Post Warrenty Repair$: can you handle it?
Gotta little squeek in my rear PASM strut which I gotta get checked out. Started me thinking about what this would cost me to replace struts in the years ahead after warrenty is gone. Seems like a guess of us$5000 would be cheap.
My warrentied CD would have cost us$2500 to repair an I have this feeling Porsche might get on the Ferrari and Pharmaceutical Company bandwagon and start charging the pi** out of "captive-audience" owners for major parts in the future. A simple lawmover ignition part cost me us$130(?!) recently (made in mexico too!) so I think this "screw-the-owner" trend by manufacturers might get even more popular in the future.
Should we just plan on a us$25,000 repair budget to keep these cars rolling for ten years?
Seems a wasteful shame to have to dump (more likely: trade in) a perfectly good car a month before the warrenty expires.
I'm not confident that even an extended warrenty would suffice seeing that the warrenty company has to stay in business and make money and THAT might be tough with Ferrari-scaled Porsche repair costs.
Anybody thought about this or know something?
My warrentied CD would have cost us$2500 to repair an I have this feeling Porsche might get on the Ferrari and Pharmaceutical Company bandwagon and start charging the pi** out of "captive-audience" owners for major parts in the future. A simple lawmover ignition part cost me us$130(?!) recently (made in mexico too!) so I think this "screw-the-owner" trend by manufacturers might get even more popular in the future.
Should we just plan on a us$25,000 repair budget to keep these cars rolling for ten years?
Seems a wasteful shame to have to dump (more likely: trade in) a perfectly good car a month before the warrenty expires.
I'm not confident that even an extended warrenty would suffice seeing that the warrenty company has to stay in business and make money and THAT might be tough with Ferrari-scaled Porsche repair costs.
Anybody thought about this or know something?
