NOT A HAPPY BUNNEY

[Kongsodoken]

[]Not me but coming to an OPC near you

Should have brought a 944[]

 

[dereksharpuk]

Oh dear, Mr Porsche will not like that... not a lot...

 

[Craigybaby]

The trailers got nicer wheels than the 911.....soz I've had a drink

 

[Frenchy]

Very true though, cars munching engines from 20k onwards and Porsche burying their heads in the sand except in the USA where the owners were paid out, as read somewhere the British will just stand in queue !
I had a Audi S4 which required 2 new exhaust manifolds which failed due to a shit design TBH, 2k fix, again the customers in the states were sorted out but not in the UK, except me who went to take them on for costs on the basis of "the sales of goods act"
I never got to court as they paid out as they did not want to go to court as if awarded to me it would have "set presedent" and cost them a fortune UK wide.
If my 997 suffers bore scores and requires a new engine or whatever is required i will be taking them on, hope it does not get to that but if it does........................I will be making it known to them [] [:javascript:void(AddText('[]'))@]

 

[ChasR]

Porsche are not the only ones, there are plenty of examples.

Google 'B6 Passat Steering Lock Malfunction' Not only can you not start the car, the car can cut out at random times and be completely immobilised (I mean completely since the handbrake will not disengage!). The cost? Via a dealer or specialist, around £300 as a best case scenario, or £1k if your convenience module needs changing to accept the revised steering lock and module (OK it is not Porsche money, but it is still quite a sum for a simple but common fault which can render a car unusable.

That is before I get to 2.0 PD engines with porous heads etc.

 

[Frenchy]

10k for a 997 engine though Chas.
I will have my car serviced well before the daft 2 year thing that Porsche have brought in, the previous owner has had 12 monthly services also, his will back up my claim should it have to happen.

 

[Ex Skyline]

Why do you buy these over priced "heaps"? [8|]

 

[leepox]

Talking about my dad's CLS... not as bad as the engineer who decided on a certain seal for the intake just before the turbo. 1. The seal material was actually getting eaten by the oil. Wrong material. 2. The oil cannot be avoided as they pipe breather oil through the whole thing. 3. A plastic duct beside a hot turbo???? 4. Butterfly valves just below that seal where the oil leaks to.

The seal was literally hanging and the turbo could have easily eaten the damn thing. The oil leak in the end costed a lot to repair as items downstream had to be replaced because of the oil leak.

All because of a £5 seal that is not up for the job. For a car that costs a lot of money I would have thought that the engineering would be bullet proof.