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YOUR RESEARCHOh, man....I can't believe it
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To top it all off they used some type of felt for my headliner!!!
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Not only did they use cows for my seats but they used wood for my center console, dash, steering wheel and door handles!
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my major problem is people can't believe my car is a 95!!!
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(although in the last month I thought I had a few big problems that have so far proved to be unfounded worries).
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On my way to work today, my IMS and RMS didn't blow up. Same thing yesterday. And the day before.
In fact, my 911 and Boxster have been relatively trouble free. Go figure.
Okay, here's my plan: I'll get rid of both Porsches and buy a nice reliable car - like a Toyota Camry. Oh, wait....they're not reliable, and will keep me up at night worrying.
So, after much deliberation, I'm staying with Porsche.
I think you should design your own IMS bearing that has.... maybe, that has 3 or 4 redundancy built in. You know, just in case your IMS fail while cornering at high speed, produce D chunks at the cylinder, and has its coolant mix with the oil..... all at the same time. The marketing for such issues has all been done already..... but, just dont expect to be rich from it.
Mine's been running perfectly too
. (although in the last month I thought I had a few big problems that have so far proved to be unfounded worries).
Because it has been running so well I think I'll change oils, maybe a good 20W-50.
Which oil is best?
-Hugh
The problem with mine is that I keep getting these little explosions in the combustion chambers every time I turn the key. One after another, thousands of times a minute. It's just constant. And the whole time, if one set of valves is open, the other set is closed. It just can't seem to get its sh*t together. Stupid Germans.
Looks like we all have the same issue... it's terrible - I think we need to launch a totally unscientific survey to document how terrible this problem is.
BTW, I also have a terrible smell emanating from my passenger cabin... until today I thought it was just a farty 5 year old.
I have a major issue. I have developed major facial cramps from the big grin plastered on my face whenever I drive mine!
I also solved the "best oil" issue. Since the car holds so much oil, I just add 1 quart of each one of the different brands and weights of oil everyone swears by until full. I sleep better at night knowing I have all the bases covered.
Mine definitely has a problem... it just wont do the speed limit! No matter how hard I try the darn thing just runs too fast! I've reset the trip odometer, tried several different grades of fuel...even tried changing the oil...no luck! Still goes too fast...and the cop that pulled me over last night seems to agree with the problem too :-/
I had to replace my light switch, does that count? I'm not complaining, in fact I just bought my '03 C4S and love what I paid for a 7 year old P-car that everybody stares at.
DC4
Gotta agree - I hardly move the gas pedal and it's already racing way past the speed limit... awful car to control.
Yup, gotta love it - no matter where you go the cars turn heads.
I hate my car, the tires are defective and keep wearing out.
...on top of that every Ford pick-up truck in the world wants to race me. Driving to work at 6:15am this morning I passed a Cayman... he responded in kind and we played a little - a pick-up truck thought it looked like fun and floored it to sit on our tails... 3 lane open road and he wanted to sit on our bumpers... these cars are nothing but *** magnets.
I am really enjoying this thread, but be careful just how glib you get. 3-4 years ago I wrote a similar thread talking (boasting) about how trouble free my car had been, no RMS, IMS, etc. etc. etc. Within the next year or so I had to do the RMS and the clutch, then 8 mos. later I had an intermix, which I fixed. Still love my car and it has been pretty darn good in general, but some of the things people talk about ended up happening. And when I had the intermix pretty much everyone told me I had no choice but to replace the engine. Well for about $750 in parts, $500 to fix the cracked head, and 20-30 hrs. of my time I was back on the road and now have over 9,000 miles on the fixed engine with no problems.
Doug.....
Glib? Nay! We're having fun here because we choose not to be paranoid, and because we're optimists and Porsche loyalists .
This thread is a respite for people who are tired of the now constant moaning/groaning about IMS, RMS, cheap plastic parts in the interior, fried egg headlights, oil types, blah, blah, blah.
We're celebrating the good things about our cars - performance, looks, comfort, and well....you know what I mean because your affection for Porsches is quite evident.
Well I just drove from Atlanta to Lexington, KY to Bristol, TN to Columbia, SC and back to Atlanta and then did a DE at Road Atlanta, +/- 1000 miles, and other than the damn Fuel and Tire problem (track keeps wearing them out!) everything seemed to work fine. Damn 996's
To be serious here for a moment, I'm having a strange issue:
I point my center cap crests to the tire valves, drive, and when I get home, I notice the crests have rotated somehow, and are NOT pointing to the valves!?
I may have to sell the car!
For the money these cars cost...you think those engineers could design a car with a stronger rear axle! When standing behind my car looking at the rear tires...the axle is bent!! the tires are tilted!!! I saw an overloaded lawn service trailer going down the road and its tires were tilted/axle bent too...looked just like my p car!! do you think the p car engine is too heavy causing the axle to bend? It just looks embarassing!!
Why nobody has mentioned a common problem(issue) that all of us as 996 Porsche owners have, is the unbelievable, no, the horrendous(magnificant) smell coming from the rear of our Porsches, every time we drive them hard. Something in quality control/Engineering at Porsche must be done to rectify this.
I know you guys have the oil smear on your window. When you put the window all the way down and back up.... I wipe it clean, bring the window down..... and there goes that oil smear again. It's like the perpetual oil that never runs out..... Maybe the oil is coming from a sealed bearing of some sort. German engineering.
My car’s rear is very wide and obese with a huge red tanline going across... That's why I try to park it at the very back of the parking lot to save the embarrassment... And sometimes at excess speeds of 120Km, it get's erect all of a sudden. Really not sure if it's a boy or a girl yet.. No manners I tell ya!
Not only did they use cows for my seats but they used wood for my center console, dash, steering wheel and door handles! To top it all off they used some type of felt for my headliner!!! Next thing you know some one is going to tell me my headlights leak.
Umm, yeah... I didn't really want to bring that up in potentially mixed company. Mine, er, ah, also seems to "get excited" almost every time I take it out. Pretty sure mines a boy.
My car must have a BMW shrink ray in each mirror. The other day a 335i shrunk from a full size vehicle to a very small dot in them. I was worried until I stopped for a red light and realized the effect is mostly temporary with the discouraged look on the BMW driver's face being the only visable after effect.
My car got wet yesterday - surprisingly it didn't break, or dissolve, or rust.. no engine failure at all.
I'm holding my breath because everyone knows that an IMS failure happens immediately after gthese cars get wet.
Yeah, our cars might be crap, falling apart and have defective design, but they're still never, faster and better designed than the old and slow cars in his sig list.
All the rain in NC is making my car dirty... I think I need to buy a new one, as this one will never be the same.
I don't have a 996, but I want to buy one so I can join in on the fun!!!!
Serious question: Does the window automatically roll down 1/2 inch when you open the door on a 996?
And its a pain in the a$$ to get in and out of....you think they would put better shocks and taller tires on it or something! I'm getting too old to bend down that far!
Ditto! But they still think it cost us $60K. In my best Thurston Howell III impression.........I need to purchase some tar tar and meet up with Bunny at the club.....
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