Blown Engine

[sp330]

To the OP: I'm glad you got it sorted out. But since this is your wife's car, I suggest parting with it asap namely to prevent any worrying on her part.

I plan on getting a new Boxster soon. Engine failure doesn't particularly worry me, as the driving experience it offers is absolutely unparalleled (at least in that brief test drive it did).

My two burning questions are:

Which dealers in the Pennsylvania/New Jersey/Delaware area do you guys recommend?

What exactly constitutes as abuse?

I drive my cars hard though I take very good care of them (slightly more regular oil changes, premium gasoline [you'd be surprised at how many people fill up regular in cars that require premium), timely replacement of any necessary parts etc).

I've heard BMW owners that have two keys, using one to drive, and one to give to the dealer upon servicing (as the information about driving habits is recorded on the keys).

Does it work like that for Porsche?

[nickg]

Originally Posted by sp330

To the OP: I'm glad you got it sorted out. But since this is your wife's car, I suggest parting with it asap namely to prevent any worrying on her part.

I plan on getting a new Boxster soon. Engine failure doesn't particularly worry me, as the driving experience it offers is absolutely unparalleled (at least in that brief test drive it did).

My two burning questions are:

Which dealers in the Pennsylvania/New Jersey/Delaware area do you guys recommend?

What exactly constitutes as abuse?

I drive my cars hard though I take very good care of them (slightly more regular oil changes, premium gasoline [you'd be surprised at how many people fill up regular in cars that require premium), timely replacement of any necessary parts etc).

I've heard BMW owners that have two keys, using one to drive, and one to give to the dealer upon servicing (as the information about driving habits is recorded on the keys).

Does it work like that for Porsche?

i have had very good dealings with Newton motorsports, the service manager (Brian Carter) has taken good care of me, they are a small dealer...but they do alot of porsche work
The driving habits are definetly stored in the computer, not the key

[Adam]

Maybe it's just me, but I don't think 18 days is out of line at all for a complete engine replacement. It's not like they have rebuilt boxster engines just sitting there at the dealer just ready to install. They have to special order these...probably from Germany and then install it. Frankly, I'm surprised it didn't take longer to get the car back. I think somebody needs a reality check.

[randijo]

Originally Posted by Adam

Maybe it's just me, but I don't think 18 days is out of line at all for a complete engine replacement. It's not like they have rebuilt boxster engines just sitting there at the dealer just ready to install. They have to special order these...probably from Germany and then install it. Frankly, I'm surprised it didn't take longer to get the car back. I think somebody needs a reality check.

It took the dealership 10 days just to determine what was wrong and get Porsche to OK an engine replacement. The service manager told us the engine "was available", whatever that means. It only took 6 more days to get the engine and install it. That 6 days included 4 days the service department was closed for the Thanksgiving weekend. It then took 2 more days to fix the damage they did to the paint.

Optimum service would have been 1 day to figure out what was wrong, 1 day to get the OK from Porsche for engine replacement, 2 days to procure the engine and install it. 4 days altogether.

Originally Posted by randijo

It took the dealership 10 days just to determine what was wrong and get Porsche to OK an engine replacement. The service manager told us the engine "was available", whatever that means. It only took 6 more days to get the engine and install it. That 6 days included 4 days the service department was closed for the Thanksgiving weekend. It then took 2 more days to fix the damage they did to the paint.

Optimum service would have been 1 day to figure out what was wrong, 1 day to get the OK from Porsche for engine replacement, 2 days to procure the engine and install it. 4 days altogether.

And a sweet demo to use during the interval.

[Dr. Kill]

Randijo,

Is your wife "Lou" from your other post?

[randijo]

Originally Posted by Dr. Kill

Randijo,

Is your wife "Lou" from your other post?

Actually, I am Lou, and my wife is Randi Jo. It's confusing because we share the same forum username.

Good rip there TP, I sold my spider years ago the one I retain is still my dad's currently. I think NJ is right, What I like about the '71 is the hood is not "humped" and the chrome bumpers are not shock mounted. Seventy four was the last good year, then the five mile an hour bumpers killed the car, too much unsprung weight and no power offset. My future 71 is rot free, on my X/19 (used) the original small black, useless bumpers rotted off Fiat used some seriously poor quality steel...

TP have you ever seen the Abarth fiats? We wrenched on the aluminum abarth known as the "double bubble" they were lightweight racers. Man did they sound and look cool. Lastly, I had a chance when I had no money to buy a Dino Spyder for only six grand, that's right kids, a twin cam Ferrari 160 HP in a Spyder. I recently saw one sell on the bay for north of 50 g's...

PS FIAT Trivia the X/19 was marketed the first year of it's production as "the Porsche killer". Those crazy Italians, I can say that I'm100%.

[randijo]

Originally Posted by xusmnimij

And a sweet demo to use during the interval.

I forgot to mention that after keeping our car for 16 days and admitting they had scratched up the paint, the dealership finally offered us a loaner. They offered us an Enterprise rental car.
We bought a Porsche because we wanted to drive a Porsche! If we wanted to drive a basic econobox, we would have bought one in the first place. We did without the rental car.

Originally Posted by randijo

I forgot to mention that after keeping our car for 16 days and admitting they had scratched up the paint, the dealership finally offered us a loaner. They offered us an Enterprise rental car.
We bought a Porsche because we wanted to drive a Porsche! If we wanted to drive a basic econobox, we would have bought one in the first place. We did without the rental car.

That's discouraging to read, as I said before, Porsche needs to exert more authoritay on their dealer channel.