Porsche reliability, or not ?

[jl34]

You always here the TV journo's going on about Porsche's are bomb proof , but i stumbled across this website showing reliability and was very shocked, especially as i was thinking of buying a boxster! In short it said it was the worst car you could buy.

Any Porsche owners got any different views or do we live in a stereotype world when it comes to our perception of cars reliability ?




http://autotrader1.reliabilityindex.c

[BoRED S2upid]

Ive not had any experience of modern Porsche but my S2 has been bomb proof. I am a firm believer in Modern cars not being made as solidly as they were back in the day. Ive known a lot of modern cars to have bits of trim fall off in your hand, wouldn't get this happening in a classic.

[Don]

Porsches can go wrong same as any car.

I've had two. They both had teething troubles. After that they were both excellent.

[rubystone]

Sadly, Porsche are following Mercedes' lead - their cars are built by accountants. Consequently it is a fact that their cars are not as well built as their predecessors.

[TimmyArt]

One of dads friends had a 993 engine go pop (conrod through the side) just a few weeks/months outside the original warranty... Porsche wouldn't help - £16k for a Porsche engine, ended up paying £9k for one from AutoFarm...narly. Put me off.

[CatherineJ]

When we collected our Porsche it was never washed by me for the first 8 weeks with us.

This was because of the amount of time it spent back with dealer having niggles resolved and every time it went in, it received a service wash.

Having said that, the reliability was nothing compared to the 30% depreciation on it after 6 months.

[KUB3]

Porsche have all time record profits and all time worst build quality. Luckily they know most punters don't care as they're selling a badge and image. 993 is the last of the proper 911's imo.

[bobfrance]

You bunch of doom-mongers.

I have an 1997 Boxster and whilst I've only had it since summer - it's been great!

Besides if you want to dredge up misery just use the search function and type in "RMS" you can wallow in it to your heart's content.

[Grayham]

How are they "doom mongers" when they are giving their own personal opinion?

[bobfrance]

Because they're mongering doom of course!

[lockup]

I had a 91 944S2 for 2 years and 16k miles. Stuff (like brakes, suspension bushes) wore out, but nothing broke.

[rubystone]

You were seriously unlucky with the 993 - IMHO 1998 onwards is when the rot set in - just IMHO you understand

[magic torch]

They're not bomb-proof, but they're no Peugeot either.

Great fun though.

[FNG]

Also wonder how that data was generated. If from customer feedback, you have to wonder what constitutes a failure on a Porsche, Jaguar etc compared to a Skoda, Kia etc.

Same as JD power data - if linked to customer expectations rather than objective performance, you get Hyundai performing better than Lexus. Sound likely?

[Andy T]

I can vouch for Boxster unreliability! my '03 986 S with 28k needs a replacement gearbox due to a "design fault"!

[Fittster]

rubystone said:

You were seriously unlucky with the 993 - IMHO 1998 onwards is when the rot set in - just IMHO you understand

I'm just waiting for someone to say the last well built Porsche was the 365

[rubystone]

Fittster said:

rubystone said:

You were seriously unlucky with the 993 - IMHO 1998 onwards is when the rot set in - just IMHO you understand

I'm just waiting for someone to say the last well built Porsche was the 365

you took the words right out of my mouth....

[phib]

No the last great porsche built was the beetle !!!!

[Vesuvius 996]

jl34 said:

You always here the TV journo's going on about Porsche's are bomb proof , but i stumbled across this website showing reliability and was very shocked, especially as i was thinking of buying a boxster! In short it said it was the worst car you could buy.

Any Porsche owners got any different views or do we live in a stereotype world when it comes to our perception of cars reliability ?

http://autotrader1.reliabilityindex.c

Read the details....!

The Reliability index takes into account all factors of a repair, the cost of the parts and the frequency of failures - Average is 112 which means that if the figure for the car you are looking at has a higher than average index (118) the indication is that that car is less reliable than the average, if however there is a lower than average index (60) the reliability is better. Separately to this figure you can also look at the average cost of repairs for a particular make or model, a car with a poor good index and a high average cost (£500) would imply that the frequency of failure is low however when it does fail the bill will be a lot more than the average.


Ergo, they break down very rarely but cost a fvckload to put right.

[AndrewD]

rubystone said:

Sadly, Porsche are following Mercedes' lead - their cars are built by accountants

I wouldn't have the first clue how to put a modern 911 together. Ikea furniture is bad enough!