HELP!! Just blew engine, need your help please!

[23109VC]

this whole engine failure - big $$ costs is freakin' scary.

i swear, if I'm driving along and my car makes this horrible noise and the motor shuts off and I'm at enough speed, I'm going to aim for a parked car and have a crash - maybe i'll get lucky and do enough body damage to total my car..

okay, i'm just kidding, but seriously, i'm sure there are a lot of people who just flat out wish their car was stolen, vandalized, or otherwise damaged in some "act of God" that triggers their auto insurance....

i looked into trying to get insurance coverage for JUST the catastrophic motor failure - you can't get it from your auto policy - and the dealers still want a ton for that coverage.

what if you park it at your house - and even though it's got a blwno motor - someone stole it.....

[Boxtaboy]

Originally Posted by 23109VC

i swear, if I'm driving along and my car makes this horrible noise and the motor shuts off and I'm at enough speed, I'm going to aim for a parked car and have a crash - maybe i'll get lucky and do enough body damage to total my car..

LOL. That is too funny man.

[djomlas]

if my engine ever blew, i would just get a used one on ebay, wouldnt even mess with paying 17k for something like that...quick 3-4k fix compared to 17

sorry to hear it tho man, hopefully they will take it and warrant it

[FrayAdjacent]

It still sucks that Porsche won't cover at least some of the cost of something they either didn't design well, or didn't build well. Failed IMS is a common failure mode for our engines. This has to be something Porsche is responsible for.

[BoxsterLewis]

I called my warranty company and it seems like they do not care I did my own oil change, as long as it was done is what they wanted to see. So far so good, they said they just have to send an inspector out to make sure the engine was blown..We shall see!!!!