Am I overreacting?
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Am I overreacting?
After reading through a few threads on here regarding catastrophic PDK failure, and the cost to repair at somewhere between $18k and $24k, I listed my car for sale here (https://rennlist.com/forums/market/1175421). I have a 2009 997.2 PDK in mint condition. Runs perfectly.
But I have no warranty. And as random as PDK failure is (and the chances of failure very low), I really don't want to risk a $20k+ repair bill. I can see spending that on a car valued over $100k...but not one worth less than half that.
Am I overreacting? I do love this car. Thinking of replacing it with a Lotus Exige or a manual 997.2.
But I have no warranty. And as random as PDK failure is (and the chances of failure very low), I really don't want to risk a $20k+ repair bill. I can see spending that on a car valued over $100k...but not one worth less than half that.
Am I overreacting? I do love this car. Thinking of replacing it with a Lotus Exige or a manual 997.2.
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Overreacting. As most of us PCar owners seem to do time to time. There is a guy doing some awesome work on these PDKs and how they can be fixed pretty cheaply. If you are not a DIYer and don't have a shop willing to help and work with you, and your only option is a dealer, perhaps a Porsche with no warranty, third party or otherwise, perhaps, isn't the car for you.
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If your unit actually failed, I would find a used one on eBay, install it and then sell the car. But selling it now if you otherwise like the car I would not do.
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I like that you think an Exige would be the answer. Don't they just total those when they get door dings?
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Everyone’s risk tolerance is different, but I have no reservations about having a pdk and I have had 6 cars with pdk, not counting a couple I flipped, since 2011, put a ton of miles on them, tracked them, abused them and never had any problems with them. My local Independent shop has only seen 1 failure in a Oanamera and the local dealership said he saw a 991.1 failure only. A couple guys I know that have been service managers for 20 plus years have seen a grand total of 1 997 pdk failure between the both of them.
All of the above told me not to purchase a NA 997.1 so it’s not like they will just sing praises because it a Porsche and they work for Porsche.
Time will tell more, but I think they are a very robust transmission and transmission failure in other high end sports cars happen at perhaps a similar rate.
People do seek out sites like these when they experience such a failure so not surprising we hear about them from time to time.
All of the above told me not to purchase a NA 997.1 so it’s not like they will just sing praises because it a Porsche and they work for Porsche.
Time will tell more, but I think they are a very robust transmission and transmission failure in other high end sports cars happen at perhaps a similar rate.
People do seek out sites like these when they experience such a failure so not surprising we hear about them from time to time.
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A Porsche 997.2 is light years more reliable than a Lotus.
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two words, aftermarket warranty, then you can get that good nights rest you have been missing.
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I purchased a Fidelity power train warranty for $2k on a couple of 997.2s with pdks and never used it for anything. $4k wasted INO.
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Lol, I purchased a Lotus Elise new and killed 3 transmissions all within the warranty period. That car had 3 transmissions and an engine fail all covered by warranty. The warranty repairs exceeded the price of the car new.
A Porsche 997.2 is light years more reliable than a Lotus.
A Porsche 997.2 is light years more reliable than a Lotus.
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