997.2 Maintenance Intervals USA vs Europe
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In researching the Porsche-recommended maintenance interval for the 997.2, I find USA-based Porsche recommends annual service, while those based in Europe only recommend every 2 years.
What might be the reason for this difference?
What might be the reason for this difference?
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2009 C2S 179K miles
I am unaware of European requirements... can you post a link to them?
For USA, Porsche maintenance intervals are a combination of time and miles, witch ever comes first. See this link... many dealerships post this information. https://www.rusnakwestlakeporsche.com/997-intermediate/
Regarding annual, the only annual service Porsche recommends is an oil changes... that I am aware of. For purely time-based intervals, it is only brake fluid and tire sealant (2 and 4 years)... again, that I am aware of.
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I am unaware of European requirements... can you post a link to them?
For USA, Porsche maintenance intervals are a combination of time and miles, witch ever comes first. See this link... many dealerships post this information. https://www.rusnakwestlakeporsche.com/997-intermediate/
Regarding annual, the only annual service Porsche recommends is an oil changes... that I am aware of. For purely time-based intervals, it is only brake fluid and tire sealant (2 and 4 years)... again, that I am aware of.
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https://www.porsche.com/uk/accessori...entreservices/
From that link:"Porsche services need only be repeated every two years or 20,000 miles (12,000 miles for 911 GT models) for cars built after 2005 and your Porsche Centre will remind you when your service is due."
From that link:"Porsche services need only be repeated every two years or 20,000 miles (12,000 miles for 911 GT models) for cars built after 2005 and your Porsche Centre will remind you when your service is due."
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Pretty much everyone I have ever talked to—both owners and the mechanics who service these cars—recommend 1 year or 5k miles, whichever comes first as the most reasonable service interval for water cooled 911s from the 996 on. the reason I bring up such a large scope is because these cars are old enough that people have had time to gauge what is best vs. what the factory recommends. Obviously, if you are tracking, or using your car regularly for HARD mountain/canyons/rally/launching over and over/donuts/sideshows (lol)..., or whatever—you would want to service things more but I would argue, it is just not worth it to do less. Luckily, with my 06 C2S, the car mostly sat for the decade or so before I bought it but if I were looking at a car with mileage in line with the age of most 997s, I would prefer a car with a bit more mileage that was serviced once a year over a car that has less mileage that was serviced every other year max.
(just to be clear: DGAF what the factory says. I would rather do the service earlier and waste a bit of money for peace of mind rather than to worry and go less).
(just to be clear: DGAF what the factory says. I would rather do the service earlier and waste a bit of money for peace of mind rather than to worry and go less).
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Fuel quality is better in Europe (A-market). That is the source of some of the differences we see in service intervals; North America is a B-market service program. This is where some of the confusion of 10k vs, 20k oil changes came from in other makes of cars. In markets with poor fuel quality the intervals are even shorter.
I do 5k and one year intervals.
I do 5k and one year intervals.
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Fuel quality is better in Europe (A-market). That is the source of some of the differences we see in service intervals; North America is a B-market service program. This is where some of the confusion of 10k vs, 20k oil changes came from in other makes of cars. In markets with poor fuel quality the intervals are even shorter.
I do 5k and one year intervals.
I do 5k and one year intervals.
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Another reason for this could be that state tech inspections are annually in the US (ok at least in NY they are) and only every other year in Germany, for instance. A lot of people
will combine the tech inspection with service.
Not a tech reason of course, but manufacturer recommendations rarely are.
will combine the tech inspection with service.
Not a tech reason of course, but manufacturer recommendations rarely are.
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I was very curious about this. But since the OP hasn’t gotten back yet, I did a quick hunt.
The official UK 997.1 schedule was posted on this 997 UK forum back in 2008 (also includes the official UK service pricing from Porsche GB, which they seem to standardize across the UK).
http://www.911uk.com/viewtopic.php?t=39466
In turn, it points to this PDF - http://www.911uk.com/download.php?id=4207
And it says oil changes are every 2 years or 20K miles.
I… was… surprised…
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