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Old 10-12-2007, 11:44 AM   #1
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Porsche NA and the PCA are two different organizations.
PCA or the Porsche Club of America is compromised of all the American owners of Porsche cars, most of whom have owned or will own more than one Porsche.

If I were you I would send a letter to the local PCA and National PCA stating your problem (making sure to note its a low mileage Porsche) and what a disaster your Pooor-sche choice was and that you 1-will beg for assistance on Porsche forums like the PCA's forum, your local PCA's forum, Rennlist,etc. and 2- warn other sports car owners (Corvette, S2000, BMW, Audi,etc.) on their websites.
And of course CC ALL the execs of Porsche NA on the bottom of the letter.

cross your fingers and see if a wealthy Porsche dealer steps up and offers you a credit or some sort of good will.
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Old 10-12-2007, 02:20 PM   #2
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Porsche NA and the PCA are two different organizations.
PCA or the Porsche Club of America is compromised of all the American owners of Porsche cars, most of whom have owned or will own more than one Porsche.

If I were you I would send a letter to the local PCA and National PCA stating your problem (making sure to note its a low mileage Porsche) and what a disaster your Pooor-sche choice was and that you 1-will beg for assistance on Porsche forums like the PCA's forum, your local PCA's forum, Rennlist,etc. and 2- warn other sports car owners (Corvette, S2000, BMW, Audi,etc.) on their websites.
And of course CC ALL the execs of Porsche NA on the bottom of the letter.

cross your fingers and see if a wealthy Porsche dealer steps up and offers you a credit or some sort of good will.
I realized that after re-reading your post. I thought you said Porsche NA and I see you did say PCA. I read too fast. I will shoot PCA a letter as well. Thanks.
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Old 10-12-2007, 03:41 PM   #3
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I got to tell you that I think that Porsche the company is quite the bunch of sleezebags.

It comes directly from Piech, who could not tell the truth if his life depended upon it.

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Old 10-12-2007, 07:32 PM   #4
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I got to tell you that I think that Porsche the company is quite the bunch of sleezebags. It comes directly from Piech, who could not tell the truth if his life depended upon it.
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Old 10-13-2007, 10:02 AM   #5
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After dealing with Porsche, I tend to agree the lies that I encounter at every level. Starting from the service manager to the customer service managers at Porsche headquarters. They all act like they never ever heard of any early engine failures and when you start to mention early engine failures, they say there's no proof. I provided them with message boards, PCA info on slip sleeves, and printouts of the proof. They have all kinds of excuses on why that info is not to be trusted and that it's all hearsay. They act like mine is the 1st early engine failure they ever encountered and tried to lay blame on me and how did they know I didn't drive it hard and damage the engine myself. It's hard to drive it hard, when it barely made it out of the driveway. Every Porsche shop I've called in Houston, said the same thing when I called to see how much they charged for a new engine. They said, "Not another, Porsche needs to provide some compensation for all these engine failures". They obviously know what's going on as well.

It's so funny to look back when I went with my uncle to buy his Porsche Cayman S 3 months ago, after he got the fever riding in my Boxster, that the salesman couldn't stop bragging how they ranked #1 in JD for satisfaction after 90 days of owning a Porsche. I wonder how they would ranked if they took a survey for a longer period of time and whether the customer was satisfied on how things were handled.

I'm taking this as a sign to go ahead and do the 3.4 swap since I was planning to do it 8-12 months from now anyways.

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Old 10-13-2007, 06:08 PM   #6
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Today's car manufacturers are pretty competitive about performance and bargain price. It's not wise to for Porsche to piss off so many people and expect them to buy another porsche or bring word of mouth customers to the door. If I had to do it over again, I'd have bought an M3 or a Corvette. Why gamble on the reliability of a car and then pay a premium for the name, then get treated like an idiot? Lol, imagine being a 911 ower, paying for the "heritage" and then having your engine take a dump.
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Old 10-13-2007, 07:52 PM   #7
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Today's car manufacturers are pretty competitive about performance and bargain price. It's not wise to for Porsche to piss off so many people and expect them to buy another porsche or bring word of mouth customers to the door. If I had to do it over again, I'd have bought an M3 or a Corvette. Why gamble on the reliability of a car and then pay a premium for the name, then get treated like an idiot? Lol, imagine being a 911 ower, paying for the "heritage" and then having your engine take a dump.
It must not really be effecting too many people. Porsche's the most profitable auto company in the world and sales are at an all time high. You'd think if this engine's poor reputation were going to set in, it would have by now.
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