tazzieman Posted 29June, 2018 Report Share Posted 29June, 2018 What % of a car's value is it reasonable to pay for a key? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimmy Posted 29June, 2018 Report Share Posted 29June, 2018 Absolutely Ridiculous price to charge your customers for a $5.00 piece of metal a $2.00 piece of plastic and $10.00 worth of electronics. The labour and equipment costs to code it is understandable but the rest is over the top. If the blank and electronics was marketed at $200.00 you would cop that pay the labour and move on however $1k is not acceptable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 29June, 2018 Report Share Posted 29June, 2018 17 hours ago, StevepGT3 said: See if you can track down the last owner, it could be in his/her second draw under the ball of rubber bands and a pile of pens, next to the nut cracker and that wine bottle resealer ??? You just described my key bowl! Except for the nut cracker....she's at work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troubleshooter Posted 30June, 2018 Report Share Posted 30June, 2018 Mate needed 6 x Orings for injectors on 1990 Nissan 300 ZX - Nissan dealer = $84 for the pack ...Private Clark Rubber type of store = $1 each Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoHeadsTas Posted 30June, 2018 Report Share Posted 30June, 2018 On 6/29/2018 at 7:45 PM, TwoHeadsTas said: Had same problem when we purchased our 987.1. Purchased a matching new key head via ebay which had an unencoded transponder in it. Bought the blade from expressautokeys.co.uk - you email them a good photo of the blade and they cut it from that - worked perfectly for about $25 or so from memory. Then you are up for the encoding of the transponder which probably needs a visit to a Porsche Centre to do - can cost a couple of hundred I believe, we got ours done for nix as a "no liability admitted" trade-off for damage to a tyre valve resulting in a stuffed tyre we think occurred during our first service there. @Philbee, just checked back through my records. They keyhead I actually got from Autohaus Hamilton, not Ebay, sorry. It had the electronics and an unencoded slug, cost 4 years ago was $285, so the cost excluding re-coding was $305. Even if a PC, or independent with necessary equipment charged $250 to recode, that's still about 1/2 the price of the PC quote. I was happy with that to have the security of a second key. @tazzieman, that was 1.1% the cost of the vehicle, happy to go with that. Part of the key on our original "genuine" key broke, and I got a spare without electronics on Ebay for not very much, and used the Chinese copy part to replace the broken bit in the original keyhead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_189 Posted 1July, 2018 Report Share Posted 1July, 2018 FYI 997/987 key blank part number is: 997 538 531 00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YellowDieselGolf Posted 8October, 2018 Report Share Posted 8October, 2018 On 2/1/2017 at 10:27 PM, YellowDieselGolf said: I got my Golf serviced and asked them to ORDER a new set of headlight covers and a new dipstick. I was charged an install fee of $25. Each. I just found a pic of the invoice and I was wrong. I got charged $22.50 to install a dipstick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevepGT3 Posted 8October, 2018 Report Share Posted 8October, 2018 9 minutes ago, YellowDieselGolf said: I just found a pic of the invoice and I was wrong. I got charged $22.50 to install a dipstick. Bargain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozvino Posted 11October, 2018 Report Share Posted 11October, 2018 On 10/8/2018 at 8:17 PM, YellowDieselGolf said: I just found a pic of the invoice and I was wrong. I got charged $22.50 to install a dipstick. VW are absolute bandits - Ive had 6 VWs from new, wifes current car will be the last one. They are more expensive to service than a Porsche by a factor of about 25%, the Cayenne is cheaper to service than the Toureg (I had one of those - whole other nightmare) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 11October, 2018 Report Share Posted 11October, 2018 2 minutes ago, Ozvino said: the Cayenne is cheaper to service than the Toureg (I had one of those - whole other nightmare) How when they're basically the same car? ? We had our ticking time bomb Territory serviced coupla months ago, and they found some alarming problems with the front end so it cost us $1600 to fix all up. The mechanic said they're a shocking car and one of the most expensive to fix and we should seriously burn it. I suggested an 05 Cayenne as a replacement and he said they're a helluva lot better quality than the Territory and cheaper to service and parts On 10/8/2018 at 7:47 PM, YellowDieselGolf said: I got charged $22.50 to install a dipstick. Couldn't they find the right hole? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D2000 Posted 11October, 2018 Report Share Posted 11October, 2018 Toyota once charged me $20 to change the batteries on two remotes, plus $20 for the batteries. They only got away with because I had someone else taking the car in as if I had picked the car up and seen that I would have blasted them. Just on servicing costs, I have found our Toyota Kluger pretty expensive to service. Heavy on brakes and tyres too. But not as expensive as our Audi A4. I will never buy another Audi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANF Posted 11October, 2018 Report Share Posted 11October, 2018 $3000 for a new secondary air pump for my Merc ML from local MB dealer (is the Porsche dealer too).... I bought one from the US and had it on my door for $240 total!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 11October, 2018 Report Share Posted 11October, 2018 33 minutes ago, D2000 said: Just on servicing costs, I have found our Toyota Kluger pretty expensive to service. Heavy on brakes and tyres too. Ugh! We've been looking at Klugers lately, as our mechanic (and I know) that you can't really go wrong with anything Toyota. I could have bought a very clean 140km 05 Cayenne for $10k recently as the seller was desperate to sell, but the missus isn't too keen on the blind spot they have 'apparently'. Still trying to convince her ? Gotta say jumping out of the Territory into the Cayenne and back, the Territory is more comfortable to drive, yet we won't be buying one again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozvino Posted 11October, 2018 Report Share Posted 11October, 2018 1 hour ago, LeeM said: How when they're basically the same car? ? schedule service costs are lower is my understanding My Toureg had 3 sunroof cassettes replaced at a cost to VW of around $20k, plus they had to replace the headliner twice and front seats and carpet - they were at around $50k in work and they couldn't stop the sunroof leaking.......final result was they believed the body shell was warped they ended up buying the car back from me.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troubleshooter Posted 11October, 2018 Report Share Posted 11October, 2018 Thank God I'll never have to buy any late model fam wagons or sedans, if so next car I'd buy would be the Kingswood! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANF Posted 11October, 2018 Report Share Posted 11October, 2018 1 hour ago, LeeM said: Ugh! We've been looking at Klugers lately, as our mechanic (and I know) that you can't really go wrong with anything Toyota. I could have bought a very clean 140km 05 Cayenne for $10k recently as the seller was desperate to sell, but the missus isn't too keen on the blind spot they have 'apparently'. Still trying to convince her ? Gotta say jumping out of the Territory into the Cayenne and back, the Territory is more comfortable to drive, yet we won't be buying one again Try an ML Lee, great cars!! 23 minutes ago, Troubleshooter said: Thank God I'll never have to buy any late model fam wagons or sedans, if so next car I'd buy would be the Kingswood! If you shop around you can find parts cheap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troubleshooter Posted 12October, 2018 Report Share Posted 12October, 2018 44 minutes ago, ANF said: If you shop around you can find parts cheap Yep trouble free (mostly) late 60's early 70's cars ... and my daughter's been driving a 1966 Valiant AP6 over the past 6 years and never a problem and I've done the servicing, cheap as! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANF Posted 12October, 2018 Report Share Posted 12October, 2018 5 minutes ago, Troubleshooter said: Yep trouble free (mostly) late 60's early 70's cars ... and my daughter's been driving a 1966 AP6 over the past 6 years and never a problem and I've done the servicing, cheap as! I have had "late" model, never new, cars for years now, do all my own servicing and most repairs and "touch wood" no calamities yet, well in the newer stuff anyway.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3legs Posted 12October, 2018 Report Share Posted 12October, 2018 I agree with Lee. I had a Territory that whilst the drive train was fine it was everything around it that broke. Was a very comfortable car. Traded that in for my current car, a Mazda CX9 and I have to tell you that i'm not feeling the love for it. It has some major design flaws (for me at least). Thought about a Cayenne and Adam tried to talk me into an ML350. The Cayenne whilst generally a reliable car, I just can't justify spending the same amount I bought it for in fixing it should it go bang. I have to admit that I'm seriously looking at an ML350 again (due to Adam's recommendation). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANF Posted 12October, 2018 Report Share Posted 12October, 2018 4 minutes ago, 3legs said: I agree with Lee. I had a Territory that whilst the drive train was fine it was everything around it that broke. Was a very comfortable car. Traded that in for my current car, a Mazda CX9 and I have to tell you that i'm not feeling the love for it. It has some major design flaws (for me at least). Thought about a Cayenne and Adam tried to talk me into an ML350. The Cayenne whilst generally a reliable car, I just can't justify spending the same amount I bought it for in fixing it should it go bang. I have to admit that I'm seriously looking at an ML350 again (due to Adam's recommendation). Trying to talk you into it is a bit strong..... you probably say the same about your 928 Any car can have issues (and doesn't the internet love to reverberate that!) but I have had 2 MLs and any issues have been minor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3legs Posted 12October, 2018 Report Share Posted 12October, 2018 Yeh, but that's in a nice way Adam? The 928 was a no brainer. Who wouldn't want a 928. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANF Posted 12October, 2018 Report Share Posted 12October, 2018 2 minutes ago, 3legs said: The 928 was a no brainer. Who wouldn't want a 928. Believe it or not Alex there are some out there..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D2000 Posted 12October, 2018 Report Share Posted 12October, 2018 4 hours ago, LeeM said: Ugh! We've been looking at Klugers lately, as our mechanic (and I know) that you can't really go wrong with anything Toyota. I could have bought a very clean 140km 05 Cayenne for $10k recently as the seller was desperate to sell, but the missus isn't too keen on the blind spot they have 'apparently'. Still trying to convince her ? Gotta say jumping out of the Territory into the Cayenne and back, the Territory is more comfortable to drive, yet we won't be buying one again I would still buy another Kluger though. Depreciation is low compared to a Cayenne and its a solid and safe car. The V6 is a nice engine too although heavy on fuel around the city Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 12October, 2018 Report Share Posted 12October, 2018 The Merc's are a tad well over our budget @ANF If it was up to me I'd just buy a Commodore or something, yet the missus wants another largish SUV and the Kluger is winning the race so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANF Posted 12October, 2018 Report Share Posted 12October, 2018 6 minutes ago, LeeM said: The Merc's are a tad well over our budget @ANF If it was up to me I'd just buy a Commodore or something, yet the missus wants another largish SUV and the Kluger is winning the race so far Equivalent Merc MLs are cheaper than Cayennes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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