Just extended £1100 for one year plus £175 for Porsche assist (guaranteed courtesy car) with OPC, prices are fixed at every OPC. They are very strict and need to see the car to validate the mileage and to ensure there are no modifications. Peace of mind as repairs out of warranty are very expensive, is it worth the risk ?
Equivalent car, or any car? What's the guarantee backed by if they fail to provide you one? £175 refund or actual cost to rent a comparable Taycan from wherever you manage to find one, for however long it takes to get parts in and fix yours?
The platinum plan extended warranty in the US covers nearly all the components that would be included with the new car warranty, although there will be some specific exceptions. I couldn't find the actual VSP documents during a quick search, but I noticed trim does not appear to be mentioned so squeaks or rattles would likely not be covered once your new car warranty expires.
Thanks. That's very helpful. Looks like I'll have to contact the dealer about extending beyond 4 years with price to be determined (or at least not disclosed on the page you referenced). I'll dig deeper too. Much appreciated.
Here's a bit more info I found:
That link goes to one of many similar "review" pages online. It contains links to 3 other extended warranty products as well as a general description of Porsche-brand extended service plans.
I've always been weary of fine print. At the above link for example I found the following exclusions:
with further footprint:
The cynic in me thinks they can also reject claims if you don't have records of doing some $2,000 annual service, or if the failure has to do with the battery (the most expensive component to replace in a Taycan), or related components which qualify as "battery cables". They might not bother rejecting small claims, but drop the hammer on large repair bills, at which point they dive right into the fine print, which by the way, I'm sure includes maximum lifetime payout somewhere in the contract.
below is what they say - i think the main thing is that they will loan you a replacement car (i thought it was guaranteed not subject to availability). Yes it is an expensive add on especially if you have other cars or breakdown cover already. Incidentally as I was leaving the OPC yesterday a Taycan was just being dropped off by the AA, lets hope it had it’s warranty extended as it was 2020 year.
Here in Poland the rental car is provided by a 3rd party rental car company, not by the dealer. They give you a few options when they call to drop off the car, I had a small Mercedes sedan (A class). What’s not so cool is that it’s up to 5 working days only, which is way too short for some of these repairs.
And there you have it, they will rent a compact class premium saloon for up to 5 days, and subject to availability. On this side of the pond that could mean a Model 3 rental which you can get for $250 a week, subject to availability of course. I suspect the 5 days might be cumulative, so if you use all 5 days on your first replacement vehicle, the rest of the repairs you get nothing. A heater replacement can take way longer than 5 days while waiting for parts by the way (in the US some people waited for months).
I guess this is no different to the normal car insurance. The companies will always calculate to make a profit.
If you intend to keep the car I would definitely extend the warranty, unless you are 100% certain nothing will go wrong with the car (but how could you ?). The yearly cost of the extended warranty is probably a lot less than paying to get any problem fixed on this high tech car. I agree that on average insurers and manufacturers make money on these extended warranties, but that does not mean it can not be a good product for the consumer. The cost calculation for Porsche is quite different than ours. Replacing the passenger screen for example might cost us 2000 Euro while the internal cost of this component to Porsche is only 300 Euro. One thing to keep in mind ( at least in Europe) is that the extended warranty stays with the car if you sell it to a private person, not if you sell it to a company...
You are the kind of troublesome, actually following up on the 30-day-money-back-guarantee type of customer that causes higher prices for the rest of us.Side note, it took me over 2 months to get my money back, first they lost my request, then I finally got the $250 back, then after yet another request the ~$25 in sales tax refund - yet another trick by the dealer, they thought I wouldn't notice that they refunded pre-tax price only.
Sorry I caused your unlimited Taycan engine oil, filter, and spark plugs replacement plan price to go up.You are the kind of troublesome, actually following up on the 30-day-money-back-guarantee type of customer that causes higher prices for the rest of us.
"Uh oh, I see @whitex on the lot, time to get a smoke in the break room above the parts office."
