1500 USD for an alternator and new battery right?

[ikkaro]

Hi,

I had trouble starting my 02 Boxster S and after I "glided" the car to the nearest Porsche dealership (HBL Tyson's in Northern Virginia) and they took a look at the car, they told me that I would need to replace the alternator and the battery. The price for this, according to them, was 1500 USD, but it was my impression that this type of repair should hover around 400-500 USD.

Does anyone has any clue as to what is the acceptable price for this repair? The fact that this did not pass the smell test was compounded when all of the sudden they found a "nail" on my 20-day old tires, which were entirely fine when I turned the car in. Something is just a bit off...

Would appreciate any help,

RBG

[blinkwatt]

Buy a Boxster Bentley manual. $70
Buy a battery from Sam's Club. $85
Alternator from www.************************************************************ and D.I.Y. for $280 - $350(tiptronic - manual)

http://www.************************************************************/search/product.aspx?sid=fxzu3o55dqqkca4504u0ci2w&makeid=800019@Porsche&modelid=1388358@BOXSTER%20S&year=2001&cid=alternator@alternator&gid=2412@Alternator

[blueillusion97]

+1 for the above

But i got my alternator rebuilt for $150 and local napa store with life time waranty

[gstoli]

FYI, while browsing on ebay I found this
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Porsche-911-Boxster-Bosch-Alternator-97-2003-120-AMP_W0QQitemZ360029123874QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item3 60029123874
Remanufactured and with 90 days warranty for 139$. You might want to give it a try.
or this
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1997-99-PORSCHE-BOXSTER-FACTORY-ALTERNATOR-120-AMP_W0QQitemZ320224120089QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item3 20224120089
or this
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/97-98-99-Porsche-911-Boxster-Alternator-58696A_W0QQitemZ320224597932QQcmdZViewItem?hash=it em320224597932

1500$ for an alternator???? Come on...
George

[steve00s]

The sad thing is that a lot of people just don't know any better and pay these kind of prices to the Porsche dealers. I think that it is a crime.

[Bob Z.]

I stopped by HBL when I lived in Maryland - some snotty folks at that time and they made it seem I was wasting their time. Regardless, that is way too much coin to fork over! And there are lots of independents in your area - I used to take my 930 to a shop in N. VA but I cannot recall who they were...great place though.