spiller Posted 29October, 2019 Report Share Posted 29October, 2019 My 996 GT3 felt really solid, nice thunk of the door and no rattles. Smelt like a Porsche too. The interior plastics and buttons are just as poor in the 997, not a concern when you wind the engine to 8200. PIC, GTP911 and Troubleshooter 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason A Posted 30October, 2019 Report Share Posted 30October, 2019 @spiller my experience is the same. To put it into perspective the quality and issues were similar on comparable high end cars of the era. We can bang on about air cooled cars, I have them - every Porsche year model has a significant defect. i can live with interior defects over mechanical ones, 901 gearbox, 915 gearbox, head studs, week con rod bolts, electric gremlins, shite air con. If you have had an air cooled car for a reasonable amount of time - you will be able to match the year model to the defect list, no one escapes. If you have a turbo or or a GT3 then you escape the later mechanical gremlins- ims, rms, bore scoring, total engine failure. That takes us from the first 911 right up to the yet unknown reliability of the 992. As for interior, they were all sub standard on every Porsche right up to 2013 in my opinion. I don’t care, it’s not why I bought the car. My rant is over Allan C, Troubleshooter, LeeM and 4 others 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT3LOUI Posted 31October, 2019 Author Report Share Posted 31October, 2019 Great rant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnage Posted 31October, 2019 Report Share Posted 31October, 2019 On 30 October 2019 at 11:40, Jason A said: My rant is over I don't agree, regarding interiors. I had a brand new Boxster in 2002. The interior never once seemed sub standard. I swapped that for a 2004 C4S and it also did not feel or seem sub standard to its contemporaries, in fact it was superior than my colleagues other German cars. Perhaps compared to today's & more modern interiors then obviously they are dated. it would be interesting to hear you detail why you think Porsche interiors were so bad before 2013. you could also tell us about all the A/C car issues & significant defects that you have experienced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason A Posted 1November, 2019 Report Share Posted 1November, 2019 My comments just related to other European car interiors of similar vintage and price point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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