I think my engine just took a #$%!! - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Brucelee · 10-12-2007, 04:41 PM

I got to tell you that I think that Porsche the company is quite the bunch of sleezebags.

It comes directly from Piech, who could not tell the truth if his life depended upon it.

brp987 · 10-12-2007, 08:32 PM

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I got to tell you that I think that Porsche the company is quite the bunch of sleezebags. It comes directly from Piech, who could not tell the truth if his life depended upon it.

do tell...

smiledrs · 10-13-2007, 11:02 AM

After dealing with Porsche, I tend to agree the lies that I encounter at every level. Starting from the service manager to the customer service managers at Porsche headquarters. They all act like they never ever heard of any early engine failures and when you start to mention early engine failures, they say there's no proof. I provided them with message boards, PCA info on slip sleeves, and printouts of the proof. They have all kinds of excuses on why that info is not to be trusted and that it's all hearsay. They act like mine is the 1st early engine failure they ever encountered and tried to lay blame on me and how did they know I didn't drive it hard and damage the engine myself. It's hard to drive it hard, when it barely made it out of the driveway. Every Porsche shop I've called in Houston, said the same thing when I called to see how much they charged for a new engine. They said, "Not another, Porsche needs to provide some compensation for all these engine failures". They obviously know what's going on as well.

It's so funny to look back when I went with my uncle to buy his Porsche Cayman S 3 months ago, after he got the fever riding in my Boxster, that the salesman couldn't stop bragging how they ranked #1 in JD for satisfaction after 90 days of owning a Porsche. I wonder how they would ranked if they took a survey for a longer period of time and whether the customer was satisfied on how things were handled.

I'm taking this as a sign to go ahead and do the 3.4 swap since I was planning to do it 8-12 months from now anyways.

hdpt73 · 10-13-2007, 07:08 PM

Today's car manufacturers are pretty competitive about performance and bargain price. It's not wise to for Porsche to piss off so many people and expect them to buy another porsche or bring word of mouth customers to the door. If I had to do it over again, I'd have bought an M3 or a Corvette. Why gamble on the reliability of a car and then pay a premium for the name, then get treated like an idiot? Lol, imagine being a 911 ower, paying for the "heritage" and then having your engine take a dump.

blue2000s · 10-13-2007, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by hdpt73

Today's car manufacturers are pretty competitive about performance and bargain price. It's not wise to for Porsche to piss off so many people and expect them to buy another porsche or bring word of mouth customers to the door. If I had to do it over again, I'd have bought an M3 or a Corvette. Why gamble on the reliability of a car and then pay a premium for the name, then get treated like an idiot? Lol, imagine being a 911 ower, paying for the "heritage" and then having your engine take a dump.

It must not really be effecting too many people. Porsche's the most profitable auto company in the world and sales are at an all time high. You'd think if this engine's poor reputation were going to set in, it would have by now.

Tool Pants · 10-13-2007, 10:55 PM

Wendelin Wiedeking must be an amazing person.

In the mid-90s Porsche sold very few cars. In some of the books it is said the company was on the verge of bankruptcy, or being taken over. I would joke that Honda made more cars in 1 hour than Porsche sold for the entire year.

Porsche is still in small company, with lots of cash. It now owns 31% of VW.

The Boxster turned the company around. It was a big seller for such a little company. To keep up with demand production was out-sourced to Finland for model year 1998. Not that it matters, but that was the same year defective engine blocks were sleeved, to keep up with production of a fast selling product.

When I started Boxstering there was no truck. Now there is going to be a sedan. If you believe what you read, most of the profits these days come from the sale of the truck, the Cayenne.

Porsche is going to be the next BMW. Porsche does not care if you ever buy another car from them - there is someone standing in line behind you. In my mind this loyalty thing to the brand is a one way street.

Brucelee · 10-14-2007, 09:01 AM

It is a mistake to assume that the present extends in a straight line into the future.

Porsche is having a good run, hats off to them.

Never piss off the customer. It ALWAYS cost you something, even if you can't measure it.

IBM, GM, Motorola, Sears, should I go on? Arthur Anderson, Digital Computers etc etc.