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Oct 25, 2005 4:47:01 PM
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Silver Bullet said:
Isn't it infuriating that a car as expensive and as celebrated as a work of precision engineering and quality in materials and design has such frequent problems
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Oct 25, 2005 9:40:40 PM
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Silver Bullet said:
Isn't it infuriating that a car as expensive and as celebrated as a work of precision engineering and quality in materials and design has such frequent problems with rattles and other nuissance noises? You won't find this volume of rattles with a Toyota.
Oct 25, 2005 9:52:27 PM
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69bossnine said:
There's a point where you've got to get realistic.
Oct 25, 2005 11:37:55 PM
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Silver Bullet said:
One of the comments above is that the 997 is "relatively rattle free", and there are plenty of threads here and elsewhere regarding rattles, squeaks, creaks etc.
Isn't it infuriating that a car as expensive and as celebrated as a work of precision engineering and quality in materials and design has such frequent problems with rattles and other nuissance noises? You won't find this volume of rattles with a Toyota.
And we're relieved that our hundrend thousand dollar sports cars are "relatively" rattle free.
What kind of fools are we? How many posts about unwanted noises are there here and elsewhwere regarding cars that are brand new (less than 15,000 km - most < 5,000 km)? The dashboard, the bushings, the sunroof, the window supports, etc. etc.
Yet here I am, lining up to get a C2S, hoping it'll be free of these issues. Isn't that ridiculous?
And RMS - isn't that ridiculous too? A well known design fault that's left unchecked year after year, and now generation after generation. It just seems that I've followed the joy and enthusiasm of so many rennteam members as they've received their 997's, only to hear that they got RMS, or they needed a new clutch, or they're beign driven crazy by noises, or they have electrical gremlins. But i want to love this car so much.
Sheesh - I'm feeling pretty frustrated and stupid right now. Do I just swallow Porsche propaganda mouthful after mouthful?
Oct 26, 2005 12:41:45 AM
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throt said:Bang on ,, no rattles in my T Landcruiser and on demos this is one thing I really check out ,, such to the point where the audio system stays off..
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69bossnine said:
There's a point where you've got to get realistic.
And most on here I am quite sure are ,, but I remember one dued complaining about a loose rear reg plate and his fix was " wedging a bit of cardboard under it " , now this is not acceptable . All suspect areas that can be easily got to should not squeak in the first place ..
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Oct 26, 2005 3:04:43 AM
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69bossnine said:
As such, I find that my 997S is amazingly well-put-together, with no major rattles, and a couple minor ones I had at first that seem to have resolved themselves. And whatever noises are left over that I hear when I'm crossing railroad tracks, or going down a washed-out road, you're simply never going to get away from in a car that pulls these kinds of g's.
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