Rough weekend...

[Norminhouston]

Originally Posted by Sammy

Over the weekend I moved Nicole (02 Boxster S) outside of my garage to give her a good bath and interior detailing. As I walked back in the garage I noticed a dark area on my garage floor and low and behold it turned out to be oil. My heart sunk as I knew this couldn't be good. It was about a quarter sized puddle and the oil was extremely dark (car has 5k miles since last oil change). I continued to wash Nicole and pulled her back in the garage. Sure enough there was an oil spot where I had just finished washing her. I jacked her up and as I feared there was an oil mess right where the transaxle/transmission housing bolts to the engine. UGH!!! To top this off I had noticed a slight oil leak in June and the dealer couldn't find anything. Oh yeah, my warranty expired on August 31st (yes, last week)...

The good news is I called a dealer (had enough of the one who had done work on the car before) and am able to drop it off tonight and use a courtesy vehicle (odd for such short notice). Dependent on the repair I could potentially have it in time for the weekend!

I have never been real keen on extended warranties, however my '03 S expires 9-10-06 and I decided to buy one from Warranty Direct yesterday. Too many things seem to happen to these little buggers after the initial warranty period. Maybe I am just paranoid.
If your oil leak turns out to be a RMS, I wouldn't worry too much about it until it starts leaking much worse. A quarter size leak is not a big deal.

[TriGem2k]

My warranty ended last September and 2days later my car came on with a CEL light...Dealer took care of it as a courtesy.

When speaking with my service advisor at Beverly Hills Porsche, he told me if anything catastrophic happens to the car within 6months that it would be taken care of just as if the car was under warranty.

My experience with Porsche Warranty has been pretty much perfect.

Sammy, what has the dealer told you? What is your loaner car....a base Cayman?