Porsche extended warranty V others

[Sham1]

It's funny because when I was buying mine pretty much everyone that hasn't owned one was telling me how it'll gobble up all my savings, yet those that owned them said nothing of the sort.

Honestly the worst part about Pork ownership has been dealing with so called specialists. It's at a point now that I just DIY it to save dealing with laziness and incompetence. Fortunately it's not a valuable car so it doesn't matter.

I should probably have used the term loosely. I never had a Porsche, but have heard some quotes for a simple brake pad and disc change from a specialist and it was ridiculous. So much so, I checked eurocar parts for prices and it was plain to see that the guy was being ripped off.

A so called “specialist“ is good for diagnosing faults, as they have most likely seen the common issues, and will have any specialist tools required. For servicing, any good mechanic is fine.

 

[Chris100]

That's fine if you plan on keeping the car forever and you know and trust the mechanic. But try and sell a Porsche without an OPC service history or dependent on age a well known and respected specialist and you will have no chance.

 

[Chris100]

I should probably have used the term loosely. I never had a Porsche, but have heard some quotes for a simple brake pad and disc change from a specialist and it was ridiculous. So much so, I checked eurocar parts for prices and it was plain to see that the guy was being ripped off.

A so called “specialist“ is good for diagnosing faults, as they have most likely seen the common issues, and will have any specialist tools required. For servicing, any good mechanic is fine.

It's a completely different situation.

A Porsche is a specialist car, and running one properly comes with a cost.

You wouldn't expect to buy a mansion and maintain it for the same cost as a 3 bedroom semi detached house.

 

[Sham1]

I don’t mean any offence here. It looks like I have wrongly associated prestige and luxury with reliability. If I take the example of the mansion and the 3 bed semi. One would assume the mansion would be built with better quality materials, put together by master craftsmen, not grip work, and made to last. So if I bought a new mansion, I would be expecting little or no maintenance for 20 years. The 3 bed semi, things may need looking at after 10 years. Both will have the same maintenance, gutter cleaning, etc, just more of it in the mansions case.
so by paying more in the first place, normally, or used to mean better quality and longevity. Yes, when the items in the mansion do need repair, the cost will be more, but it has lasted twice or three times as long.
So a 5 year old Porsche suv and a Ford suv. I would assume the Porsche is a better vehicle, with better materials used and ultimately better reliability.
From the comments on, seems like this is not the case.
Again, no offence caused to anyone, but I think many brands are now living on their previous reputations.

 

[Coog]

It’s not that it’s the fact an alternator in a cayenne will probably be twice the price of one out of a Kuga and the fitter, twice the rate.

They seem a damn sight more reliable than equivalent Land Rovers.

Ive done a few jobs on mine and tbh it’s a proper bit of decent engineering compared to some other stuff

 

[Sham1]

the extra cost of parts can be warranted if they last twice or three times as long. They do the same job in both vehicles.

anyway, forgot to post this for the op.

https://www.charleshurstgroup.co.uk/motoring-tips/car-maintenance/warranty

its important to read what the warranty covers before purchasing, or getting it thrown in the deal.
you can always cancel the warranty either within 14 days or 30 days, depending on the small print, if you think it’s not worth it for you.

 

[Jrooney06]

I don’t mean any offence here. It looks like I have wrongly associated prestige and luxury with reliability. If I take the example of the mansion and the 3 bed semi. One would assume the mansion would be built with better quality materials, put together by master craftsmen, not grip work, and made to last. So if I bought a new mansion, I would be expecting little or no maintenance for 20 years. The 3 bed semi, things may need looking at after 10 years. Both will have the same maintenance, gutter cleaning, etc, just more of it in the mansions case.
so by paying more in the first place, normally, or used to mean better quality and longevity. Yes, when the items in the mansion do need repair, the cost will be more, but it has lasted twice or three times as long.
So a 5 year old Porsche suv and a Ford suv. I would assume the Porsche is a better vehicle, with better materials used and ultimately better reliability.
From the comments on, seems like this is not the case.
Again, no offence caused to anyone, but I think many brands are now living on their previous reputations.

what if I were to say that they only built 10 porsches and 100 fords. The reliability will be better on the Ford and that’s not just my opinion but it’s almost fact. Unfortunately I have first had experience of this and it’s much easier to fix a vehicle with 10 occurrences than 1. Say 10% of both cars suffered water ingress. Well that would mean the production facility would have 1 occurance for the porsche and 10 for the Ford therefore 10 more chances to identify what the problem is. Just thought it throw that in to really make things interesting.

 

[Chris100]

I don’t mean any offence here. It looks like I have wrongly associated prestige and luxury with reliability. If I take the example of the mansion and the 3 bed semi. One would assume the mansion would be built with better quality materials, put together by master craftsmen, not grip work, and made to last. So if I bought a new mansion, I would be expecting little or no maintenance for 20 years. The 3 bed semi, things may need looking at after 10 years. Both will have the same maintenance, gutter cleaning, etc, just more of it in the mansions case.
so by paying more in the first place, normally, or used to mean better quality and longevity. Yes, when the items in the mansion do need repair, the cost will be more, but it has lasted twice or three times as long.
So a 5 year old Porsche suv and a Ford suv. I would assume the Porsche is a better vehicle, with better materials used and ultimately better reliability.
From the comments on, seems like this is not the case.
Again, no offence caused to anyone, but I think many brands are now living on their previous reputations.

I said maintain, repair and maintenance are two different things. Regardless of the quality of something it will require maintenance at some point, and as I originally said maintaining and indeed running a Porsche will be more expensive than a Ford, Vauxhall, VW etc.

For the reasons @Coog mentioned

And anything can break, I have had a brand new Audi and Mercedes (which most people would class as a prestige brand) both break to the point where they were handed back.