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YOUR RESEARCHKeep my car out of warranty?
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I was contacted by the original owner of my car (he's on here someplace) and the RMS was replaced when he had it.
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Bottom line IMO, if your car has been solid, have a good mechanic check it inside and out, and if it gets a clean bill of health, well then don't worry too much.
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Bottom line IMO, if your car has been solid, have a good mechanic check it inside and out, and if it gets a clean bill of health, well then don't worry too much.
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Replace water pumps, belts, hoses or anything like
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Like getting timing belts changed, water pumps, belts, hoses or anything like that?
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I was told by my dealer (Downtown LA Porsche, they are a price-performer) that the 60k service would run about $1,000.
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Clean bill of health, well
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Bottom line IMO, if your car has been solid, have a good mechanic check it inside and out, and if it gets a clean bill of health, well then don't worry too much.
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I have 1 year left on the warranty. Not sure if I want to keep it past that or not.
My main concern is not that maintenance will cost me but if I have a catastrophic failure of the engine or transmission. That would pretty much kill me!
My car has about 44k miles on it right now so I�m going to guess that it will have around 60k miles by the middle of 2005.
Just talking out loud but I am not sure what I will do.
My car is a certified Porsche. So it came with a 2 year / 100k warranty. So can I get another warranty before this one expries? I would assume I could but I really don't know.
And if so, which one do I get that would cover me as well as the Porsche warranty does?
Nick, I was fretting about this as well before my warranty ran out in August of 03. I was really worried. My car now has 50,000 miles and I have had no mechanical issues. Without wanting to jinx myself, I have started to believe that the really bad stuff, such as an RMS failure, seem to happen earlier. Also, a history of problems would not be an omen either. I feel a little more confident with a car with some mileage and no history of problems. These cars are well made and generally reliable. Also, there isn't much choice out there in terms of extended warranties, and there are plenty of horror stories. Bottom line IMO, if your car has been solid, have a good mechanic check it inside and out, and if it gets a clean bill of health, well then don't worry too much.
Silver996 - thanks and I will keep that in mind. I was contacted by the original owner of my car (he's on here someplace) and the RMS was replaced when he had it. He also stated the car had zero issues with it.
It's been very reliable (knock on wood) since the day I bought it too and other than a few interior fixes, I have done nothing to the car except regular maintanence.
I do have one question as far as putting miles on my car go... is 60k miles a big milestone with the Porsche's like it is with Audi? Like getting timing belts changed, water pumps, belts, hoses or anything like that?
I was told by my dealer (Downtown LA Porsche, they are a price-performer) that the 60k service would run about $1,000. That is probably on the low side, but I would guess no more than $1,300...
The most expensive part in the car is the engine.
Porsche sells re-manufactured 996 engines at around $7000 depending on the dealer. This is a very good price for a re-manufactured engine.
I think you should keep the car and take good care of it. Your engine is not likely to die any time soon. I have not heard of too many engine blow up. Regardless of what people say, the 996 is very reliable.
I have really been shopping around for a warranty even though my C2 is low miles. I decided on warrantydirect.com. Even though they were not the cheapest, They have been around for 35 years, were highly financially rated, included a lot with their bumper to bumper warranty coverage, as well as such things as true road side assistance, and rental car reimbursement.
J.D. Power's rated Porsche among the most reliable cars on the market. See the link:
http://www.jdpa.com/studies_jdpower/...ID=749&CatID=1
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If the link doesn't work, it's the VDS (Vehicle Dependability Study) under J.D. Power.com, consumer center, automotive section, press releases.
If your car has been maintained well throughout it's life, then it shouldn't be an issue with regards to reliability just because it's no longer in warranty. (Vehicle warranties are a relatively new thing over the past couple decades.) As far as the RMS problem, although there seems to be a lot of folks on Rennlist that have had the problem, remember that the total number of Porsche owners is far greater than the number of Rennlisters - at least right now. Hopefully that will change soon. : )
I hope that helps.
Mark
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