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mikefocke · 10-17-2007, 01:32 PM

So you have a low mileage car with 2 years on it and haven't changed the oil. Shame on you.

But I see no reason to do anything but change the oil/filter, something you can do yourself or get any gas station with a lift and a careful mechanic to do for $75 in parts you bring him and maybe $50 labor. Or learn to do it yourself, buy the 2 tools (oil filter wrench and allen wrench) you need and a big dirty oil receiver pan and then you can do it every year for the cost of oil, filter and crush ring.

When you get to 15k, then take it in and have the dealer do what Porsche recommends, no more and no less.

This dealer is adding services to those recommended by Porsche to pad his profits. Don't contribute to that. All those additives are things you could add yourself for 1/6 the cost. Again, they pad his profit.

(My dealer charged me $185 for the yearly oil change, I was moving and it wasn't convenient for me to do it.)

Drive it more, enjoy it more, don't save it for the next owner.

10-17-2007, 01:32 PM	#9
mikefocke Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sanford NC Posts: 2,567	Rip Off So you have a low mileage car with 2 years on it and haven't changed the oil. Shame on you. But I see no reason to do anything but change the oil/filter, something you can do yourself or get any gas station with a lift and a careful mechanic to do for $75 in parts you bring him and maybe $50 labor. Or learn to do it yourself, buy the 2 tools (oil filter wrench and allen wrench) you need and a big dirty oil receiver pan and then you can do it every year for the cost of oil, filter and crush ring. When you get to 15k, then take it in and have the dealer do what Porsche recommends, no more and no less. This dealer is adding services to those recommended by Porsche to pad his profits. Don't contribute to that. All those additives are things you could add yourself for 1/6 the cost. Again, they pad his profit. (My dealer charged me $185 for the yearly oil change, I was moving and it wasn't convenient for me to do it.) Drive it more, enjoy it more, don't save it for the next owner.