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vijen6, sorry for the sarcasm. Jake said he had 11,000 photos of engine failures that if posted on the internet would tank the value of our cars, just like a class action suit or 60 minutes expose would, according to Jake, "obliterate" the value of our cars. It seems that every engine failure thread on a porsche forum is hyped with a "sky is falling" attitude and the inevitable posts by Jake and his vocal supporters that his "fix" is the holy grail. I don't understand why Jake's decision to take a risk, make an investment and profit from his work is regarded as admirable while attorneys who are investigating the possibility of taking Porsche to task are derided as slimy, greedy, flea bags. The last time I checked, Jake isn't doing anything for free (and shouldn't) and his work has not resulted in Porsche refunding a single dollar to anyone who bought a defective car. I recall that a class action suit involving the Allante resulted in Cadillac issuing fully assignable, transferable coupons for $7000 off the purchase of a new Caddy. BMW issued 6 year, 100,000 mile warranties on defective engines after legal action was initiated. Don't let anyone fool you. If there were grounds to file a class action, it would have been done, with or without Jake's cooperation, long ago. Likewise, if there were anywhere near 11,000 IMS bearing failures, the value of our cars would have been reduced to zero long ago and there would be broken down porsches littering our highways and the junkyards would be overflowing with them. I have been following the bearing failure issue for years as I have owned cars with affected engines continuously since 2003. As far as I can remember, no one has even determined the reason the bearings are failing. I have read much supposition and guessing but nothing concrete. If Jake knows the reason for the failures, he's not telling, and neither is anyone else.
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