Sov Posted 27July, 2021 Report Share Posted 27July, 2021 I have a service due on my new (to me) 996 Turbo so was shopping around a few workshops to get a feel for costs. Basically I have two options that are convenient to me, an independant near my house that charges $159/hr and the local Porsche dealership which charges $179/hr (apparently my car qualifies for 'classic pricing') with an additional 10% off parts. It's 6 of one, half dozen of the other as to which I use. The dealer offers 2 years warranty on their work, a loan car, and with the 10% discount on parts ends up being not much dearer than the independant. But then I realised I have no base to compare either to. My wife and I have been living in Central & South America for the past 7 years so I was completely out of touch with prices here. Perhaps BOTH are overcharging and I'd never know! Which brings me to my question, how much are you paying for workshop labour? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoHeadsTas Posted 27July, 2021 Report Share Posted 27July, 2021 4 minutes ago, the_sovereign_man said: I have a service due on my new (to me) 996 Turbo so was shopping around a few workshops to get a feel for costs. Basically I have two options that are convenient to me, an independant near my house that charges $159/hr and the local Porsche dealership which charges $179/hr (apparently my car qualifies for 'classic pricing') with an additional 10% off parts. It's 6 of one, half dozen of the other as to which I use. The dealer offers 2 years warranty on their work, a loan car, and with the 10% discount on parts ends up being not much dearer than the independant. But then I realised I have no base to compare either to. My wife and I have been living in Central & South America for the past 7 years so I was completely out of touch with prices here. Perhaps BOTH are overcharging and I'd never know! Which brings me to my question, how much are you paying for workshop labour? Lucky in Tassie, plus I think my gives me an excellent deal, $120/hr. Independent, experienced in Porsche race and road rally prep with good Porsche Centre contacts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiller Posted 27July, 2021 Report Share Posted 27July, 2021 I’ve never heard about the classic pricing before. Interesting. That dealer rate seems about right. From my point of view there should be a larger spread between dealer and independent to justify not using the dealer. Unless of course you have an independent you really, really trust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sov Posted 27July, 2021 Author Report Share Posted 27July, 2021 4 minutes ago, spiller said: I’ve never heard about the classic pricing before. Interesting. That dealer rate seems about right. From my point of view there should be a larger spread between dealer and independent to justify not using the dealer. Unless of course you have an independent you really, really trust. The dealer pricing for "non classics" was from memory $250/hr 😨 spiller 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiller Posted 27July, 2021 Report Share Posted 27July, 2021 22 minutes ago, the_sovereign_man said: The dealer pricing for "non classics" was from memory $250/hr 😨 Last time I rang Porsche the service girl just gave me a total figure over the phone. Will have to delve a bit deeper next time. Interesting that Porsche are going against the grain by discounting the “classics”. If it was Ferrari I’m sure anything with classic attached to it would be double the usual rate 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 27July, 2021 Report Share Posted 27July, 2021 2 hours ago, the_sovereign_man said: The dealer pricing for "non classics" was from memory $250/hr 😨 Yet people have a cry about a builder/plumber/sparkies hourly rate? 🙄 MARTY, Mike D'Silva and micknine01 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomo Posted 27July, 2021 Report Share Posted 27July, 2021 30 minutes ago, LeeM said: Yet people have a cry about a builder/plumber/sparkies hourly rate? 🙄 Don't know if these guys are any good but they work for peanuts Dreamr, Arnage, LeeM and 4 others 1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevepGT3 Posted 27July, 2021 Report Share Posted 27July, 2021 Big markup on the apprentice’s wage micknine01, LeeM and Joz 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coastr Posted 27July, 2021 Report Share Posted 27July, 2021 Depends on where you are with the independent pricing. At that price I’d be going dealer servicing, and I have Only done that a few times in my life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sov Posted 27July, 2021 Author Report Share Posted 27July, 2021 9 hours ago, Coastr said: Depends on where you are with the independent pricing. At that price I’d be going dealer servicing, and I have Only done that a few times in my life. That price was with Euro Tune in Miami, not sure if there's other/better options? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joz Posted 28July, 2021 Report Share Posted 28July, 2021 On 27/07/2021 at 17:22, LeeM said: Yet people have a cry about a builder/plumber/sparkies hourly rate? 🙄 Well that depends ofcourse. are the tradies doing the work in their own leased premises? By all accounts I cry about them all 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 28July, 2021 Report Share Posted 28July, 2021 2 hours ago, Joz said: Well that depends ofcourse. are the tradies doing the work in their own leased premises? Nah, just paying for all the tools, consumables, vehicles, transport, liability and other insurance, costs that a Porsche shop has to also pay...then pay themselves a 'wage' 😅😁 Joz and sjm 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joz Posted 29July, 2021 Report Share Posted 29July, 2021 8 hours ago, LeeM said: Nah, just paying for all the tools, consumables, vehicles, transport, liability and other insurance, costs that a Porsche shop has to also pay...then pay themselves a 'wage' 😅😁 So which variety of tradie are you? ☺️ Mate I feel like I've got all of them working at my place ATM, I'm haemorrhaging big time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 29July, 2021 Report Share Posted 29July, 2021 4 hours ago, Joz said: So which variety of tradie are you? ☺️ Mate I feel like I've got all of them working at my place ATM, I'm haemorrhaging big time. No real title, just a Jack of all trades, master of none. Mainly carpentry though Joz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomo Posted 29July, 2021 Report Share Posted 29July, 2021 47 minutes ago, LeeM said: No real title, just a Jack of all trades, master of none. Mainly carpentry though Depends what hat you put on in the morning. 😕) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 29July, 2021 Report Share Posted 29July, 2021 1 hour ago, tomo said: Depends what hat you put on in the morning. 😕) Basically tomo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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