Are You Being Served?

Time to spend some money.

First service interval is at hand. 15,000 kms or one year, whichever comes first. A simple oil change and visual inspection is all, although I use the term 'simple' rather loosely as Porsche charges a full two hours labour to do the job. So it can't be that simple, right? Right?

Let's see: oil and filter costs amount to $135 which is pretty on par with the Hyundai, even cheaper actually, given that I change that oil every 5000 kms at a cost of around $80 for oil and filter each time. The killer is the labour cost - double my regular mechanic, and double the amount of time. So, four times the labour cost. Yikes. But...they are super-specialized mechanics, right? Dealing with something super-complex, right? So worth the hefty labour cost, right? 

Well, actually, on the 4.0 litre, the oil changes are apparently relatively straightforward, as long as you can get at the underneath of the car. Which, thanks to my GTS Chronicles companion and his garage upgrades, not to mention the puck solution we sorted, is now something easy to do.  In fact, the car is designed so that all of the regular maintenance jobs are easy enough if you can get underneath. There are no jobs that require accessing the top of the engine - now that would be a real pain. However, I can't start doing my own maintenance just yet, as that voids the warranty, so I'll have to wait until the three years have passed. Then it will definitely make sense to do my own oil changes. Maybe by then I will have a proper place to do it too!

Anyway, for  now, it's off to the 'stealership' to have the job done before we head out on another lovely road trip to NB, this time with my aunt and uncle in tow, from the UK, guiding them along my pleasant route through the USA to mum and dad's.  

Fresh oil, a welcome destination, and good company. What more could you ask for?

Oh and the Boxster too, right!!

~ Luke