I resectfully disagree with your use of the term hysteria. The water cooled boxer engine has had issues from day 1 and it is 11 yrs later. Guys are STILL reporting cratered engines on cars that are still under warranty.
What does that suggest about the company?
Back when I was dealing Porsches (several years ago) the local Porsche service manager was just plain candid about the engines.
"Great performance, built like s**t!"
His words, not mine. I can tell you that this dealership has about 14 repair bays and 14 lifts that remove engine/trans units. I was constantly amazed at how many of these cars on any given day had the whole unit out of the car.
RMS, bad engine, whatever.
The SM told me that apparently the factory thought it was cheaper to replace than to reengineer the engine.
Go figure?
