JPJRJR70

visitador

The privilege of owning a Porsche. You can have it serviced at a VW dealership (or even do it yourself), just have to find a tool to reset the computer.

MJG911

yep. I think it was between 350-400 the one time I did it. VW was 100 until they decided they should be 200 because of the Porsche badge, so now its all do it myself. Plus its quicker than driving to a dealership and back. Its the easiest vehicle I have ever changed oil on other than a 240Z

MJG911

450 is an extra .09/mile in operating expense, which is pretty significant

bahocale

JPJRJR70

JPJRJR70

eddieb4

The dealer where I purchased mine wanted over $600 for the service!
I take it to a local place for $100, which includes bulk synthetic and a car wash.
I purchase adblue from Amazon and add it myself at home.

vanwinkl

I had the same reaction when my wife took her CD in for its first oil change. It's just an oil change, right?

I now buy a filter from my Porsche dealer, buy Mobil 1 wherever it is cheapest and then pay $15 to my local mechanic for the oil change. Put the AdBlue in myself. Probably $80-100 all in.

Seth
'16 Cayenne Diesel
'09 911 C2S

BenCD

I had read a thread within the past year that had most dealership oil changes from $300-400. Too much for me when the oil change kits are like $87.50-shipped in one day to me from iDparts.com.


https://www.idparts.com/oil-change-k...nb-p-1460.html

PDubya958

That's about right!! I use two different dealers in my area, the dealer I purchased from is a bit farther away. Prices range from $350 to $490. The extra cost includes the personal service....free car rental/loaner, plush waiting area, etc. I take it to the dealer for now until the warranty runs out in 2 years, then I will do my own. The oil change isn't difficult to do, just like the brakes and adding AdBlue....which is a total top off at the dealer. My AdBlue warning came on two days ago, I added 3.5 gallons for $21, dealer charge would have been over $126.

deilenberger

Seth,

You should cherish your local mechanic. Take him out to dinner. Pay his bill for the Snap-On payment this month. Treat him like a God!

I don't know anyone anywhere who would do an oil change on anything (snow-blower, lawn-mower, whatever) for $15 flat labor charge. He's gotta put the car up on the lift, drop the bottom belly pan, drain and DISPOSE of the oil, clean things up, change the filter, DISPOSE of the old filter, then reverse everything.. All for $15? When you brought the parts and he made nothing on them? That is the bargain of a lifetime. Are you guys related? That could make a difference.

That takes my private mechanic about 40-45 minutes to do. I generally pay around $75 labor, more if I ask him to leave it up for a while so I can browse underneath looking for things to obsess over.

I would guess your mechanic isn't really a businessman at heart and you should make use of his bargain prices before he realizes he's paying you to change your oil. .

JPJRJR70

porscheconvert

vanwinkl

Seeing some of the responses to my mechanic quote for $15 for an oil change - I'll give the full story (and hopefully not bring on the wrath of Porsche owners for not being fanatical about where I get my car serviced!).

I use my local Firestone for regular service on my wife's Cayenne. I figure the thing is basically a VW under the hood. I buy a lot of tires from them (5 cars in the family) so they are pretty flexible with me bringing in my own parts and don't mind doing cheap and quick oil changes. When our first Cayenne Diesel needed brakes, I bought pads, discs and Porsche brake fluid from Suncoast and then had Firestone put it all in - I don't remember the exact number but am thinking all in it was $400 less than the dealer quoted.

For something specialized, I would go to the Porsche dealer (I do take my 911 to the dealer).

Anyway, now my secret is out. Wondering what responses I'll get...

Seth
'16 Cayenne Diesel
'09 911 C2S