steve remchak wrote:
so for the first time in over 50 years of production Porsche finally has a reliable car and they gloat? OK, maybe Porsche should gloat. but let's not forget the old adage that brought them to this point.
if you want to drive a Porsche everyday, you should probably own two of them.
Actually I have never heard that before and I don't believe that is accurate. You can point out issues with any manufacture, but regardless of how people may feel about Porsche or Porsche owners, Porsche has been building reliable cars for a number of years. And while I don't think the JD Powers survey is that big of a deal, Porsche has been at the top or near the top for a number of years.
Now if you are talking about cost per mile, then that is a different story. For example the 928/944 have things that fall under the "scheduled maintenance" category such as timing belts, etc. that need to be changed more frequently than other cars and when the work is done, it is expensive. If you are looking at best bang for the buck from a reliability point of view, you are going to have to look at Toyota, Honda, etc.
If you go back through the entire history, the problems that stand out in my mind (no doubt I am probably forgetting something big) with the entire Porsche line (from a reliability point of view) are...
* Early 1960's 356 with the Hirth roller bearing cranks were a bit too bleeding edge for most people.
* Early/mid 1970 911 2.7L engine is known to have issues with broken cylinder studs and other issues.
* The M96 engine used in the 996 (911) and 986 (Boxster) in the late 1990's have a design flaw with the intermediate shaft seal and there are other issues with that engine.
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