JB991

Maybe I missed it.... What was the end result to have Porsche completely replace the car? Or did I miss the sarcasm?

SamFromTX

Quote: "The owner says he won’t be picking another one up any time soon, despite being offered another build slot by Porsche."

Sarcasm...

Road Racin

Txting. Messin with the radio then swerve and over correct. Would be easy to swap at that speed wet...

JB991

Completely missed that one Thanks

Hard for me to tell fact from fiction on here anymore it seems.

ShakeNBake

I had a *similar* thing happen at TWS, with a 991 2S. My student was a Yellow (basically a step more advanced than a new solo driver in Texas PCA speak). She kept commenting that things didn't feel right, and every once in a while it stepped out on her a bit - but she was still learning to the car and asking the car to do extreme things every once in a while, so I chalked it up to driver error. But, no - the car was actually trying to kill her. All nannies on. Finally she asked me to drive and holey sheet....second corner into the session the car went haywire and did a 90 degree step out while at the apex of a corner (and we were going pretty slow). It turned out to be a sensor malfunction that wigged out the Torque vectoring and yaw control system.

Point is that these things are getting really really complex, and if the nannies lose track of a sense of reality, they can cause the vehicle to behave very radically.

Macca

Actually Sam, its only 1 out of 322 produced this year? (Im told by my contact approx 500 units produced to date in total since Nov 2013) as the one in Italy was reported on only via this "blog" which the media seem to have picked up as fact (I've yet to pick up a definitive Italian news-feed or eyewitness report yet on this one although I may have missed it).

Lets say 2 in 500 to be pessimistic. 0.04%. About the same chances of having Asperger Syndrome!

Mike in CA

The "article" makes it sound as if Porsche AG are offering him a new build in compensation, which I doubt. Just a guess, but it's far more likely that it's the dealer showing some compassion (as well as seeing an opportunity to make a sale) and offering the gentleman another allocation slot.

It's just my suspicious nature, but I find it very odd that Porsche as a corporation would be involved in this, since it's apparently the insurance that have paid off and not warranty compensation from the factory, which is what would happen if it were a defective part. As you pointed out, it would be "amazing" if this was already resolved and Porsche were offering a replacement.

shizzle

Porsche has confirmed 2 caught fire and was reported on Reuters. http://www.automobilemag.com/feature...fire-concerns/
http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/0...0LN2U820140218

Surprised you didn't see it since it came out yesterday.

Macca

My bad. My enquiry into PAG dates back 10 days.

blackbull

Gents.....this is a simple case of driver error.

gt2urbo

been in my 750 hp gt2 track align with r6s when a downpour hit. its was a bit slippy but you can feel the car step out. when on mpsc in wet it was very planted but hey **** happens. my friends axel broke in the cup once and it made him instantly spin maybe ?

ADias

2 in 500 = 0.4%

Macca

Did I say 0.04% Aspergers? Sorry I meant to say 0.4% of the population have dislexia opps Dyslexia (hands up all you others!).

sechsgang

Lol, I had a control arm snap on my 996 cup and that happened...was "fun"...

doubleurx

Left or right....?