cosanchez

I'm with platinium997. Thank the dealer for their time, smile, tell them to make money on someone else, and take it to a good Indy. Your going to save a lot of money going that route. It's a long shot for Porsche to give you a discount on a clutch job.

upside in this is you now have a relationship with an Indy and you can save money on all your future work

as a ref point my pressure plate broke at approx 28k . 2k into to my ownership...probably didn't make me as angry as you are. But I was still passed.....but driving my car cured my anger pretty quick

Tim.

AutobahnIstLieb

No clutch work in any of the past records. Again, this car had 4,000 miles on it when I bought it. The previous owner must have seriously abused that clutch.

AutobahnIstLieb

I think you're right. I'm in Encino. Usually seen slightly exceeding the posted speed limit very early in the morning on Mulholland, Decker, Encinal, and Cold Canyon most weekends.

AutobahnIstLieb

Good point, except I need to have all the CPO work done at Porsche. They've already got the tranny out... I'm gonna cry.

Bruce In Philly

Did you ask them to share the cost with you? My local P-dealer does this quite a bit so I am told.... should you be a "good customer".

Peace
Bruce in Philly

DC911S

You can try at least, when I had the starter to battery cables replaced I tried to get PCNA to at least pay for the cables and me the labor, no deal though. Thats even though they knew it was a problem and covered it in cars under warranty.

BIG smoke

O/P -since they already have you by the short and curlies, get in to the shop and take a look at what they are doing. Get them to show you the problem. I find seeing and touching an invisible expense, eases some of financial pain.

And, keep the parts. In a year, when you have moved that dirty dusty box, and you're pissed at all your clutter. Cleaning up will make you happy again.
Or, at least, that is how my therapist explains it to me.
(aka- my indy)

Good news on you using your dealer. They should be offering you a good warranty on the parts and work. And you now have someone to yell at.
Take it for a test drive before paying.

Linnm

During my Porsche selling days we had a couple take a new convert. out for a spin. We got a call that they had trouble, went out to see what was going on. They had fried the clutch during their ride

DC911S

http://jalopnik.com/im-a-mom-who-dri...-yo-1794999732

Well if people do as she suggests...you fry the clutch pretty quickly.....this is a terrible suggestion, ride the clutch on a hill and not use the brake.

AutobahnIstLieb

OMG that's hilarious. Must've let the woman drive.

AutobahnIstLieb

Thanks everybody for the suggestions.

I just got a call from the dealer. They pulled the tranny, photographed everything and sent it to PNA. Porsche will supply the parts, I'm on the hook for the labor. The reason they are doing this is because there are no hotspots on the clutch or flywheel which would indicate recent abuse. So, IOW, they are acknowledging that I did not do this... yet they are still happy to let me pay up to $1700 in labor. I guess I should be happy that they are meeting me more than half way as the parts alone are just over $3K - that's clutch, flywheel, seals, throwout bearing, etc..

Bah.

Have a great weekend, I'll be back in my baby on Monday

DC911S

Well looks like a fair deal to me....you get all new clutch parts, and it adds up like you said once you do the slave cylinder and bearing, flywheel, friction plate, pressure plate, fluid....This is a good outcome.

AutobahnIstLieb

Yes and no. I guess I understand Porsche's position - that it was not a defective part. But at the same time they gave the vehicle their seal of approval which played a major role in my buying decision. Technically under the terms of the CPO, they didn't have to do anything. But when you are selling cars to enthusiasts in excess of $100K, I'd hope they'd see the wisdom behind a little flexibility in their policies.

Just really bummed that they need to keep it over the weekend, this one is going to be epic here in SoCal.

Cheers.

DC911S

Well if it was 100K or more..then it would be a new car and the repair probably would have been totally covered.....it's what can happen when you buy a used car....granted it's the fancy CPO name....but its still a used car in the end, and things do break.

Macster

IMHO that suggests the clutch was just defective. Hot spots would not have gone away with you driving the car. In fact the clutch would have been grabby as the hot spots are hard spots and have a different coefficient of friction.

At least you are doing better than I. My 2003 Turbo rear view mirror developed a leak. I bought a new one at the dealer and had it installed at the dealer. 25.5 months later the replacement mirror developed a leak. I asked PCNA for some goodwill and got nada.