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maintenance on a used Porsche can easily cost more than the car over its lifetime. I remember going in for an oil change and finding out I needed new breaks.
by tmaly 5y ago
maintenance on a used Porsche can easily cost more than the car over its lifetime. I remember going in for an oil change and finding out I needed new breaks. That was a mortgage payment.
- listenallyall 5y agoBest thing you can do is to source the parts yourself, from Pelican or other online stores. Get an invoice, then you can find the exact parts online. Very easy for consumable parts like brakes, rotors, oil filters, etc. Mobil 1 is super cheap at Wal-Mart. To be honest, once you look serious about sourcing yourself, lots of mechanics will lower the price so the parts are at/near wholesale. Biggest Porsche ripoff is the brake pad sensor - $70-80 that you can buy for about $8. It's just a sensor, doesn't affect brake performance.
- frosted-flakes 5y agoThe wear sensor? My car (a VW) has that. It's literally just a loop of wire embedded in the pad that wears through and breaks the connection once the pads get too thin. I would hesitate to even call it a sensor, because that implies some level of sophistication.
- listenallyall 5y agoYes exactly. I have very, very few negative things to say about Porsche but the price they charge for that dumb loop is one of them. I'm sure VW, Audi, BMW etc also overcharge for the same part but likely not to the same extent.
- frosted-flakes 5y agoIt's not a separate part, it's part of the pad itself with a 2-pin connector. I've never bought brake pads from the dealer, but aftermarket pads include it, effectively for free. And it's a pretty useless feature that my old car didn't even have (same model), so I just cut the plug off before installing the pad. You can just manually close the circuit if you don't want the dash light to light up.
- tmaly 5y agoI did not know about Pelican, thank you. My tail light just went out, the parts are very reasonable.