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M3333
1,541 posts
83 months
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Brilliant News  Dont forget to post some pictures up of your car when you get it back. 
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DebsBell
Original Poster
35 posts
12 months
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Funny you should mention pics of my porker .... A colleague at work is a very keen photographer and he wants to do pics of the Cayman and my 'blade. Check out his website ... Simon Harvey Photography, especially what he's done with the R8 and his 'busa ... Awesome.
Cheers guys .. X
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coanda
1,738 posts
59 months
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Great news Debs. Did they tell you what had failed?
Hope you can sort the cats out. We've got plenty on our hands with ours else we'd seriously consider it.
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AML
167 posts
99 months
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Really pleased for you-keep enjoying the Cayman. Hope you manage to sort out the cats I'm sure our Staffie would love them!
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mollytherocker
6,924 posts
78 months
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A great outcome, well done.
Posting the details on here was a smart move!
MTR
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RudeDog
1,239 posts
43 months
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This is a fantastic result for you Debs, what a relief it must be.
Everytime I read one of these threads on PH I think about selling my 2006 Cayman S (with no warranty). I've just hit 60,000 miles in mine and its running beautifully but I'm nervous every time I start it up!
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noumenon
1,148 posts
73 months
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Warms the cockles of me 'aaart. 
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Trev450
2,391 posts
41 months
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Excellent result. You can sleep at night now and enjoy your car by day.
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Rugbyman
1,553 posts
72 months
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Angelus said: Glad it's getting sorted and you're not feeling too much pain from it. Reading your first post and your last one makes for a quite a contrasting read.  Glad to see this good news thread ....... and to see Porsche GB doing the right thing
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Rugbyman
1,553 posts
72 months
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RudeDog said: This is a fantastic result for you Debs, what a relief it must be.
Everytime I read one of these threads on PH I think about selling my 2006 Cayman S (with no warranty). I've just hit 60,000 miles in mine and its running beautifully but I'm nervous every time I start it up! Seems like an ideal opportunity to protect your investment and take the risk out of driving your car Get a warranty ...... ? and then get out there and drive it like you stole it ..........
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Davey S2
8,664 posts
123 months
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shoestring7
4,177 posts
115 months
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DC5TEG said: DebsBell said: Update
I asked if this was a usual occurrence in an engine that had only done 10K miles and was told 'no'. Well i am glad to hear they agreed it was not normal at 10k!! No s  t Sherlock it ain't right at 10k!! Hopefully now it will be plain sailing and you will have your repair or new engine in shortly and completely free of charge! Is the OP's a DFI engine...? SS7 (Just asking)
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DSM2
3,624 posts
69 months
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Still seems sad to me that it is generally accepted these days that one shouldn't run a Porsche without an ectended warranty. A Porsche FFS.
Was it this way in 'the old days'?
BTW, were you ever to buy a Nissan Cube, OP, you could probably sleep easy without an extended warranty.
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mrdemon
3,032 posts
134 months
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shoestring7 said: Is the OP's a DFI engine...?
SS7 (Just asking) no a gen 1 car
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Rugbyman
1,553 posts
72 months
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DSM2 said: Still seems sad to me that it is generally accepted these days that one shouldn't run a Porsche without an ectended warranty. A Porsche FFS. An extended warranty is a form of insurance.....you insure your house, why not insure the second biggest purchase you are ever likely to make A car is a mechanical machine with moving parts , sometimes things WILL go wrong It is shirley more important to warranty a more expensive vehicle than a cheaper shed .... the level of risk is so much higher and from a piece of mind point of view......with a warranty = sleep easy - enjoy your car as intended risk free without a warranty = worry - dont sleep - listen for every strange noise - dont drive it as much or as hard - dont enjoy the car .......sell it ? Edit for speeeling
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Bennachie
460 posts
20 months
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'Edit for speeeling' You need to do it again surely?
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Wanta996Gotta
5,455 posts
76 months
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DSM2 said: Still seems sad to me that it is generally accepted these days that one shouldn't run a Porsche without an ectended warranty. A Porsche FFS.
Was it this way in 'the old days'?
BTW, were you ever to buy a Nissan Cube, OP, you could probably sleep easy without an extended warranty. Totally agree, its an embarrassment for Porsche that there is a strong need to pay out £1k+ a year for a warranty to save you a potential £10k bill. Car only having 10k miles on the clock just adds to the embarrassment. I have never felt the need in 18 years of driving various cars to have an extended warranty on a car nor can i think of any friends driving various cars doing so.
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mollytherocker
6,924 posts
78 months
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Wouldn't it be funny if the extra sales of extended waranties caused by owners engine fears has resulted in a net increase in profits to Porsche?
Chocolate engine = more warranty sales
I don't suggest that this was 'the plan', but it may have created a win-win for Porsche. Make cheaper engines AND sell more warranties.
Would it be too much to suggest that such things are given more careful consideration than we might believe?
MTR
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Rugbyman
1,553 posts
72 months
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Bennachie said: 'Edit for speeeling' You need to do it again surely? Parrot ......whoooooooshhhhhhhh Shirley....?
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darreni
1,472 posts
139 months
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Rugbyman said: An extended warranty is a form of insurance.....you insure your house, why not insure the second biggest purchase you are ever likely to make
A car is a mechanical machine with moving parts , sometimes things WILL go wrong
It is shirley more important to warranty a more expensive vehicle than a cheaper shed .... the level of risk is so much higher
and from a piece of mind point of view......with a warranty = sleep easy - enjoy your car as intended risk free
without a warranty = worry - dont sleep - listen for every strange noise - dont drive it as much or as hard - dont enjoy the car .......sell it ?
Edit for speeeling 100% agree.
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