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991.2 GT3 engine failure

Slippydiff said:
AVI_8 said:
Slippydiff said:
Self indulgent claptrap, along with much painful faux hand-wringing.

New car engine fails. Manufacturer supplies and fits replacement. The end.

All fine and well for those lucky enough to buy a new one, not exactly confidence inspiring though for someone paying a still considerable sum of money for a used one in a few years when the warranty runs out.
Pretty poor in my opinion given the decades of experience Porsche has that they find it difficult to build engines which are reliable.

It seems that they've had design flaws with every engine they've built since the last of the air cooled engines, with the exception of the 996 GT3 and Turbo model.
The end!

Regrettably Porsche is now trading on its past glories. Their once well earned reputation for engineering excellence is now long gone. The VAG bean counters now rule the roost, not the Porsche engineering department.
Caveat Emptor.

Caveat Emptor......truer words were never spoken. My UK friends thanks for your thoughtful comments. Rock on! Stay safe.............
 
Roro said:
You could argue though that their reputation went tits up before VW (officially) took over - they were making chocolate Carrera engines since the early 2000's up until the 997.2 DFi
:?:

'Tis true, though one could still rely on the reliability of the engines fitted in the GT and Turbo models up to the and including the 997 ... The 991 ?? Hmmmm :?:
 
Slippydiff said:
Roro said:
You could argue though that their reputation went tits up before VW (officially) took over - they were making chocolate Carrera engines since the early 2000's up until the 997.2 DFi
:?:

'Tis true, though one could still rely on the reliability of the engines fitted in the GT and Turbo models up to the and including the 997 ... The 991 ?? Hmmmm :?:

... can't argue with that :thumb:

Interesting how they now seem to have fixed the Carrera engines, but come a cropper on the GT engines in the process. At least the scale of these failures won't be anything like the number of Carrera failures they had to deal with in the past

Re the Turbo, there doesn't seem to be much noise about 991 Turbo issues / failures - they would seem to offer the best mix of performance and reliability if you want a brand new 911 now
 

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