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Jaak · 10-07-2009, 07:03 AM

In my case I bought the car knowing the motor is shot and needs a rebuild (PO overfilled with 4 litres of oil). Here I am lucky as my friend owns an Independant P-Car shop and has sent it out to be rebuilt. His source has been doing Porsche & other high end names for over 20 years. I weight the "fresh crated" from the dealer VS rebuild and decided the rebuild will have 2009 upgrades done to it.

The 3.2 MY2002 from Porsche will be one they have sitting "on the shelf" and not had any updates done to it. It would cost them too much to tear it apart and provide a fix. Rebuilt would be a better option as the latest updates will be installed.

10-07-2009, 07:03 AM	#57
Jaak Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 173	In my case I bought the car knowing the motor is shot and needs a rebuild (PO overfilled with 4 litres of oil). Here I am lucky as my friend owns an Independant P-Car shop and has sent it out to be rebuilt. His source has been doing Porsche & other high end names for over 20 years. I weight the "fresh crated" from the dealer VS rebuild and decided the rebuild will have 2009 upgrades done to it. The 3.2 MY2002 from Porsche will be one they have sitting "on the shelf" and not had any updates done to it. It would cost them too much to tear it apart and provide a fix. Rebuilt would be a better option as the latest updates will be installed. __________________ 2002 Boxster S Seal Grey 2010 Ford F150 FX4 Luxury Retired after 38 years with the same company.