Should I drive it?
12-13-2010, 01:28 PM
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I'm glad I read Jake Ray's above post. Last Friday I put my Porsche into the shop for the IMS preventive replacement, new clutch, AOS replacement and I just called my indy and told them to r and r the water pump too. I believe they were going to pull the engine anyway. Flush the radiators etc too. Pretty much gave them a blank check. I will post pictures of the replaced parts when I get it back.
12-13-2010, 01:31 PM
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more likely to fail from not driving...
12-13-2010, 01:32 PM
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First off, don't be afraid to drive the car unless it has some sort of mechanical noise that is unexplained. Any engine can fail at any time, be it a Ferrari, Porsche or Kia. Those who work with engines everyday experience this and understand it much better than anyone else.
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Regardless of your contributions, as a business you should disclose your interest in the IMS issue. That's all.
12-13-2010, 02:26 PM
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Fact is 10% of people can't be pleased and another 10% will complain about everything, the remaining 80 are loyal, grateful and appreciate our efforts and appreciate the direct way that we state the issues.
The way I see it, at least the most problematic areas have been addressed and have a preventive for those who do believe in the problems and want to be proactive.
The way I see it, at least the most problematic areas have been addressed and have a preventive for those who do believe in the problems and want to be proactive.
I have had my 996 for all of 3 months now. I did some research and reading of many of these posts by Jake and others on the IMS/RMS failures in the two weeks between when I bought the car and took delivery. I ran the gamut between panicked, to concerned, to having a reasonable course of action. I am grateful to Jake for his taking the time to give us the benefit of his experience. Then, it's up to you as a consumer, to decide what - if anything - you are going to do. But that's the case with any car, and these things are more critical and more expensive with highly engineered sports cars.
For me, I will sit quietly, change my oil every 5K miles, and wait till I need a new clutch. Then I'll decide whether I need to do the IMS replacement or not. In the meantime, any newbie needs to understand that turning to an "expert" forum like this, and asking a 4 word question is like opening the floodgates. You're probably NOT going to get an answer you want to hear, you will NOT be satisfied, you will NOT be re-assured, you will become convinced that buying one of these cars will spell financial doom for you.
I will drive the hell out of my car, smile with every mile, push it to redline at least once a day, take it to a knowledgeable shop for regular maintenance, and dispel the nightmares with dreams of heel and toeing through the daily commute.
larry
