50,000 miles of 987S

[vincesf]

Well, you certainly had your share of issues with the car, but the problems appear to be less serious than my first year Porsche Cayenne (engine replacement at 18,000 miles, etc). I'm also impressed that you worked out a longer warranty with PCMA - Good job. In contrast, I have owned my '08 987 S for almost one year and the only item(s) I needed were routine oil changes, and to say I am very pleased with the car would be an understatement.
You state that you are still enamored with your car, but my question is, knowing what you know now, would you have still purchased the car?
vincesf

[eslai]

Interesting question. The answer is "yes". I can't imagine having gone these past three years with anything different.

But, that answer could have been "no" were I a different person. If I were my mother, for instance, I'd say "no".

I think the ownership experience could have been very different were I not a gearhead already that had worked on cars and owned Real Clunkers before. As much as I wasn't impressed that the car had so many issues, Porsche handled them in the appropriate manner and mostly, the car has been solid.

And yes, no engine problems. That's been a big relief. The transmission had me very very puzzled though.

Great right-up, Eslai. Very thorough as always. I expect to have your mileage in about 2 more driving seasons.

[TriGem2k]

Eslai,

Great write up. One thing that would be interesting to find out is how much $$$ was spent on warranty work. When I purchased my 986 I received a 5 year 60k warranty from the factory as incentive. From date of purchase to end of warranty the dealer racked in about $35k from Porsche for my claims/repairs.

You can get this information from your service advisor.

Its nice to see a 987 wtih 50k miles.

~James

[Tool Pants]

How do you take care of a no front plate ticket in San Diego County?

How much did you really pay for that silver gas cap?

[eslai]

Originally Posted by Tool Pants

How do you take care of a no front plate ticket in San Diego County?

How much did you really pay for that silver gas cap?

1. Normally you put the plate on, go to the Police/Sheriff/CHP, show them the plate on the car and they sign off the ticket. I've found in two cases now that when the CHP write something in on your ticket, it doesn't seem to get into their systems. I have ignored a smog referee write-up from the CHP once in the past with no ill effects and there was never any mention of my front-plate write up on the Boxster. I imagine the system isn't set up very well to handle these cases.

2. I really paid "zero" I guess. When I first bought the car, Pioneer Centres gave me a $50 gift certificate to their parts counter. At the time I didn't see how I could possibly spend any money on additions to such a perfect order, so I just blew the ticket on the gas cap. LOL WHOOPS.

Suffice to say I've added a few useless things over time:

1. Bling Bling Gas Cap
2. PCM
3. Red seat belts
4. Sport steering wheel
5. 18" cayman wheels
6. Leather-trimmed Cayman gauge hood
7. Leather-trimmed center console stack sides
8. Alumalook-painted lower side mirror arms
9. Side pocket umbrella. In SoCal.

All except 1, 2, 3, and 9 were second-hand at least...well I did have to buy an airbag for the steering wheel.

Talk about burning money. I'm retarded. But look!! I didn't buy the chrome exhaust tips!!!

Can you tell I'm not married?

[vincesf]

Originally Posted by eslai

1.
Talk about burning money ...... But look!! I didn't buy the chrome exhaust tips!!!

I resemble that remark!! Note the chrome exhaust tips.

Glad to hear that you would still have purchased the car, knowing what you know now.

vincesf