It finally failed
03-10-2021, 11:18 AM
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03-10-2021, 03:20 PM
#17
RL Community Team
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I meant anecdotally, not officially. 
I just want to know how common it is, and if I should mentally and financially prepare. I've read of this issue a couple times previously. I'm also curious if its primarily an age or mileage based failure.
Sorry you're going through this. At least its not catastrophic and can still use the car.
I just want to know how common it is, and if I should mentally and financially prepare. I've read of this issue a couple times previously. I'm also curious if its primarily an age or mileage based failure.
Sorry you're going through this. At least its not catastrophic and can still use the car.
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Tuscanito (03-10-2021)
03-10-2021, 03:29 PM
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03-10-2021, 05:58 PM
#19
Porsche has made their share of mistakes, but I do not think that you can impugn their quality overall. Maybe the best way to wrap your head around all of the maintenance/repair that an aging Porsche requires is to think of it as being somewhere between a race car and daily driver. A race car requires exponentially more maintenance than a road car. All the performance goodness Porsche delivers in these platforms comes at a cost. See it that way and then all you have to worry about is out-earning the needs of your Porsche. In my experience with a Box GTS (CPO ‘15 now w/22K miles) there have been no additional costs, or needed repairs, beyond regular maintenance and a set of MPSS 4S’s. But I know that is going to change...
03-10-2021, 08:41 PM
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Porsche has made their share of mistakes, but I do not think that you can impugn their quality overall. Maybe the best way to wrap your head around all of the maintenance/repair that an aging Porsche requires is to think of it as being somewhere between a race car and daily driver. A race car requires exponentially more maintenance than a road car. All the performance goodness Porsche delivers in these platforms comes at a cost. See it that way and then all you have to worry about is out-earning the needs of your Porsche. In my experience with a Box GTS (CPO ‘15 now w/22K miles) there have been no additional costs, or needed repairs, beyond regular maintenance and a set of MPSS 4S’s. But I know that is going to change...
03-11-2021, 09:15 PM
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I came onto here hoping to find some info about aftermarket options etc but found little in that regard. So it was OEM for me (part was 1300 and with labor about $2k total). Would he nice to see some aftermarket options. It’s not cheap/easy technology though.
03-12-2021, 08:08 AM
#23
was it one or both sides you had replaced?
03-13-2021, 04:48 PM
#24
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Word is that the mounts fail due to ingress of water. I believe that there are factory guards that can be fitted and also that others have made their own protective device.
03-13-2021, 06:21 PM
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