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Originally Posted by landrovered
Ok, lets pretend that a class action is filed, everyone that bought a M96 gets $400 and Porsche declares bankruptcy. Would that make everyone feel better? What do you saber rattlers really want other than to ******************** and moan and complain?
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Yes. If everyone who bought an M96 gets $400 and Porsche declares bankruptcy, so be it. They are no different than any other big corporation. Too bad so sad.
Of course, your Armageddon scenario would never happen, because (a) Porsche is rich as he!! and paying $400 per customer would be chump change for them, and (b) because they would settle for providing an extended warranty (that they ought to have done in the first place). The extended warranty would cost them nothing if the IMS is really as trouble free as certain people seem to believe. Yeah, the IMS is just a great engineering design. Because there were no IMS problems, Porsche itself changed the design over and over before abandoning it altogether. Uh huh.
These cars are not well engineered and the company has piss-poor customer relations. They deserve what they get. It's not just the IMS, it's also D-chunks and slipped sleeves on the old ones, and now oil starvation and scored cylinders on the new ones. It's installing seatbacks on the 986 that are so short that tall people can hit their head directly on the rollbar in a rear-end collision. It's steering that can't make a sharp turn in reverse in winter without making a sound like an explosion. It's frunks that can't open to replace a dead battery without a huge rigamarole -- because they opted for an electronic opener instead of a simple wire. It's convertible tops on the 986 that can't fold if the temperature is cold because the cheap SOBs put a plastic window -- same technology as a 1960 MGB. It's the dealer who delivers your brand new car with cosmoline on the wheels and then the service manager tells you (after keeping the car all day) that you have to have another appointment to have the wheels repainted (it's OK, another forum taught me to fix that myself!).
IMHO they get by with murder because they produce a good-looking, fun car to drive and they've got a great publicity department, but legend notwithstanding, they are not just Hans and Dieter working in a garage to build cars for the benefit of all mankind. They are just another big corporation out to maximize their profits, and they actually brag that they are the most profitable car company in the world. And they are doing it unhindered because of the attitude of certain people who buy into the hype, overlook all their faults, cover for them, and actually feel sorry for them if anyone suggests they actually take responsibility for their own actions. It's pathetic, but it's the power of hype.