Hi everyone . I just bought a 2008
Cayman
2.7 a with 91,000 miles on it a couple weeks ago . I had
Porsche
do a PPI and it checked out good except a few minor things like the low horn and interior drivers door handle . I got the 50 page PPI report and researched how to read the over rev ( I have automatic there were only a couple in range 1)
What else can that giant report tell
Me ? Can it tell me anything else about the engine or transmission ? Is there a resource that will explain the details of the report ?
The car runs great and this is my first
Porsche
. I have been reading a lot on the forum and I am thinking to get an oil analysis done too. I hope everything will check out fine and it would give me some piece of mind but I’m also scared if something shows up ..
anyone have any thoughts ?
I'd forgettaboutit and enjoy driving your
Cayman
. You bought the model with the most reliable engine
Porsche
has made since they started making watercooled flat-6's. You have
PDK
so over-revs aren't an issue (range-1 isn't considered an over-rev). Sure - get an oil analysis done if it makes you feel better - but it will come back telling you the engine is doing well.
Drive it. Enjoy it. That's what it was built for.
Hi
Thank you . I feel the same way but I felt like I’m getting sucked into all the testing and worrisome . I love the car so far and it’s not a daily driver .
Thanks again
I’ll second the “drive it” sentiment. I’m also not clear what advice you want from the forum when you the 50pg report in your hands. Maybe you should read it and then ask specific questions if something isn’t clear. We can tell you about something we haven’t seen.
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I’ll take a look. I haven’t been a forum member to long but I have been searching about the 50 page report I got when
Porsche
did the PPI. The only reference to that report that I have been able to find so far has been how to read the over rev report page . . There a pages and pages of data . A lot of electrical stuff but there is also engine related data which makes no sense to me . I’m at work now but when I get home I’ll pick some more specific pieces of the report. I would imagine there is info in there about other performance aspects of the engine when they had the car hooked into the computer that would show other health related information . I thought maybe there would be a source that broke down all the pages and different tests they ran to explain what the numbers all mean . With all the knowledgeable people on the forum that have had these cars for a while I thought there would be more on all that data . It could be I’m just not looking in the right place which is most likely .
I think you're looking at this as if there is a standard PPI report (meaning there would be standard PPI specifications..) That's far from the actual case. The dealer you used is unusual in giving you a 50 page report - most are a page or two at most, with brief descriptions of what they looked at and what they found. Things like an over-rev report are simply fluff since you have a PDK and over-revs aren't allowed to happen.
I'll expand on what I said before "Forgeddaboutit and go drive it.. that's what it's built for.."
