Porsche Owners Thread - If you own one or just like or hate them! :)

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Got this for the weekend so taken a small road trip. Nice little car but not my sort of thing.
 
CaptainRAVE said:
Well, one fewer 996s on the road. Totalled on track at the pistonheads meet today :(. The occupants were very lucky...can't say the same for the car :(
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Just seen the video for that and it looked quite bad. Glad the driver and passenger we ok.

My 944 was there this morning as well in all of its 80s pin stripe glory :p

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Annoyingly I think either the rear passengers side shock or torsion beam in on the way out as it is sitting a little lower at that corner. I'm hoping its the shock as that is an easy fix. Torsion beams will no doubt be much harder to replace.
 
The pistonheads porsche crash is on youtube already. Must be a horrible feeling but at least there were no injuries or anyone else involved.

If you want to see it search:
Porsche 996 Carrera S spins out and wrecks at Silverstone

Must have been going some speed to lose control like that. It was only supposed to be a track 'taster'.
 
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Woodcote is deceptive and I could imagine a 911 going loose around there, especially if it hit damp. Unlucky for the owner but I was at a track day there in 2010 when an Exige lost it there on the siting lap, behind the pace car and ended smashed up in the pit wall.
 
Perywinkle said:
Budget wont quite stretch to a gen 2 unfortunately.
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The 2.7 is slow but has incredible handling and is a pretty solid all round motor, IMS failure is incredibly rare and even though it suffers from bore scoring it does not to anywhere near the level of the bigger 3.2/3.4 version. Apart from that check condition of radiators and when coil packs were last changed.

If going to the S variant, highly recommended by the way then of course the risk of IMS/Bore scoring increases. IMS is very rare, Hartech reckon IMS failure effects something like 0.2% of cars and generally any car with over 50,000 miles if very unlikely to ever suffer such a failure as the seal would have worn down by then and will be lubricated by engine oil, for a more in depth explanation give them a call.

Bore scoring is the worse enemy of the gen 1 cars, particular the 3.2, 3.4 and 3.8l engine but engine you can avoid it, by getting a boroscope before purchase, any competent garage can do this, just need the car on a ramp, take the plugs out and stick a camera down the holes, also good for viewing spark plug condition and coil packs whilst at as a spark plugs condition can tell you a lot about an engine and how it was driven. Most owners should be accommodating of such an inspection, especially an enthusiast as long as your paying for the owners petrol and cost of the work even if you don't buy the car I think is fair. :)

Once you have a car that is score free I feel I have pretty much discovered how to prevent it:
  • Change oil with Porsche Spec Mobil One 0W-40 every 6000 miles
  • Only fill with Vpower, Nitro, Optimax whatever Shell call it
  • Keep revs under 3000rpm until water is nominal temp
  • Keep revs under 4000rpm until oil is upto 90c (nominal temp)
  • Use the car at least weekly, daily if possible
  • Drive it how Porsche intended (when warm)
  • Avoid flooring it from a standstill if you have being sat in traffic
  • Change plugs every 10,000 miles and coil packs every 20,000
  • Improve the cooling system if you can, some cars support an additional 3rd radiator, DO IT, DO IT NOW!

Probably a bit OTT but my car was score free when I got it at 24,000 miles and is still score free now at 56,000 miles. :)


I think Porsche biggest issue with scoring is from their 20,000/2yr service intervals and the fact most people who buy them never actually drive them and just drive around at 30mph or sit in traffic jams.
 
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Hi there

Had a good weekend of cleaning and gave the 911 a top up to its wax. The clarity in the paint is unreal and it really looks as good as a brand new showroom car.


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Gibbo said:
Once you have a car that is score free I feel I have pretty much discovered how to prevent it:
  • Change oil with Porsche Spec Mobil One 0W-40 every 6000 miles
  • Only fill with Vpower, Nitro, Optimax whatever Shell call it
  • Keep revs under 3000rpm until water is nominal temp
  • Keep revs under 4000rpm until oil is upto 90c (nominal temp)
  • Use the car at least weekly, daily if possible
  • Drive it how Porsche intended (when warm)
  • Avoid flooring it from a standstill if you have being sat in traffic
  • Change plugs every 10,000 miles and coil packs every 20,000
  • Improve the cooling system if you can, some cars support an additional 3rd radiator, DO IT, DO IT NOW!
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What happened to the recommendation that was banded around about using Millers oils?

Im not sure a single datapoint could be counted as a 'discover' but good that you have no issues.
 
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