IMS facebook webpage against Porsche failure - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Jake Raby · 01-06-2011, 08:42 AM

I don't know why everyone gets so caught up in percentages... To create a percentage thats anywhere near accurate an EXACT production number must be known as well as an exact failure number.. Neither of those can even come close to being calculated..

At any rate, I saw the FB page and it reminded me that I needed to start one for Flat 6, so i am working on that now.. It'll give a good place for us to post updates as they occur and host the pics we want to share quickly.. I'll be uploading pics all damn day now!

yelojkt · 01-06-2011, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Jake Raby

I don't know why everyone gets so caught up in percentages... To create a percentage thats anywhere near accurate an EXACT production number must be known as well as an exact failure number.. Neither of those can even come close to being calculated..

So true. Thus I stated "I wonder where they got their 20% from?" There is no way anyone could possibly know any numbers. But that doesn't stop them from stating it as a matter-of-fact.

lifeisgood · 01-06-2011, 09:52 AM

Like I've said they only got 13 members on the FB page.

kx9862002 · 01-06-2011, 11:52 AM

true. they only have 13mems

:ah:

Adam · 01-06-2011, 12:19 PM

20% LOL. I bet it's closer to 2%. Porsche produced about 250,000 986's alone. If it was anywhere near 20% there would be 100 new posts on here everyday from people with actual failures and Porsche would have a serious problem on their hands. And their Facebook page would have a heck of a lot more than 13 members lol. If people are so damned worried about it either sell the car or take it to Raby. It's pretty simple really.

WhipE350 · 01-06-2011, 06:15 PM

Let me change the channel and see what fear GB is stirring up. At 20% I think I'm going to hire a couple of great mechanics and make my million in the first year. Not doubting there is a flaw and I will check my filter regularly...but let's see if I can service 10% of 40,000 or 15 cars a day at $250.00 a car I would get my million. Really all kidding aside, hope I'm not in the %2. Cheers!!

Paul · 01-06-2011, 09:02 PM

The reality is that if it happens to a 986 it is basically totaled from a financial view point.

I've told customers to avoid cars in the 80,000 to 120,000 mile range for years, once again I should have followed my own advice and traded my 01 in for a new car. I just don't want to part with a car that Peter Porsche autographed.

Jake puts up with a lot of comments from owners like me and others, but in the end, he is one of the few guys that actually cares enough about this problem to develop a fix.

For me, my very successful years owning and beating Porsches without an engine failure made me delay doing what I knew I should do. That and being way too busy....