[mach schnell]

Randall - I know that getting down to the bottom of this vibration problem is not going to be easy (but, who knows, maybe the big overseer of all that happens on this planet will throw another pigeon into demise - like into the mechanics head - and a mild concussion will spark the otherwise lowly motivated porsche mechanic to actually discover something...). However, this is a matter that i will pursue to great lengths. i figure, if anything, the dealer will get tired of paying for my loaner car, since they will have my car often if the vibration is not fixed, that they will begin actually searching for the culprit.

on the other hand, if i fail with them, perhaps i'll try an independent certified porsche mechanic - see what he finds - and then take that info back to porsche. - only thing is, i can't justify at all, having to pay out of my pocket for warranty issues - that's why i bought a new car and not a used one. need to find out if i the cost of seeing an independent cert mech will be reimbursed by porsche (yeah, right!)

i've had my vw beetle for over 3 years - have over $5000 in modifications to it - driven it across the country once - and have only had to take it in for a warranty issue, 1 time. it has always started and always gotten me to where i want to go. sure it has some little rattles here and there - but hell it's a less than $20k car - i'll forgive that. maybe i'm being more picky with the porsche - but i think that is justified. i really wonder now, would i have made a better choice either buying a G35 or 350Z (thereby avoiding quality/mechanical issues) or should i have opted for a used 911 or m3 (as were my original intentions - decided against, thinking that warranty and mechanical issues would be avoided with a new German car), since it looks like i'll be dealing with this problem anyway?

the final thought, as painful as it will be to follow through (ya know, like the wounded little kid who has been bragging and bragging about how good his hero is, only to have to admit that maybe his hero is not that above average...) is that i let the car go and maybe take up the porsche dream a little later in the medical career when i have more disposable income to throw to such "common" issues that are perhaps part of owning such 'fine' german metal! i hate to sound like a fair weather porsche owner, but it really is hard to have feelings of excitement (and security) in a car that you constantly doubt its integrity!

alas, i yearn for the lazy hours of the weekend, yet yearn for monday to arrive, as the future may reveal ones fate...