In a nutshell the car records if you make a bad downshift which forces the engine past its rev-limiter; for example accidentally going from 5th to 2nd gear at speed, rather than from 5th to 4th gear.

I think you've understood it fine, the point is you need confirmation from the OPC that there is no data in the car's logs (in the DME) that causes them any concern. I did says it's unlikely anything will be amiss given your background & expertise but the OPC will be dealing with the black & white facts & figures. It's basically something you need to be sure is eliminated as a possible cause.

Hitting the rev limiter is a Range 1, which is fine and I'd be surprised if there weren't any if the car's been driven enthusiastically.

If they do have any concern over the data, you need the actual figures & share them with us for further feedback - there have been cases of over-revs being stored that were clearly software glitches (I.e. What the data indicated could not ever have actually happened), but the OPC were too hard-of-thinking to realise. The PH massive however, used a little logic and the owner could then go back & explain it to them.

Maybe you should hint that you are thinking of buying another new Porsche. You bought one once so it wouldn't be unreasonable for you to buy another.

Of course, you could change you mind once the Cayman is fixed.

Honda does (did) make a sports car Debs. NSX! I stick to Honda bikes as well. Love 'em.

Best of luck with the engine claim. If Porsche got £2,500 from you for a bonnet respray, I bet they're confident you'll pay up now.

Please push for full repair or replacement engine at no cost. Writing personally to the head of the company in the UK helps. They wave a hand and the problem disappears. It wouldn't surprise me if Porsche even keeps a close eye on these threads.

please expand????

No, I don't think so - the OP says she spent £2.5k at the OPC having damage to the bonnet resprayed.

My advice:


Speak to a Solicitor who specialises in consumer law NOW
A bit of advice and a couple of letters will likely cost <£500 and this may very well be all it takes to get a satisfactory resolution. Remember, you are dealing with a potential bill of £20,000 here, and the harsh fact of the matter is that the car broke down out of warranty, and you refused the chance to extend the warranty (for whatever reason).
Either have the solicitor communicate with the dealer/Porsche GB directly, or if you feel that would be too heavy-handed at this stage (I don’t personally – solicitors can write nice letters too – it just shows you aren’t messing about), then at a minimum they advise you on the content of the letter (i.e. they write it for you).


Get the DME readings taken (I would suggest) by an Independent Porsche specialist.
If I were you I’d want to be armed with the facts before Porsche are, so that they can be understood and explained. ‘Data’ is one thing, ‘information’ is quite another as 'the goose' has mentioned above. (or is the car marooned at the Porsche Delearship?).
The ideal situation is that you can get your solicitor to have Porsche agree to foot all bills unless it is proven that you are solely responsible for the failure, and you would only want this 'agreement' to go ahead if you know that the failure is nothing to do with you.
If significant over-rev is found and likely to be the cause (which is probably unlikely from what you have said) you would be far better going forward without Posrche and in the hands of Hartech (for considerably less than £20,000) BEFORE Porsche have started this stripdown of £6k (which would go a long way towards the repair with A.N.Other)



p.s. Boxster/Cayman/911 with an engine repair (by Hartech/Autofarm) can actually be a selling point for those in the know, rather than a negative (which I think is how many people in the outside world view an engine rebuild)

That's the big problem with OPCs, they do try it on.

For the life of me I can't see how thrashing, driving regularly towards the rev limiter, 'keeping on the boil' (whatever that means) or driving hard in the upper rev ranges can actually be helpful to an engine.

Please explain that for me.

They sound better too!