Originally Posted by riad

I'm no Porsche engineer but shouldn't all those parts be in the car?

Originally Posted by riad

I doubt it. My C4S suffers from 2nd Porsche syndrome. Where my 2001 was washed with a diaper the C4S gets the car wash... it's a friggen car not a Fabergé Egg.

Originally Posted by bronston

I would have preferred a reman but that was not offered. A reman engine would have been done in an engine specific shop by a tech who only does engines. I don't doubt the skill of the people at Barrier. That said, I have seen no other posts on failed intermediate shafts on warranty that were not replaced with a reman. I was aware of the this problem when I decided to purchase a Porshe, but in all the cases a reman engine was provided, so I wasn't that worried about it. Silly me. Maybe being so close to the shop when it failed was not such a good thing. In retrospect I wish I had been able to follow the after-the-fact advice of one member, to drive the crap out of it until it really blew and make sure I'd get a reman. Drive it until it seizes or scatters.
If I'd gotten a reman it would have not had as much down-time and I would have been more confident in driving this car and Porsche in general.

Originally Posted by Benjamin Choi

you def would've been one of the few in the whole wide world who actually owned a rather exclusive sports car like the 911... to drive it like you wanted to break it, literally. i'm sure the barrier guys will do a bang up job.

brons, what do you do around these parts?