Engine Failure Class Action

[c4s]

As a person who's been on the receiving end of a class action notice I can illuminate a few basic facts...
1. To have a judge certify a class is not easy to do (they don't like to waste the government's time).
2. the majority of class actions never go to trial
3. the lawyers get most of the dough and the class gets peanuts (with the exception of the guy bringing the case on your behalf)
4. this is a pr blemish for Porsche... no more no less

Lastly I know at least ten box/box s owners... no blown engines in my little universe...

[fragdude]

I believe, as stated previously, that this really is capitalism at its best. The fact that someone buys a second hand Porsche and the engine fails sucks. Yes it is second hand and beyond warranty, but it may have a "reasonable" amount of miles on it. I know that on my Honda s2000, which had a complex valve adjusting system, the first tune up was needed at 90,000+ miles.

What makes me say this is capitalism at its best are two facts that come to mind. First is the build quality of 74-77 Porsche 911s. At this period in time Porsche SUCKED. The metallurgy was just flat out bad and the design had serious problems that, IMO, were easy to foresee (i.e. increasing displacement and not increasing heat core size). Porsche worked on it and in 78 the engines were extremely reliable. By 84 the engines with regular maintenance could last 250k+ miles.

Another factoid that came to mind was Mercedes. Around '93 they traded off their extremely high build quality for profits. Since then benzes have sucked IMO. I know plenty of people that have had silly problems with their benzes.

I do think that Porsche is cutting corners with their engines, but not with the cylinder sleeve. That part was fixed. Im more concerned with the IMS bearings.

Do I think Porsche should replace his engine? If the milage was higher than the warranty figure No, but I think they should help OR offer rebuild parts that were defective. One doesn't see many water cooled engines being disassembled because they just get replaced...