[mjbliemel]

Took the car to the mechanic I found in San Juan Capistrano yesterday. He only works on German cars like BMW, Mercedes and Porsche. Spotless garage, he used to work for Porsche in Germany, apparently also raced for them at one time. So I felt this guy would be the mechanic of choice for me. Good decision. He took care of my problem and now the car feels so much better, no more rattles and of course it rides a lot better now. What it was is that the right rear top shock tower was loose. Unfortunately he does not do alignments, but he knew of a shop close by that does Porsche alignments, so I will have to go and pay them a visit next.

I had mentioned this problem to my dealer here in Carlsbad on two visits (Hoehn Porsche), telling them I wanted them to check the rattle on the convertible top (I thought it had something to do with the top at the time). They never did what I asked them to do for reasons I can't understand. So, last time for Hoehn for me ever. I am never going there again. This shop in SJC is going to be the only one I will let touch my car from now on.

You know, if you have a problem with your car, there is always a solution and I expect the dealer to take whatever steps are necessary to locate the problem and fix it. Don't just blow me off. That sucks.

So, now I have the new Bridgestone SO3s on the car, the shock is attached again as it should be and the car now is again a pleasure to drive. Next -- alignment. It is not terribly misaligned, but I feel with the new tires I should have it done to optimize the driving experience.