership service. I went with it because of the parallel advantages (relationship, loaner/shuttle, occasional swag) and it was "given" to me (I wanted half in cash discount but no game). Of course match the maintenance period with ownership.
Financially speaking, Uber (or even a rental for downtime) to your local reliable indy makes way more sense. Leave the dealer for warranty issues.
Porsche prepaid maintenance (PSMP) is both mileage and time sensitive. Coming to the end of a 4 year program let's say you have
11K miles on the car & used only 2 prepaid services & the 4 yr time part of the program is about to expire....use it or lose it regardless
of your miles. I had the spark plug + 40K service done at 11K just to maximize my investment before expiry date.
Was it worth it?.....close but I was unaware of the "time" aspect.
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I did it for both my 991.1 and 991.2. Yeah, more money up front but it is one less thing to worry about when I take the car in for service for the first four years and it does save some money. Also, keep in mind that the fees for service go up with time. So what you are paying for your 4 year service when you buy the car is going to be less than you would pay four years later. I also did the rim and wheel insurance and that has paid off in spades. The tires on these things are nail magnets.
As one poster wrote, it is time sensitive. I had my car in for the winter and when I brought it out for service, the date had passed. They don’t notify you. They just tell you that you lost your money when asking for the scheduled service. It’s a hell no for me.
I don't put enough miles on the car (only 2K -3K per year) nor keep the car long enough (maximum 3 years) to justify it and the first service is free anyway. You really need to do 10K per year to get the full benefit. I always do an oil change yearly no matter what the mileage, but I doubt I'll ever need the intermediate maintenance or spark plug change. I usually just discuss this with the service advisor and see what he recommends for a low mileage car.
I thought these plans were 10K miles OR one year...20K miles OR two years...so the work will get done regardless of mileage...plan says bring vehicle in for service within 6 months or 5000 miles of the recommended service interval for it to be covered by plan.
I thought these plans were 10K miles OR one year...20K miles OR two years...so the work will get done regardless of mileage...plan says bring vehicle in for service within 6 months or 5000 miles of the recommended service interval for it to be covered by plan.
If you're not hitting the mileage, your annual service is only the recommended annual service items (oil change, etc) -- mileage-based maintenance items don't get addressed until you hit that mileage. So, pre-paid is an especially raw deal if you aren't driving your car at least 10k miles per year as noted by the above schedule.
After my (happy but not completely trouble-free) 991.1 TurboS and 991.1 Targa4S, I plan to do the maximum prepaid maintenance for my (finally) incoming 992 TurboS.
In part, this plan could be attributed to preferring to 1) never having to worry about the issue, 2) a forward view of possible future inflation, and 3) my own experience with 6 P-cars to date (1-356sc, 1-911sc, 1-964c4, 1-911rsa, 1-911.1 targa4s, 1-911.1 turboS).
It seems to me that everyone’s differing personal experiences, driving expectations (both time and mileage)and individual risk preferences will lead to different conclusions for this decision.
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If you're not hitting the mileage, your annual service is only the recommended annual service items (oil change, etc) -- mileage-based maintenance items don't get addressed until you hit that mileage. So, pre-paid is an especially raw deal if you aren't driving your car at least 10k miles per year as noted by the above schedule.
Thanks for the explanation! My 992 will be a fun car and not a DD so only a few K miles per year most likely. I also have great indys near me that I have used before. I was just trying to estimate what maintenance costs would be to compare to the plan costs. Does anybody have 992 maintenance booklet that the plan refers to? https://files.porsche.com/filestore/...-and-Later.pdf
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