How many 996's needed a new engine?
12-14-2008, 07:32 PM
#31
Three Wheelin'
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So much for 'intelligent' feedback. Even Porsche isn't perfect. I love the cars, but they have their problems.
12-14-2008, 07:38 PM
#32
Three Wheelin'
Thread Starter
dertub, I'm with you. I bet that all those who have ridiculed your post have not had the misfortune of an engine failure in their 996. I owned a 1969 911T in the 1970s and it was totally trouble free over the 8 years I owned it. Then, almost exactly a year ago I purchased a 1999 996 and was most dismayed when the engine expired some 9 months later. Some may remember my thead about looking for a replacement engine. All I can say is that it is not funny when it happens to you.
...Rickker
...Rickker
12-14-2008, 08:47 PM
#33
There are MANY good folks here and lots of intelligent dialog. Being called out for posting another "ENGINE BLOW UP" thread is pretty much the norm.
It's not your sandbox. Play nice. Until then USER BLOCKED.
-td
And pony up to become a member.
12-14-2008, 09:03 PM
#34
Three Wheelin'
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Well, if I ever need confrontation and some good pictures of *****, I'll post here again. However, I think I'll pass. Goodbye!!! Have a nice life.
12-14-2008, 10:12 PM
#36
we were only diffusing a bomb.... there are threads like this in the past. One of the last ones that came through here was not pretty... good members leaving and one being banned...
There are two sides to this debate.... and that will never change. You either move on to a diff car or like himself, fix the problem and still have fun with it. It is what it is...
There are two sides to this debate.... and that will never change. You either move on to a diff car or like himself, fix the problem and still have fun with it. It is what it is...
12-14-2008, 10:20 PM
#37
Seriously, I hate to see another R-lister go, but if you're feelings get hurt that easy, well, 6Speed has room for you...
-td
12-14-2008, 11:10 PM
#38
Nordschleife Master
Almost 5 years on the board, and you've never seen a thread just like this one? Threads like this are like the jazz music in Ricky Bobby. We use it for profiling.
Seriously, I hate to see another R-lister go, but if you're feelings get hurt that easy, well, 6Speed has room for you...
-td
Seriously, I hate to see another R-lister go, but if you're feelings get hurt that easy, well, 6Speed has room for you...
-td
12-15-2008, 02:45 AM
#41
Drifting
Oh, purleese!
Not heard of the engine discussions? Have you been hiding in a cave in Afghanistan for a few years?
Ashamed of the 996, what part of troll-ville do you harken from? The 996 is a great car and nothing to be ashamed of.
If you're ashamed, then move on and buy something else.
Not heard of the engine discussions? Have you been hiding in a cave in Afghanistan for a few years?
Ashamed of the 996, what part of troll-ville do you harken from? The 996 is a great car and nothing to be ashamed of.
If you're ashamed, then move on and buy something else.
+1
It is these types of posts that serve to drag RL into the gutter, not the responses to them. Enough is enough, do a f'n search for Pete's sake instead of creating a new "Are 996 engines unreliable?" thread each and every week.
12-15-2008, 02:52 AM
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12-15-2008, 02:56 AM
#43
Drifting
dertub, I'm with you. I bet that all those who have ridiculed your post have not had the misfortune of an engine failure in their 996. I owned a 1969 911T in the 1970s and it was totally trouble free over the 8 years I owned it. Then, almost exactly a year ago I purchased a 1999 996 and was most dismayed when the engine expired some 9 months later. Some may remember my thead about looking for a replacement engine. All I can say is that it is not funny when it happens to you.
...Rickker
...Rickker
Let's get real for a minute here, the vast majority of 996 owners have had zero engine problems with their cars. Have some 996 owners experienced engine problems? Of course, but this can be said of any car make and model.
BTW, I don't think anyone here has ever laughed at a fellow 996 owner because they experienced an engine failue. No one here, that I am aware of, thinks that scenario is "funny".
I assume that you do not own a home. After all, homes have been known to burn to the ground and that certainly would not be funny if it happened to you.
12-15-2008, 02:59 AM
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Let's get real for a minute here, the vast majority of 996 owners have had zero engine problems with their cars. Have some 996 owners experienced engine problems? Of course, but this can be said of any car make and model.
BTW, I don't think anyone here has ever laughed at a fellow 996 owner because they experienced an engine failue. No one here, that I am aware of, thinks that scenario is "funny".
I assume that you do not own a home. After all, homes have been known to burn to the ground and that certainly would not be funny if it happened to you.
BTW, I don't think anyone here has ever laughed at a fellow 996 owner because they experienced an engine failue. No one here, that I am aware of, thinks that scenario is "funny".
I assume that you do not own a home. After all, homes have been known to burn to the ground and that certainly would not be funny if it happened to you.
Pathetic.
12-15-2008, 03:02 AM
#45
Drifting
Name one person who experienced an "actual" engine failure that has been hounded out of the forum.
Anyway, most of these posts are about theoretical engine failures rather than actual failures.