Turbo Face-Lift Caught On Test
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Most disappointing if this marginal increase in power really is the case, and changing to a cheaper base engine that still has reliabilty issues. I cannot see this small increase being enough to stave off the Nissan as it actually betters the GT2. With only 700 available (therefore more exclusive) and at half the price (and 3 years warranty instead of only 2), it seems to have Porsche ownership looking more and more less favourable.
The least I was hoping for was a development of the GT2 engine into the Turbo. ie an X50 kit plus a bit more.
Porsche must be looking to invest in futures again next year rather than car development. (Was is 3.2b from investments and only1b from car manufacturing??)
The least I was hoping for was a development of the GT2 engine into the Turbo. ie an X50 kit plus a bit more.
Porsche must be looking to invest in futures again next year rather than car development. (Was is 3.2b from investments and only1b from car manufacturing??)
sawood12
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Crickey, you can at least wait a bit until there is some evidence to back this claim up. How many of the new Gen 2 engines have suffered the same problems as the previous engine? How many have suffered any problems at all? It's off the cuff comments like this that gave the previous unit a worse rep than it deserved - the stats show it was ultimately a very reliable engine.
sawood12
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Well all the 'stats' i've read in the public domain about Porsches (and i'm discounting things like Pistonheads Forum poll as it's not exactly un-biased) all seem to agree that Porsches still deserve their reputation for exceptional reliability. Nothing man-made or mechanical can be 100% reliable so i'm not disputing there havn't been cars that have failed, but relative to the size of the population out there the occurances of failures appear to be 'acceptably' low or favourable in comparison to issues other cars suffer.
I wouldn't consider RMS to be a reliability issue in terms of overall engine reliability in that it's not an issue that will leave you broken down on the side of the road. It is an annoyance and unfortunately has cost people money, and it is a shame Porsche hasn't stepped upto the plate in dealing with the issue, but it is not a reliability issue - The engine works perfectly fine, it just leaks a bit of oil as all previous models of Porsche have done in the past and have been accepted as being just a quirk of Porsches. Also I know of about 20 people who have Boxsters/Caymans and 996's at work and when i've asked them if they've had any oil leak problems not one of them has suffered so much as a drop of oil on their drive. Not a large and statistically significant population I grant you, but if RMS was such an eppidemic as some would have us believe, then i'd have though i'd have thought that at least one of those people would have suffered.
It just 'feels' to me that the problem that Porshce related forums like to highlight don't feel to be as widespread when you look at other non-Porsche specific forums and publications who generally still regard Porsches as being bullet-proof.
I wouldn't consider RMS to be a reliability issue in terms of overall engine reliability in that it's not an issue that will leave you broken down on the side of the road. It is an annoyance and unfortunately has cost people money, and it is a shame Porsche hasn't stepped upto the plate in dealing with the issue, but it is not a reliability issue - The engine works perfectly fine, it just leaks a bit of oil as all previous models of Porsche have done in the past and have been accepted as being just a quirk of Porsches. Also I know of about 20 people who have Boxsters/Caymans and 996's at work and when i've asked them if they've had any oil leak problems not one of them has suffered so much as a drop of oil on their drive. Not a large and statistically significant population I grant you, but if RMS was such an eppidemic as some would have us believe, then i'd have though i'd have thought that at least one of those people would have suffered.
It just 'feels' to me that the problem that Porshce related forums like to highlight don't feel to be as widespread when you look at other non-Porsche specific forums and publications who generally still regard Porsches as being bullet-proof.
Can't seem to open and or see the pics.
They did work when posted Des, but now they seem to no longer work.
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