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11-13-2003, 07:12 PM
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All's not well with Porsche
You'd think spending about $200 grand on a brand spanking new GT2 would carry outstanding performance AND service. Seems this guy is having problems with both:
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The reason I purchased the GT2 is because, at that time, it was advertised as THE hottest street legal car Porsche had ever built. A large drawing factor was that this car was equipped with the new Ceramic Composite Brakes (PCCB). All the advertisements I read stated that the brakes would never wear out, would last the life of the car, would never “fade”, that they weighed less, stopped faster, etc.
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After returning from the Glen in August we took the car to Brandywine Porsche to get the rotors replaced – assuming that warranty or common sense would apply here – (having only 1700 miles on the vehicle from new) – but the service manager said that since I had taken it to the track it would not be covered. They then proposed that I get the 2 (not four) front rotors and pads replaced at a cost of $17,940.00 (and I have the quote).
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Porsche sells a car by promoting its lap times at the Nürburgring, its 0-100 km/h and its 0-200 km/h times and then turns around and claims that the warranty is valid only if driven within the speed limit.
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This is amazing I have a GT 2 that Porsche will only warranty if I drive within the limit. Meanwhile Dodge encourages me to use my viper on the track and has warrantied everything I have broke at the track. This is going to get real ugly when I try to get my deposit back on my 200 mph Carrera GT that they want me to drive under 65 MPH.
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Guess I won't be buying a Porsche after all. Ehh who am I kidding?
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11-13-2003, 08:24 PM
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Since when would any brakes be expected to last the life of the car or are they saying the brakes will last an ungodly amount of miles that nobody is likely to go. Seriously, how would they beat the basic law of friction? Brakes made out of ceramic, chocolate pudding, or silica will wear out sooner or later.. Perhaps ceramic has better heat distribution than say silica but it will wear out.
Do they really advertise the brakes as lasting forever???
Jay
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11-13-2003, 08:39 PM
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They initially did Jay.
Porsche is simply doing what every other car maker does. Trying to increase profitability by reducing warranty expenses. I've got some great storied about Nissan of my own. My favorite is probably when they denied that my car even had the item I was complaining about being defective.
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11-13-2003, 09:59 PM
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They then proposed that I get the 2 (not four) front rotors and pads replaced at a cost of $17,940.00 (and I have the quote).
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[chris rock]Good LAWWD! For 42 cent, will ya lemme sniff da brake dust?[/chris rock]
That's insane. Of course, I wouldn't ever consider owning a vehicle with that sort of maintenance cost.
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11-13-2003, 10:49 PM
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Well, if he can afford to buy a $200K dollar car then he can afford the maintainance. Of course on my budget that price seems outrageous. But I have a good friend that is literally a multimillionaire and those things are a drop in the bucket to him.
For me, I buy DVDs all the time, don't even think twice. But I have a couple friends that when they see how many DVDs I have and my TV they go crazy because they can't imagine how much I've actually spent.
It's all relative. If I were to win the $50M dollar lottery I would be driving this car. I would have to spend around $3500 a day for the next 40 years to spend it all. After you buy a multimillion dollar house a few other things you would find that you have a lot left over.
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11-14-2003, 02:25 AM
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They then proposed that I get the 2 (not four) front rotors and pads replaced at a cost of $17,940.00
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Wow! Just think....for the cost of replacing all four rotors, you can get a new 350Z  |
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11-14-2003, 05:46 AM
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Danny,
Ya know, taking a vehicle to a track AFAIK normally voids ANY warranty. There's a reason just about every car ad we see on TV has a disclaimer...
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11-14-2003, 06:26 AM
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Ehhhh, I'd rather have a Lotus Exige or the new Elise anyway, bet you'd get more eye raisers in the Lotus than in a GT2, plus I love lightweight rockets anyway...
Jay
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11-14-2003, 06:30 AM
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Danny,
Ya know, taking a vehicle to a track AFAIK normally voids ANY warranty. There's a reason just about every car ad we see on TV has a disclaimer...
Mike
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Except driving on the track in the US is no different than the Autobahn in Europe. |
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