Cayman S engine failure and how Porsche will deal with you.
Discussion
hartech said:
The addition of a third radiator seems a logical additional benefit but is only so at very high ambient conditions and hard driving whereas on cooler days and more steady driving it can make the inside of the engine run even hotter (previously discussed, explained and proven under test)
Recently we managed to develop a method of replicating the bank 1 temperatures inside bank 2 while managing the addition of a third radiator effectively in all conditions, but a heavy existing workload and the design, manufacture and installation of new tooling has delayed availability.
These are designed to enable engines not yet scored to last much longer and will be fully explained and hopefully available in the early New Year.
Looking forward to news on this. Recently we managed to develop a method of replicating the bank 1 temperatures inside bank 2 while managing the addition of a third radiator effectively in all conditions, but a heavy existing workload and the design, manufacture and installation of new tooling has delayed availability.
These are designed to enable engines not yet scored to last much longer and will be fully explained and hopefully available in the early New Year.
RudeDog said:
That's the thing, nothing major happened, these cars just cost a fortune to run. Simple stuff like an electric window regulator ends up costing ~£500 when it should cost about £80.
You should be able to see the full breakdown of costs if you click on the "Blog" tab under the car in My Garage.
I had a look and a tear for you! About a grand a month? Shocking - did you track it a lot? I know the internet only mentions the problem percentage cars but really though these Porsches were more reliable and better built? My V8S TVR gave me no grief in 5 years daily commute (other than 3 snapped throttle cables) and they get pilloried for reliability! Other than £600 annual services I spent £100 for 2 Ford Granada disks for it once :-). Luck of the draw mate. You should be able to see the full breakdown of costs if you click on the "Blog" tab under the car in My Garage.
Ken Figenus said:
RudeDog said:
That's the thing, nothing major happened, these cars just cost a fortune to run. Simple stuff like an electric window regulator ends up costing ~£500 when it should cost about £80.
You should be able to see the full breakdown of costs if you click on the "Blog" tab under the car in My Garage.
I had a look and a tear for you! About a grand a month? Shocking - did you track it a lot? I know the internet only mentions the problem percentage cars but really though these Porsches were more reliable and better built? My V8S TVR gave me no grief in 5 years daily commute (other than 3 snapped throttle cables) and they get pilloried for reliability! Other than £600 annual services I spent £100 for 2 Ford Granada disks for it once :-). Luck of the draw mate. You should be able to see the full breakdown of costs if you click on the "Blog" tab under the car in My Garage.
I never tracked it but I did do around 50,000 miles in it during the three years I owned it (most of it motorway). I might have been a bit unlucky with the one I had but I cared for it as well as I possibly could (even performing mid service oil and filter changes just for good measure). I expensed a lot of my mileage so the grand a month was not all out of my pocket. The real killer was the cost of minor repairs, everyday stuff that you expect to have to fix during three years of ownership and 50k of miles covered. Porsche just charge a lot for their parts and labour (even if you use a specialist instead of an OPC, you still get ripped off for the official parts, some of which you cannot avoid using).
Yet still, I loved the car and yearn for another one... but not without an OPC warranty
RudeDog said:
Ken Figenus said:
RudeDog said:
That's the thing, nothing major happened, these cars just cost a fortune to run. Simple stuff like an electric window regulator ends up costing ~£500 when it should cost about £80.
You should be able to see the full breakdown of costs if you click on the "Blog" tab under the car in My Garage.
I had a look and a tear for you! About a grand a month? Shocking - did you track it a lot? I know the internet only mentions the problem percentage cars but really though these Porsches were more reliable and better built? My V8S TVR gave me no grief in 5 years daily commute (other than 3 snapped throttle cables) and they get pilloried for reliability! Other than £600 annual services I spent £100 for 2 Ford Granada disks for it once :-). Luck of the draw mate. You should be able to see the full breakdown of costs if you click on the "Blog" tab under the car in My Garage.
I never tracked it but I did do around 50,000 miles in it during the three years I owned it (most of it motorway). I might have been a bit unlucky with the one I had but I cared for it as well as I possibly could (even performing mid service oil and filter changes just for good measure). I expensed a lot of my mileage so the grand a month was not all out of my pocket. The real killer was the cost of minor repairs, everyday stuff that you expect to have to fix during three years of ownership and 50k of miles covered. Porsche just charge a lot for their parts and labour (even if you use a specialist instead of an OPC, you still get ripped off for the official parts, some of which you cannot avoid using).
Yet still, I loved the car and yearn for another one... but not without an OPC warranty
It was a toss up for me between the two cars......
Edited by blueg33 on Friday 28th November 16:15
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