Need to find a Porsche Specialist - Northants

[Zooneycat]

Hello!

Newbie here!

My hubby bought a 996 through an add off here about 5 weeks ago. We
need to get the drivers side strut done, as it makes a fair bit of a knocking sound if you go over a bumpy lane (The OPC have also confirmed it needs changing).

So we need to find a Porsche Specialist in or around Northamptonshire. The OPC have told us they will change them both at the same time, and have quoted us around £1k to do this, but the other strut was changed not so long ago. The guy we bought it from in Nottingham got a quote off his specialist and was quoted £330 (a far better price, i think you'll agree!)

Any help would be greatly received!

[968csreading]

You could try this lot. Based in Silverstone

www.weltmeister.co.uk/

[domster]

Or Andy Fearns, who used to work there (and who gets a name check in this month's Evo as he's looking after Richard Meaden's 964RS)... 07730 989 895.

[Zooneycat]

Thanks we'll give those a call!

[ed]

Or try Autobahn in Coventry. Father inlaw's 996 was very well looked after by them.

[Zooneycat]

We went to Autobahn to look for a car, and they blatently ignored us for at least 30 minutes, before fobbing us off with some heap they thought would be of interest.

I wouldn't go back there ever again.

[Lurking Lawyer]

Autobahn don't actually do the servicing/repair work themselves though - they have an affiliated specialist, PCT, next door. MIght be worth doing a search to see whether there are any posts about PCT before you discount them completely.

[Fatboy]

Lurking Lawyer said:

Autobahn don't actually do the servicing/repair work themselves though - they have an affiliated specialist, PCT, next door. MIght be worth doing a search to see whether there are any posts about PCT before you discount them completely.

Just to echo that - Autobahn and PCT share a site, but they are not the same company AFAIK - Autobahn Sales, PCT maintenance.

I can highly reccommend PCT for service - they've done a few things on mine, and have been brilliant every time. They're my first choice for anything Pork related I can't do myself.

[sidned]

Try Templeton's in Rushden. They are not Porsche specialists, but regularly work on them and other exotica such as Ferrari. They only charge £40 per hour and they serviced my neighbours 996 last month and he was very happy. I used them to service my 3.2 and they did a fantastic job replacing the oil retrun pipes on my 964. They are replacing my clutch on my 993 next week and have quoted about £320 plus VAT (I'm supplyng the parts courtesy of eBay!). Their number is 01933 355435.

[shoestring7]

This lot are pretty local - I used them for an inspection and they seemed to know their stull. All ex-Porsche dealer if I remember correctly:

www.zentrum.co.uk/


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