Porches....tell me your experience

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Anonymous wrote:My husband drove a Cayman S as his fun car for a few years, and loved it. He picked it up used and we never had any serious issues with the car. We live near a dealership and had it checked on schedule.

My in-laws have Cayennes and Macans and can't rate them more highly.

Do you recall if your husbands Cayman was a 4 cylinder? I have an issue with paying so much for a 4 cylinder.

Just asked him (blessings of covid WFH...he's right there!), and it was a six cylinder. He also had an Audi RS4 with 8 cylinders and preferred the Cayman even though the Audi was far more practical once we had children. (I am not a car person, so no idea what that tidbit is worth!).

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Anonymous wrote:I am an original owner of a 1998 Carrera. I have put close to 100k miles on it and the vehicle has been highly reliable, comparable to what one would expect from a Toyota. Nothing other than scheduled service performed to date. Service, repairs, insurance, and taxes will be significantly higher vs Japanese or domestic brands. I’ve owned other German cars but Porsche is the only brand I feel is still well put together.

I'm an advocate for Porsche's reliability, but you arrived at this conclusion from owning one built-in 1998? Any more recent experience?

To the OP, here's some real actual data showing that Porsche ranks fairly high on reliability, and substantially because of how reliable the Cayenne is:

A bit disconcerting that a $100k+ car can't beat a Mazda or Toyota in terms of reliability.

Is the difference between a 75 and a 77 that meaningful, particularly when some cars are in the 30s?

I owned a Mazda with tons of issues and now own a Porsche with nothing but routine maintenance. I guess Mazda has improved but we had to get rid of that car earlier than planned because it was so repair prone.

The fact that a porsche is nearly tied at 75 vs 77 with a car that's potentially $120k+ less in price is a big deal.

[Anonymous]

Parts and labor are expensive. Period.

Depending upon which car you buy, they are bullet proof if you do its ordinary maintenance.

But unless you are an enthusiast or ego driven, why?

You will be paying a lot of money for engineering and performance you will never, ever use. Just think tires. They are high-performance, low profile, softer compound tires. You'll be lucky to get 15,000 miles out of them going to the grocery. Then, it's 300-500 a tire.

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I’m the PP with the 1998 Carrera. While the current Porsche model lineup appears to be of comparable build quality I would not purchase a newer Porsche (or any newer sports car). They are too complicated and full of sensors, electronics, etc. Simpler things are generally more reliable and easier to service and repair. BTY my neighbor has had a Cayenne for last 10 years....zero issues.

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Anonymous wrote:I am an original owner of a 1998 Carrera. I have put close to 100k miles on it and the vehicle has been highly reliable, comparable to what one would expect from a Toyota. Nothing other than scheduled service performed to date. Service, repairs, insurance, and taxes will be significantly higher vs Japanese or domestic brands. I’ve owned other German cars but Porsche is the only brand I feel is still well put together.

I'm an advocate for Porsche's reliability, but you arrived at this conclusion from owning one built-in 1998? Any more recent experience?

To the OP, here's some real actual data showing that Porsche ranks fairly high on reliability, and substantially because of how reliable the Cayenne is:

A bit disconcerting that a $100k+ car can't beat a Mazda or Toyota in terms of reliability.

Is the difference between a 75 and a 77 that meaningful, particularly when some cars are in the 30s?

I owned a Mazda with tons of issues and now own a Porsche with nothing but routine maintenance. I guess Mazda has improved but we had to get rid of that car earlier than planned because it was so repair prone.

The fact that a porsche is nearly tied at 75 vs 77 with a car that's potentially $120k+ less in price is a big deal.

Yea, it's quite an achievement, considering that Toyota still makes cars so simple that it doesn't even come with keyless entry.

[Anonymous]

I've owned a Cayman S. It was fun to drive, got rid of it when I was expecting my first child. Now thinking of a Panamera but I'm just too pleased with my G Wagen to make the switch.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am an original owner of a 1998 Carrera. I have put close to 100k miles on it and the vehicle has been highly reliable, comparable to what one would expect from a Toyota. Nothing other than scheduled service performed to date. Service, repairs, insurance, and taxes will be significantly higher vs Japanese or domestic brands. I’ve owned other German cars but Porsche is the only brand I feel is still well put together.

I'm an advocate for Porsche's reliability, but you arrived at this conclusion from owning one built-in 1998? Any more recent experience?

To the OP, here's some real actual data showing that Porsche ranks fairly high on reliability, and substantially because of how reliable the Cayenne is:

A bit disconcerting that a $100k+ car can't beat a Mazda or Toyota in terms of reliability.

Is the difference between a 75 and a 77 that meaningful, particularly when some cars are in the 30s?

I owned a Mazda with tons of issues and now own a Porsche with nothing but routine maintenance. I guess Mazda has improved but we had to get rid of that car earlier than planned because it was so repair prone.

The fact that a porsche is nearly tied at 75 vs 77 with a car that's potentially $120k+ less in price is a big deal.

Yea, it's quite an achievement, considering that Toyota still makes cars so simple that it doesn't even come with keyless entry.

KISS = engineering 101.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am an original owner of a 1998 Carrera. I have put close to 100k miles on it and the vehicle has been highly reliable, comparable to what one would expect from a Toyota. Nothing other than scheduled service performed to date. Service, repairs, insurance, and taxes will be significantly higher vs Japanese or domestic brands. I’ve owned other German cars but Porsche is the only brand I feel is still well put together.

I'm an advocate for Porsche's reliability, but you arrived at this conclusion from owning one built-in 1998? Any more recent experience?

To the OP, here's some real actual data showing that Porsche ranks fairly high on reliability, and substantially because of how reliable the Cayenne is:

A bit disconcerting that a $100k+ car can't beat a Mazda or Toyota in terms of reliability.

Is the difference between a 75 and a 77 that meaningful, particularly when some cars are in the 30s?

I owned a Mazda with tons of issues and now own a Porsche with nothing but routine maintenance. I guess Mazda has improved but we had to get rid of that car earlier than planned because it was so repair prone.

The fact that a porsche is nearly tied at 75 vs 77 with a car that's potentially $120k+ less in price is a big deal.

Yea, it's quite an achievement, considering that Toyota still makes cars so simple that it doesn't even come with keyless entry.

KISS = engineering 101.

Yea, but Porsche manages to almost equal Toyota without KISS. Again, quite a feat.

[Anonymous]

I kinda lost respect for the brand when they made a SUV

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I kinda lost respect for the brand when they made a SUV

The Cayenne beat the 911 on the track.

[Anonymous]

Love my 1996 993. Built like a tank, air cooled engine, simple, and timeless look.

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I had a 944 T and then a 911. No major issues other than having to replace a clutch a couple of times. Make no mistake, parts and labor are expensive. BUT I loved every minute I was driving in my Porsche’s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I kinda lost respect for the brand when they made a SUV

Try driving one. Seriously

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I kinda lost respect for the brand when they made a SUV

Try driving one. Seriously

Porsche likely would have bankrupted had it not been for the SUV models. Porsche isn’t a non-profit outfit nor
Are they govt backed. Do you not have any
business sense?

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Reliability depends on the number of miles you have on the car. Anything new or newish with less than 50K miles is really not a measurement of reliability.

But, POrsches are one of the best in the business for reliability and fun. Macan has been doing really well recently and have been rated as the best luxury small SUV.