Dispeling M96 engine rumors

[GEARHEADTX]

I am new to the forum and owner of 2003 Boxster. I was fully aware of the IMS shaft failure issue when I purchased the car used. I am also an engineer and in my line of work, statistics mean a lot. In many discussions on this topic, I have seen many sad stories as I am sure I would have shared if I had experienced the same problem but what is missing in these stories are the condition of the car, service history, and statistics regarding this problem. I realize we all hold a very high expectation for these cars given their pedigree and the company claims however, they are much better in terms of design compared to other cars in their class. No one has really shared the statistics of this problem and conditions under which this problem occurs. I am sure if you browsed the internet, you would find similar or comparable stories of failures in other high marquee cars such as BMW and Mercedes. Ferrrari's are notorious for failures but people buy and drive them because of what they are not because of how many times they have to fix them.

[Brucelee]

No stats available.

Who would supply them Porsche?

[mikefocke]

Publishing stats would be like admitting there was a problem, they were aware of it, and they were tracking it.

And it would be raw meat for plaintiff's lawyers and salespersons of competing brands.

Not to mention I don't know of another company who has made public such statistics except while under lawsuit from a well financed legal team.

I don't think we'll ever learn em.

[jmatta]

What ever happened to Brian Porsche Tech, AKA "The Phantom"?

2 posts and gone (or lurking under another name, yet again?)

[Steve Tinker]

Originally Posted by jmatta

What ever happened to Brian Porsche Tech, AKA "The Phantom"?

2 posts and gone (or lurking under another name, yet again?)

I was just thinking the same as I re-read this thread.
Sure caused a stir and then poooffff, vanished - only to start somewhere else...........

[Paul]

Or perhaps it's because no one on this board believes anything from old Porsche techs especially when they have no agenda and nothing to sell.

[Boxtaboy]

Yep. I think he was only trying to help out and explain things as he saw it from his perspective. If no one wanted to listen, then fine...no sweat off his back. Personally, I'm glad he posted.