Bloody boxster falling apart - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

super66 · 07-20-2006, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by MNBoxster

Also, when the PCNA Service Rep says that these failures affect 20-22% of all the cars, that's a tremendous number.

MN, I'll give you that you at least realize the percentage you are taking is 20 if not slightly over 20% but slightly shocked you bought into it. I once had a Bad Boy lable rep tell my sisters cousin's grandm biggie is still alive drinking 40's with 2 Pac. Catch my drift? While I'm not sure how many boxsters are made, it can't be a huge number, which would mean 20% - 22% with defective engines would be a definite red flag for some sort of class action suit or definite free engine replacement if it was really that high.

Really want to have fun? We have over 4000 members, last I saw could be wrong. Say we have 4000 all that have a box, that means 800 of us at the minimum have replaced the RMS.......NO WAY!!!

Who's box bites the dust first victim to the 20% failure rate? Super 66? Bmussati? SD987? Epiqtodd? MikenOH? On the next episode of boxsters suck, on the 986 boxster board

Brucelee · 07-20-2006, 12:39 PM

"Really want to have fun? We have over 4000 members, last I saw could be wrong. Say we have 4000 all that have a box, that means 800 of us at the minimum have replaced the RMS.......NO WAY!!! "

Actually the math would not work that way. Since many of us have had our Boxsters for a brief period of time, and since many of us have used Boxsters which may have already had its RMS issue, there is no way that the 20% number would befall us.

Now, if someone said that over the course of a 7 yr Boxster ownership period, some 20% would have a RMS, I could buy that!

MNBoxster · 07-20-2006, 12:57 PM

Hi,

I'm only stating what the PCNA Rep said. Also, there was a poll conducted here on RMS failure and I believe that this non-scientific poll had a failure rate somewhere in the 28-30% reported, so I was not surprised at all. Also, remember how MUM Porsche has been on the subject, there is no accessible data from them. There was a Guy on another Forum who attempted to mount a Class Action suit agaionst Porsche, I do not know what his outcome was.

But, face it, if the PCNA guy was disgruntled or mistaken, if he was off by half, that's still in excess of 10% which is still way too high, especially in light of the fact that Porsche has still not redesigned the thing to eliminate the failure. This remains a chronic plague to this day...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99

Brucelee · 07-20-2006, 01:33 PM

Yes, and the flip side is, if these data were bogus, Porsche has the data to refute.

They have not!

You think these guys had engineering degrees or something!

ohioboxster · 07-20-2006, 01:53 PM

People say Porsche has a 20% failure rate or something like that. Anyway, arent you glad they dont make jet engines? Eh, 20% isnt that bad.

Brucelee · 07-20-2006, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by ohioboxster

People say Porsche has a 20% failure rate or something like that. Anyway, arent you glad they dont make jet engines? Eh, 20% isnt that bad.

Yes, I AM glad they don't make jet engines.

Think of the upset!

dbth · 07-20-2006, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by super66

Who's box bites the dust first victim to the 20% failure rate? Super 66? Bmussati? SD987? Epiqtodd? MikenOH? On the next episode of boxsters suck, on the 986 boxster board

I hope it's not DBTH either!!!

super66 · 07-20-2006, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by dbth

I hope it's not DBTH either!!!

man how man of us white box owners are out there? I thought I was in the monority! sorry to exclude you dbth!

07-21-2006, 02:10 PM

brucelee said to olly986 "Try again with your communication and perhaps I can figure out what you are saying."

Uh, Brucie, you do realise that English is NOT olly's native language, don't you? You are constantly poking sticks at him about this, and one would think the forum owner would have better manners.

Grizzly · 07-21-2006, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by creseida

brucelee said to olly986 "Try again with your communication and perhaps I can figure out what you are saying."

Uh, Brucie, you do realise that English is NOT olly's native language, don't you? You are constantly poking sticks at him about this, and one would think the forum owner would have better manners.

Not fair! Where do you keep coming up with the cool smilies that we don't have.

07-21-2006, 03:30 PM

If I tell you, I will have to kill you...

Grizzly · 07-21-2006, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by creseida

If I tell you, I will have to kill you...

And how exactly would you plan to accomplish that young lass?

Brucelee · 07-21-2006, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by creseida

brucelee said to olly986 "Try again with your communication and perhaps I can figure out what you are saying."

Uh, Brucie, you do realise that English is NOT olly's native language, don't you? You are constantly poking sticks at him about this, and one would think the forum owner would have better manners.

Just stating the facts! If I or others here can't figure out the communication, we can't respond appropriately to the questions.

How is that for polite?