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YOUR RESEARCHthe 996 is not too bad
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he doesn't know porsche is a two syllable word
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His problem is he doesn't know Porsche is a two syllable word.
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We already have cars that can stop, read signs, turn lights on, turn wipers on, call for help, remind people when to change the oil.
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Anyway, I give him a lot of credit for using social media in this manner.
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Ya.... kinda dumb really. Obviously he has a bunch of electrical problems, and everything he bitches about is probably due to one issue (If I had to guess... the sunroof drainage tubes are bent/broken/clogged which is causing moisture in the electrical system which is causing all those germlins).
Not sure why the "lemon law" hasn't come into play though.
I hate the new interior on the 991. The window switches are in the wrong place and there are way too many buttons around the center console and dash. I love the simplicity of the 996
Yes, it's an electric parking brake that's found on all new Porsches(thanks to Audi takeover). It's a similiar reason why I didn't buy the e90 and kept my e46 when BMW decided to remove oil dipsticks from their engines so one could not check it manually.
Have you seen the new MB SL series? Holy cow, that's really made for non-driving champaign sipping non enthusiasts.
Regardless, the guy probably paid top dollar for that car and it should work flawlessly. This is also why I believe the 997 is the last of the great 911's.
Good thing he did this video!
Keeps Por-scha (accentuated 2-syllable) folks humble and engineers on their toes ... and a quickly depreciating price for 991s in the future for us.
In other words: Reality check!
PCNA gave him the option of all his money back or he can order a new similar car. See the 991 forum if your interested in his final video. By the way its very funny and I would recommend checking it out.
I've been following that guy's threads. I think he did a great job of documenting the problems. He stays pretty calm and factual in the videos. I wonder how he's been in real life with the dealer? Anyway, I give him a lot of credit for using social media in this manner.
The fact is German (or European in general) car manufacturers just don't know how to build reliable electronics but that doesn't keep them from adding more and more electronics on to every single model!
I don't know if they don't realize that or they just don't admit it. The worst part, I don't see any improvements over the years. They are great at mechanical stuff but sux at electronics. Unfortunately the world is going to more electronics. I wonder how long before they become non competitive.
Electronics are there to turn cars into cell phone/computer/phone like appliances. Newest cars are so complicated that manufacturers train technicians to be proficient in only ONE part of the car, and usual SOP is to replace the entire unit if something goes wrong outside of the most basic break downs.
This eliminates the secondary market for cars as most people cannot afford to spend RIDICULOUS amounts of money to fix engine or a transmission on the late model luxury cars, shops don't have the equipment to do it. Complexity of the cars is unnecessary as it only makes them heavier, more expensive and makes people driving them even stupider. Fact is, average IQ fell 14 points since 19th century. Computers, google, cell phones are all removing the "thinking" from the equation. We already have cars that can stop, read signs, turn lights on, turn wipers on, call for help, remind people when to change the oil. Self driving cars are the next step. Once decent AI is invented, we will turn into people from Wall-E movie.
You have commercials on TV about how grown man says he can't parallel park for ****, but NEW FORD does it for him and it is great. You have a woman who can't lift a tail gate as her finger might get dirty, but NEW FORD does it for her when you kick some widget under the bumper. I want to punch my TV every time I see those commercials.
As Kalashnikov said: "Things that are complex are not useful, Things that are useful are simple."
/rant over.
Well, I was a bit lenient
of course there are bad mechanical parts but have you checked out what the inside of the oil pressure sensors look like? Looks like something from WWI. That's how bad they are.
+996 Thanks for typing that out for me
While I certainly feel bad for the guy, and am glad that PCNA finally made it right, try to find
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forum on
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car that does not have mind-boggling horror stories of catastrophically failing cars coupled with horrific dealer/manufacturer responses...
One of the reasons I love the 996 so much is that it's one of the last "analogue" Porsches out there. It has the power and technology of the water cooled engine and some nice creature comforts like heat/AC that actually work, power windows, cruise control, etc.; BUT you still shift it yourself, the steering is good ol' fashioned hydraulic power steering, and there isn't much in terms of electronic nannies (save for the fairly rudimentary traction control my '99 has).
They're just a nice balance of old and new.
Another thing about modern cars and dealerships "working" on them is the fact that if a tech can't hook up a machine to a car to tell them what the issue is, they're screwed nowadays. Besides Porsches, I'm also into Harley motorcycles, and most dealerships won't even work on bikes older than a late 90's bike because none of the "techs" even know how to work on or troubleshoot old stuff anymore.
Yeah, but in my experience most of those so-called "techs" don't really know how to fix a V-Rod, either. Hence the old saying, "Harley-Davidson ... turning motorcyclists into mechanics since 1903."
True! "Holy ****, this motor has pipes full of water attached to it, WHAT DO I DO NOW!?!?!"
One of these days I'm going to get myself a V-Rod, they are a blast to ride.
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