Originally Posted by TheChunkNorris

Wonder how much it'll vary from a C2 to a C4S.

Originally Posted by b3freak

I just got information from Porsche of Atlanta.

The total cost for 4-wheel brake service is $3674.00 + tax. That includes pads, rotors, sensors, and bleeding the system.

I'm sure that could vary from dealer to dealer. That's one reason for my original post.

Originally Posted by Boff

That’s about what it would cost me for the M3 at the dealer. It’s my wife’s car so she won’t let me work on jt (aside from swapping the wheels/tires). I’m pretty sure I could tackle the 996 brake job though.

Originally Posted by GC996

Luis, don't forget us common folk with an occasional food and drink post on this thread as you work your way up the Porsche ladder.

Originally Posted by b3freak

I just got information from Porsche of Atlanta.

The total cost for 4-wheel brake service is $3674.00 + tax. That includes pads, rotors, sensors, and bleeding the system.

I'm sure that could vary from dealer to dealer. That's one reason for my original post.

Originally Posted by peterp

If you haven't received this detail already, you should definitely ask for a breakdown of parts (by part number) and labor. That's the only way to effectively evaluate the quote. You can evaluate the parts against Suncoast or Sunset (for the same exact OEM parts) to compare both their price and to see Porsche MSRP. If the dealer is above MSRP for parts, that's not a good sign. Mine was very, very far above MSRP. Also, it's hard to spend many hours replacing brakes, you just unbolt stuff and bolt it back on -- nothing could be simpler. They are still going to charge "book rate" hours, which will be longer than what it actually takes, but it shouldn't be ridiculously longer.

Originally Posted by b3freak

Yea, that's a good idea. I've bought a lot of parts from Porsche of Atlanta and they've always been way under the MSRP. In fact, in some cases better than some of the independent retailers. They've been really helpful, but service labor is crazy high. I enjoy meeting and talking with alot of people at car events that own Porsche cars. Seems like many of them are older than I expected, I would venture to say retirement age. Admittedly, many of them can't physically get in and out of the cars easily much less do a brake jobs even though it may seem easy for many of the contributors here on Rennlist. Conversations always come up like... "Hey do you know any good Porsche mechanics locally that can work on these cars?" "Or, any idea what the dealership charges for [this or that]?" With the pandemic, many of the car events were cancelled, but looking forward to going back as they get back to some sort of normal.

Originally Posted by b3freak

Yea, that's a good idea. I've bought a lot of parts from Porsche of Atlanta and they've always been way under the MSRP. In fact, in some cases better than some of the independent retailers. They've been really helpful, but service labor is crazy high. I enjoy meeting and talking with alot of people at car events that own Porsche cars. Seems like many of them are older than I expected, I would venture to say retirement age. Admittedly, many of them can't physically get in and out of the cars easily much less do a brake jobs even though it may seem easy for many of the contributors here on Rennlist. Conversations always come up like... "Hey do you know any good Porsche mechanics locally that can work on these cars?" "Or, any idea what the dealership charges for [this or that]?" With the pandemic, many of the car events were cancelled, but looking forward to going back as they get back to some sort of normal.

Originally Posted by Porschetech3

FWIW : Porsche Training Center at Atlanta Headquarters still holds regular classes for P10L ( Luft/Air cooled engines) P10W ( water cooled engines) P10T ( Turbo and Mezger engines ) plus most other classes such as suspension, electronics ect. on a yearly basis, and dealership send there techs there for training yearly. And yes the classes are updated periodically so even if you have taken the class before, you are encouraged to take it again after 5 years or so.

The only class I know for sure that is no longer held is the exclusive and rare Carrera GT Class that I was fortunate enough to attend back in 2004. they only held a few of these to the lucky dealers Techs who were fortunate enough to get a new one, they had to have 1 Tech that had been to the class. ( yes it was pretty fun taking that thing apart and putting it back together., totally splitting the car in half to get the engine/trans out.....lol )

Being a Dealer Tech for 45 years and going to training at least twice a year ( two weeks 4-5 day classes ) I have been to over 100 Dealer Training Classes. When I started for Porsche they flew me to Reno Nevada ( that was where Headquarters were at the time) for 1 week a month for 7 months for Training., They called it the " Turbo Track Training"...

Originally Posted by TheChunkNorris

I'd be curious to know their rate, my indie's rate is 130.00.

Originally Posted by GC996

Still wouldn't go to the dealership to have any work done because of the typical $250-300 hourly rate versus typical $150 hourly rate for an indy.

Originally Posted by pulpo

The dealer was kind of reasonable for some things. For example they only wanted $160 for the parts/labor to replace both hood struts (must be pretty cheap parts.) Then other things are just overpriced, they wanted $350 for an alignment. So i'm guessing their labor is quite expensive.