Nov 2, 2004 10:17:02 PM
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Nov 2, 2004 10:17:02 PM
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VKSF said:
... P dealers are few and far between in various corridors of wealth, none in city of SF, only 1? in Orange County, etc. Yet some Eastern cities have several small P dealers. PCNA needs to re-examine the map of wealth centers in US (which has changed dramatically in past 15 yrs) and re-allocate dealer franchises (AKA licenses to print money)....
Nov 3, 2004 8:10:01 PM
Nov 3, 2004 10:16:42 PM
Nov 3, 2004 10:45:02 PM
Nov 3, 2004 10:48:22 PM
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Skip said:
I started my car last night and the stupid thing has yet another "system fault", so it's back at the "workshop" today. This is the 5th visit to the dealer for the same stupid problem, and now makes 8, yes 8 days that it has been in the shop in the first 67 days of ownership. That's more than a week, and it's more days than I would expect the car to be at the dealer over a 4-6 year period.
Do any of you reading this board honestly think that this is in any way, shape, or form a resonable expectation for a 100k automobile? If so, you need to carefully explain to me why this is okay, and why I shouldn't be mad as hell. My thinking right now is to start a letter-writing campaign to all of the car magazines, tv shows, car clubs, etc. to let the world know how poorly Porsche treats its customers. I'm sure that the competition would love to hear about this, and the media would have a field day with it.
Again, if you think that I should just "suck it up" and live with it, you better have a very convincing argument as to why this sort of thing is to be expected.
alin2, yes, I'm the same Skip from rennlist. I love the car for it's potential, and when it runs it's great, but I must say that the ownership experience has been miserable and I'm beyond upset now. This car is the _worst_ that I've purchased over the years, and that is crazy considering that it's one of the most expensive.
Nov 3, 2004 10:53:54 PM
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SoCal Alan said:
Are there any 997S owners on this forum who haven't encountered any electrical problems? I'm getting kind of bummed because I'm supposed to pick up my car tomorrow.
Nov 3, 2004 11:15:15 PM
Nov 4, 2004 1:37:53 AM
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mrcohanian said:
2000 miles, reving the hell out of it in every gear, no problems on my 997S. By the way, kept the rpms under 5000 rpms for the first 200 miles, after that its been a redline shift ever chance I could get.... Forget about the 2000 mile break in period. All my porsche cars have driven hard from the very start, never had a problem. In fact , the car now is finally loosening up.....
Nov 4, 2004 1:42:15 AM
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VKSF said:
Skip, your 997S sounds like a lemon P's only lame excuse will be that this reliability rate is comparable to those of Merc and BMW Amazingly (and counterintuitively), I've consistently heard better feedback re: reliability from 360 owners over past 3 yrs....