I'm a dealer for LNE in Austin, Texas.

If you're in the Texas area and are considering the IMSR
or if you've suffered an engine failure and want to pursue
your options. We'd be happy to help you out,

Mike at lone star rpm dot com

Got the call from the dealership and they told me Porsche is willing to cover half the cost of new engine. They gave me an offer I couldn't refuse.

Most positive thing is I'm getting car back end of next week. :dance:

Dickson,

I just read your thread and I feel terrible. That is just brutal! I'm glad to hear that PCNA is going to help you out ... best of luck getting the car back on the road ASAP!

Congrats!! Great news getting the car back on the road so soon!! :cheers:

Half the cost of the engine (including labor?). Isnt half the cost of the engine still around $7k? Guess that's better than no assistance. Glad you at least got some help.

darn good deal. i dont think he was the first owner but what ever he wrote to po sure worked

Well I got 3 options.

1) Find a used engine.
2) Sell the car.
3) Talk to Porsche.

Option 1 - wouldn't give me any confidence at all, since I'm buying a used engine with little history to go with it, not to mention it could have IMS problems unless I put additional money into it. And not to mention the downtime, few months wouldn't be out of the question.

Option 2 - not going to happen. I will get nothing for it and not to mention I still like driving it. :)

Option 3 - most sensible option, since it's a new engine and will have the latest IMS upgrade from the factory. 2 year warranty. No mileage as well which I'm rolling back 68,000 KM.


They might have more incentives to give me a free engine if I'm the first owner and I brought the car to the dealer every single time I needed something done. Would I have done things differently knowing this? Perhaps. I'm just rolling the dice like everyone else and I wouldn't be paranoid over it. But one thing for sure, if the time comes to buy another Boxster it will be a 2009 or newer.

Amen to that! I think a 2010 Cayman S with PDK sound pretty good right about now. If only I could get the my wife to go along with my line or reasoning....

Glad you're seeing light at the end of the tunnel! See you on the road!!!!

Got the car back. Still love it. Got to take it easy for a little while I guess... never break in a new engine before...

The new padded steering wheel I got from Suncoast is pretty awesome.

Congrats!! :cheers:

Yes Congrats! Now only if I could get a new one too....

enjoy your new motor

again, congrats on a good outcome! i always remember your post bec. of the girl in your avatar :)

ekam what an ordeal.......congradulations on a great outcome. I didn't realize that Porsche is now taking some responsibility for our cars! I have not heard anything this positive in a while.

do you know WHY Porsche agreed to foot half the bill?

you were well out of warranty... is this just something you think you were able to obtain because:

a) you knew someone
b) you threatened them with something
c) you were just so nice they felt sorry for you / sob story letter / phone call

OR

are they starting to treat these types of failures differently? your car was "newer" than many of the older 986 here...not sure they would do the same for a 2000... ??

I'm curious..if you know..what it was about your situation that got them to help out financially with it?

glad to hear you have the car back on the road!

Porsche called me old
 

When I began to have engine trouble at 44k miles I called porsche who called the dealership and then called to tell me that my car (2000 Boxster S) was too old and they would not participate even though the mileage was so low. I had no luck complaining further. Now the engine is for sale in the parts section here.

Warranty Good!

I'm sure a newer model year has something to do with it. MTS is the lucky one here who got Porsche goodwill to cover full cost of the engine.

It's actually very surprising, IMO. You were the second owner, and the car was what...2 yrs out of warranty already? Maybe after VW takeover, and hearing all the buzz about these engine failures, they decided on damage control. Or maybe they just like your avatar. :D

Unfortunately, I don't think they're starting to treat these failures [much] differently.

As such, not so sure we'll find out the answers to your questions above either.
Since we haven't heard much of the story other than the car is back w/ new motor and Porsche helped w/ the engine [an offer he couldn't refuse]... I suspect ekam may not freely disclose all the particulars...

If I'm wrong, please tell us, ekam, how you did it ;)

Otherwise, congrats :cheers: