Originally posted by nsxrock:
Here is a post on CGI's board from a TT 996 owner and past NSX owner (2 of them) that was not happy with his TT 996 and MUCH preferred the NSX over it.
Is that the first owners usually get all of the aggravation and tears. Its the second owners who get the joy of trouble free Porsche motoring.It has been that way for DECADES! From the 356 on up.
Right now you have a $120K pain in the neck on 4 wheels.But It sounds like they are doing everything they can for it. As for the PCM screen, I would hound PCNA and also Seimens Automotive Telematics Division.
The speedo, your hosed. EU regs proscribe a 7-9% OVERESTIMATION of speed.
Save for the PCM, there doesnt seem to be anything on your car that cannot be fixed. If I owned it, I would be just as ticked off as you are.
Some Porsches are oil swillers and some aren't. It is a flat six. In the 8 that I have owned I have never ever gotten more than 1000 miles without needing a quart of oil, but I drive them really hard. I did have one, a 86 Carrera, that did initially need a quart of oil every 500 miles, but after 12K it tapered down to 1 qrt every 1200 - 1500 miles.
These threads only give 1/2 the picture. I have to try to defend Porsche, but since I have owned 3 now, 1975 911S, 1996 C4S, and 2002 911 Turbo, I feel I have a look at what these issues are really alike across a 30 year gap.
First off, the relibility thing is crap. If you drive the car properly, break it in as instructed and maintain it regularly there is really very little that you have to do to these cars. There are some quality control issues here and there, but in my experience it has been an isolated event and not indicative of overall quality.
As to the PCM Nav screen problem, a NAV unit has no place in a Porsche. End of comment. Want an Nav system, Buy a CL type S, there is nothing better than Acura Nav.
As to the speedo error, THAT IS BY DESIGN! you idiots! It is intended to keep Porsche owners out of jail! We routinely may drive 85 miles per hour and it is nice to know that wer are actually much closer to 75 miles per hour and therefore keep us out of jail in most states where 80mph will buy you jail time.
The other issue that is absurd is that all Porsche cars will swill oil. Most 911s will traditionally burn about 1 QT every 1,000 miles that is true, but if you ask Porsche as I have, they will tell you that traditionally, the 911 used the engine oil for both engine and transmission cooling and had 13 QTs of oil and baffels in the oil reservoir to ensure high speed oil supply. Porsche contends that oil is a "consumable" and a "lubricant" and that a portion of burned off, evaporated due to heat and lost due to friction. This is NO NEED FOR ALARM!
So far, the current models, at least mine, don't seem to burn any oil. I guess only time will tell. The thread here seems to atypical to what I have experienced, or at least only valid from a perspective that seems a little clouded.
