The alpha and the omega

[Finallygottaporsche]

RMS - all years
Cylinder Liners - 98-99
Intermediate Shaft - 02 and up

i guess youre screwed no matter what

[spine911]

Originally Posted by Finallygottaporsche

RMS - all years
Cylinder Liners - 98-99
Intermediate Shaft - 02 and up

i guess youre screwed no matter what

I second that.... After owning 5 Porsches and other euro makes(BMW, MB, Land Rover, VW), i can safely say that the overall quality of Euro cars are just deteriorating over the years. If it is reliability you are looking for, id definitely switch to Japanese engineering(Toyota/Lexus, Honda, etc...). It is really a sad trend.

[Brucelee]

Originally Posted by spine911

I second that.... After owning 5 Porsches and other euro makes(BMW, MB, Land Rover, VW), i can safely say that the overall quality of Euro cars are just deteriorating over the years. If it is reliability you are looking for, id definitely switch to Japanese engineering(Toyota/Lexus, Honda, etc...). It is really a sad trend.

I do think the German car makers have serious quality issues and I am not talking loose cupholders or a rattle or two.

This is too bad, as they DO make wonderful cars to drive.

This has been happening for many years and does NOT appear to be an diminishing problem for them.

Now that Lexus has targetted Europe ........

[Perfectlap]

Originally Posted by Finallygottaporsche

RMS - all years
Cylinder Liners - 98-99
Intermediate Shaft - 02 and up

i guess youre screwed no matter what

sounds like a 2000-2001 Boxster is the sweet spot
(for avoiding the statistical possibility of a major engine failure)

[denverpete]

Originally Posted by Finallygottaporsche

RMS - all years
Cylinder Liners - 98-99
Intermediate Shaft - 02 and up

i guess youre screwed no matter what

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

sounds like a 2000-2001 Boxster is the sweet spot
(for avoiding the statistical possibility of a major engine failure)

I've heard so many "explanations" about cylinder liners, intermediate shafts, what causes the problem, and their "effective" dates. I call B.S.

I've seen and heard about way too many intermediate shaft failures from 97 - 2003. This is NOT limited to 02 and up.

What pisses me off about all of this is that I found a really nice '03 S and the only thing keeping me from it is the thought of another engine failure - this time out of warranty.

[Finallygottaporsche]

i love driving German cars. Porsches and BMWs communicate with the driver in a way that very few cars do. i will continue to drive German cars
for the time being because of performance. i will just try to drive cars that are still under warranty so there is no engine reaplacement issue to deal with.

[Brucelee]

Originally Posted by Finallygottaporsche

i love driving German cars. Porsches and BMWs communicate with the driver in a way that very few cars do. i will continue to drive German cars
for the time being because of performance. i will just try to drive cars that are still under warranty so there is no engine reaplacement issue to deal with.

That is pretty much my take on it.

[ralegen]

Is it true that 911's have far less problems than our Box? A mechanic down in Aliso Veijo told me this once, and when I stopped by the Norwalk Dealer, I noticed that the shop was full of boxsters raised up.

[Brucelee]

Originally Posted by ralegen

Is it true that 911's have far less problems than our Box? A mechanic down in Aliso Veijo told me this once, and when I stopped by the Norwalk Dealer, I noticed that the shop was full of boxsters raised up.

Subjectively I believe this is true yet I have no data on this.

[spine911]

Originally Posted by ralegen

Is it true that 911's have far less problems than our Box? A mechanic down in Aliso Veijo told me this once, and when I stopped by the Norwalk Dealer, I noticed that the shop was full of boxsters raised up.

Talking about older Porsches. I used to have a 1986 944. It came with a broken water cooler, i had my trusted mechanic change everything under the hood since i decided to use it as an everyday car 5 yrs ago. A new valve job, head resurfaced, new water pump, new alternator, all new belts/filters/seals...etc ..etc (all parts courtesy of Vertex auto in Miami). To cut my sweet story short, I sold the car to my best friend 2 years ago. Im happy to report that it's been 85k since the last engine refurbishing. ABSOLUTELY NO problems, Never stalled on me...Nothing,after 85k mi!...BTW, The Original A/C still blows cold!...Now thats REAL reliability!...i wish i can say that to newer Euro cars