[Brucelee]

"******************** all you want about Porsche, but to me it just sounds like you're scapegoating them for an industry-wide issue"

I not sure I agree with this statement. Based on what little data we actually get from "independent" sources, industry defects are way down, not up. This is at least true for initial ownership experiences. Longer term data is harder to come by for sure.

I think these data vary widely by manufacturer and to my knowledge, makers like Mercedes Benz have had a marked decline in quality over the years (this was actually admitted by the former CEO of MB just before they fired his sorry butt),

Others like Toyota, Honda and even Cadillac have improved over the years.

I think the thing that rankles me about Porsche is design flaws that go uncorrected for a decade on a car that costs so much. C'mon guys, don't you know anything about a flat six by now?

It is NOT unreasonable to expect that Porsche could fix a RMS design flawor makes changes that allow brand new engine to avoid a IMS failure.

I DON'T think we are asking for the moon. Take away the big stuff and I think we can all breathe a bit easier.