sandwedge

Yup....got a 3 year platinum policy for my 2011 GTS. Had about 56,000 miles on it when I bought it and I think I paid $5,200. Main reason I bought it is the PDK. Had a PDK failure on my -09 C4S which cost $14,000 but was covered by extended warranty. As I've said many times before, the PDK is an amazing transmission but I think the weak link is all the electronics involved in it. When they fail it almost always seems to be due to electronic components which is troubling to me. Unlike mechanical components which rarely fail if you take good care of them, no matter to which degree you baby your PDK car, an electronic glitch over which you have no control can cost you $14K.

By the way, between all the extended warranties I've bought, I'm way ahead. Much of it thanks to the PDK failure but others have paid for themselves except for the -06 C4S where I came up slightly short as I recall it.

Truble10

I'm pulling the trigger today. 07 C4S with 28,500 miles. 3 year 36K platinum warranty for $3200. Piece of mind regarding any possible bore scoring or IMS issues was worth it for me.

Balr14

I guess if I had a PDK failure, I would be more inclined to buy an extended warranty. But, PDK failures are rare and good used replacements can be found. I don't know how you managed to get the platinum policy for $5200 when I was quoted $11K with less mileage. I sure wish somebody offered an extended warranty for 2 - 3 years at 3k - 4k miles per year.

bommerts

They do. Check with your local credit union. Their extended warranties are much less expensive and are easy to deal with. I bought a warranty through my credit union a couple years back and used it on my 997 - it was great.

BigRed911

Balr14

Thanks a lot. Great tip!

jeebus31

sandwedge

I was off by about $600. Actual cost was $5,886 for a 3 year, 36,000 mile Platinum policy with 54,800 miles on the car. Copy of the policy attached. Who quoted you $11K with less mileage? Sounds absurd.

As for how rare PDK failures are, we'll never know. Porsche never shares statistics on anything negative. IMS failures come to mind and they seem to treat PDK failures the same way. When mine failed on the -09 I asked my service advisor how long the car would be in the shop. He said 2-3 days. I had expected 2-3 weeks or longer. He said Porsche keeps about 40 PDK replacement units in a warehouse in Atlanta at any given time so they would just truck one down to Florida overnight. To each their own what to read into this.

mjsporsche

My 7 year/ 70K Platinum warranty expired last week. Cost was $2300. Had $1200 in claims for dealer installed replacement tire pressure monitors. If I did not have the warranty, I would have had a tire shop do it for under $300. It was not a great bet but peace of mind was important to me. 7 years went by quickly.

Balr14

The quote was given to me by mjourdan@mossymotors

alex911s

my last quote from him was $3700 for 4yrs/48k miles powertrain only... thats with rennlist discount 55% so retail is about $6800... my car have 67k miles at that time...
what he gave you was with rennlist discount? ive had a few 911 so i was only concerned with the PDK and new engine..lol

Balr14

The price he quoted me was with the 55% discount.

Radmd74

Which car did you get year? Miles?

alex911s

09 997.2 pdk... 67k miles at that time...

sandwedge

Same guy I bought my policy from so I can't explain why your quote was twice as high as mine with you having lower miles. Your car is two years older than mine but again....with lower miles. Doubling the price for a car 2 years older seems drastic. Something's not adding up.