Shocked by the cost of a repair to my 997
About 4 weeks ago a young lady, who was changing her CD, drove into the back of my 997S whilst I was stationary at a pedestrian crossing.
My car was dented round the drivers side rear but it didn't actually look all that bad.
I had a call from my Porsche approved body shop today to tell me that my car would be ready next week and I asked what the cost of repairs had been. I was somewhat shocked to hear that the slow speed rear-end shunt had cost Pounds23,000 that's nearly $50,000 for our US brothers and sisters.
Apparently its quite common on 911s but even a relatively minor rear-end can result in cracks to the cylinder heads which is where some of the cost has obviously gone.
I am now slightly concerned about having had a third of the car's original cost spent on repairing it.
Oh well new one on its way in September so shouldn't be my problem.
My car was dented round the drivers side rear but it didn't actually look all that bad.
I had a call from my Porsche approved body shop today to tell me that my car would be ready next week and I asked what the cost of repairs had been. I was somewhat shocked to hear that the slow speed rear-end shunt had cost Pounds23,000 that's nearly $50,000 for our US brothers and sisters.
Apparently its quite common on 911s but even a relatively minor rear-end can result in cracks to the cylinder heads which is where some of the cost has obviously gone.
I am now slightly concerned about having had a third of the car's original cost spent on repairing it.
Oh well new one on its way in September so shouldn't be my problem.
But I guess her premium has gone up 30%!
