Car Talk 5: The Juice is Loose!

[max225]

Once again in a civic it would make sense. In a limited production collectible and highly desirable Porsche ... just a different demographic and way of life.

Like you go to an Apple bees and are happy if no one spat in your food and that it comes out warm. The expectation of French laundry is a bit different. And yes both are “just food”. Expectations are a bit higher in one vs the other, as is the level of service.

I would be upset if I took my GT3 in for that work and they put in a base Carrera engine. It's still a GT3 after the replacement Agree to disagree I guess. Porsche seems to think it's worth $3500 and they get the last laugh.

It is interesting to follow actually, there have been several law suits that contested the way Porsche handled the situation. You don’t fuck with people that have a 7+ figure net worth at the minimum without getting sued.

[Irish]

That is my view, but it's also more than I can afford, pal.

Very few cars will lose an engine, but it's possible in any car. Max's point re: lost value I guess is valid, but I feel like $3500 is pretty generous when I would go into that expecting $0.

Do people really GAF about numbers matching? I mean, you got a new engine with less miles on it.

Once again in a civic it would make sense. In a limited production collectible and highly desirable Porsche ... just a different demographic and way of life.

Like you go to an Apple bees and are happy if no one spat in your food and that it comes out warm. The expectation of French laundry is a bit different. And yes both are “just food”. Expectations are a bit higher in one vs the other, as is the level of service.

I would absolutely expect more than $0 for a fucked up engine in a 250k super car

I don't even know what French Laundry is though, clearly I'm out of my depth here.

I inferred that Max was referring to a fancy restaurant versus Applebee' (I had to look it up https://www.thomaskeller.com/tfl ) as an analogy to a Porsche versus a Civic

I chimed in, just goofing around......

[max225]

I mean, Applebees is Middle Class Fancy, so...

A gt3 isn’t

[Irish]

French Laundry looks but $350/person before Covid and $850 during is a big for me dawg....

[fledonfoot]

I would be upset if I took my GT3 in for that work and they put in a base Carrera engine. It's still a GT3 after the replacement Agree to disagree I guess. Porsche seems to think it's worth $3500 and they get the last laugh.

It is interesting to follow actually, there have been several law suits that contested the way Porsche handled the situation. You don’t fuck with people that have a 7+ figure net worth at the minimum without getting sued.

We have a customer that had a 991.1 GT3 that got the engine replaced after failure and raised a stink with PCNA about it. He got his engine, a 911 loaner (despite having half a dozen Porsche’s in the collection and this being his track toy) and his car back in less than 2 weeks from failure, and the 10 year/120k mile warranty extension.

He wanted out of the car for whatever reason and got put on the list for one of the first manual 991.2 GT3s. Takes it to one of our track days at NJMP two weeks later and money shifts from 5th to 2nd going into turn 5 on his second lap.

We tow the car back and admire the damage he did and holes in the block. Porsche offered to cover the engine if he paid the labor ( around $45k for the engine, $5k labor) due to his error. He goes back on the “defective engine” tirade And they shut him down, politely at first, reminding him this was obvious driver error. He pushed the issue further and threatened to sue.

So they pulled their offer and hung him out to dry with a $50k Bill and referred him to legal.

He put it on a black card.

[coogles]

We have a customer that had a 991.1 GT3 that got the engine replaced after failure and raised a stink with PCNA about it. He got his engine, a 911 loaner (despite having half a dozen Porsche’s in the collection and this being his track toy) and his car back in less than 2 weeks from failure, and the 10 year/120k mile warranty extension.

He wanted out of the car for whatever reason and got put on the list for one of the first manual 991.2 GT3s. Takes it to one of our track days at NJMP two weeks later and money shifts from 5th to 2nd going into turn 5 on his second lap.

We tow the car back and admire the damage he did and holes in the block. Porsche offered to cover the engine if he paid the labor ( around $45k for the engine, $5k labor) due to his error. He goes back on the “defective engine” tirade And they shut him down, politely at first, reminding him this was obvious driver error. He pushed the issue further and threatened to sue.

So they pulled their offer and hung him out to dry with a $50k Bill and referred him to legal.

He put it on a black card.

[wap]

It is interesting to follow actually, there have been several law suits that contested the way Porsche handled the situation. You don’t fuck with people that have a 7+ figure net worth at the minimum without getting sued.

We have a customer that had a 991.1 GT3 that got the engine replaced after failure and raised a stink with PCNA about it. He got his engine, a 911 loaner (despite having half a dozen Porsche’s in the collection and this being his track toy) and his car back in less than 2 weeks from failure, and the 10 year/120k mile warranty extension.

He wanted out of the car for whatever reason and got put on the list for one of the first manual 991.2 GT3s. Takes it to one of our track days at NJMP two weeks later and money shifts from 5th to 2nd going into turn 5 on his second lap.

We tow the car back and admire the damage he did and holes in the block. Porsche offered to cover the engine if he paid the labor ( around $45k for the engine, $5k labor) due to his error. He goes back on the “defective engine” tirade And they shut him down, politely at first, reminding him this was obvious driver error. He pushed the issue further and threatened to sue.

So they pulled their offer and hung him out to dry with a $50k Bill and referred him to legal.

He put it on a black card.

Dude sounds like quite the tool. Good on Porsche for giving him a big fat middle finger.

[D Griff]

Once again in a civic it would make sense. In a limited production collectible and highly desirable Porsche ... just a different demographic and way of life.

Like you go to an Apple bees and are happy if no one spat in your food and that it comes out warm. The expectation of French laundry is a bit different. And yes both are “just food”. Expectations are a bit higher in one vs the other, as is the level of service.

I would absolutely expect more than $0 for a fucked up engine in a 250k super car

I don't even know what French Laundry is though, clearly I'm out of my depth here.

I inferred that Max was referring to a fancy restaurant versus Applebee' (I had to look it up https://www.thomaskeller.com/tfl ) as an analogy to a Porsche versus a Civic

I chimed in, just goofing around......

I was picking up what you were putting down

[Irish]

It is interesting to follow actually, there have been several law suits that contested the way Porsche handled the situation. You don’t fuck with people that have a 7+ figure net worth at the minimum without getting sued.

We have a customer that had a 991.1 GT3 that got the engine replaced after failure and raised a stink with PCNA about it. He got his engine, a 911 loaner (despite having half a dozen Porsche’s in the collection and this being his track toy) and his car back in less than 2 weeks from failure, and the 10 year/120k mile warranty extension.

He wanted out of the car for whatever reason and got put on the list for one of the first manual 991.2 GT3s. Takes it to one of our track days at NJMP two weeks later and money shifts from 5th to 2nd going into turn 5 on his second lap.

We tow the car back and admire the damage he did and holes in the block. Porsche offered to cover the engine if he paid the labor ( around $45k for the engine, $5k labor) due to his error. He goes back on the “defective engine” tirade And they shut him down, politely at first, reminding him this was obvious driver error. He pushed the issue further and threatened to sue.

So they pulled their offer and hung him out to dry with a $50k Bill and referred him to legal.

He put it on a black card.

I'll bet he doesn't think twice about dinner at French Laundry....

[max225]

It is interesting to follow actually, there have been several law suits that contested the way Porsche handled the situation. You don’t fuck with people that have a 7+ figure net worth at the minimum without getting sued.

We have a customer that had a 991.1 GT3 that got the engine replaced after failure and raised a stink with PCNA about it. He got his engine, a 911 loaner (despite having half a dozen Porsche’s in the collection and this being his track toy) and his car back in less than 2 weeks from failure, and the 10 year/120k mile warranty extension.

He wanted out of the car for whatever reason and got put on the list for one of the first manual 991.2 GT3s. Takes it to one of our track days at NJMP two weeks later and money shifts from 5th to 2nd going into turn 5 on his second lap.

We tow the car back and admire the damage he did and holes in the block. Porsche offered to cover the engine if he paid the labor ( around $45k for the engine, $5k labor) due to his error. He goes back on the “defective engine” tirade And they shut him down, politely at first, reminding him this was obvious driver error. He pushed the issue further and threatened to sue.

So they pulled their offer and hung him out to dry with a $50k Bill and referred him to legal.

He put it on a black card.

He knows he fucked up as opposed to Porsche. Makes perfect sense.

[razr390]

It is interesting to follow actually, there have been several law suits that contested the way Porsche handled the situation. You don’t fuck with people that have a 7+ figure net worth at the minimum without getting sued.

We have a customer that had a 991.1 GT3 that got the engine replaced after failure and raised a stink with PCNA about it. He got his engine, a 911 loaner (despite having half a dozen Porsche’s in the collection and this being his track toy) and his car back in less than 2 weeks from failure, and the 10 year/120k mile warranty extension.

He wanted out of the car for whatever reason and got put on the list for one of the first manual 991.2 GT3s. Takes it to one of our track days at NJMP two weeks later and money shifts from 5th to 2nd going into turn 5 on his second lap.

We tow the car back and admire the damage he did and holes in the block. Porsche offered to cover the engine if he paid the labor ( around $45k for the engine, $5k labor) due to his error. He goes back on the “defective engine” tirade And they shut him down, politely at first, reminding him this was obvious driver error. He pushed the issue further and threatened to sue.

So they pulled their offer and hung him out to dry with a $50k Bill and referred him to legal.

He put it on a black card.

ThE aRt oF ThE dEaL!

Some Uber rich people don’t know when to stop. But maybe that’s because dude had the money to pay for it in full so he had nothing to lose by going all the way. Either way... 45k extra he spent by being an asshole could’ve gone to other stuff.

[MexicanYarisTK]

https://www.autotrader.ca/a/porsche/cay ... 11413190_/

This is better.

That is

I think I'm in the minority here... but I actually like newer, higher mileage cars for less money when they are well cared for. You can drive it as much as you want without being overly concerned about adding miles, I feel that cars work better when they don't sit and are driven, most of us here will change all fluids and such regardless upon delivery, the list of reasons goes on.

I wouldn't hesitate to buy something like that and just daily it, track it from time to time, just enjoy the car without too much diaper polishing.

thats what we did for the car in Turkey for this very reason. Especially when its a car I don't intent to mod at all whatsoever. Drive it NFG. Could've gotten a used car but most people here are with keeping it up, so not willing to roll the dice on this one.

[CaleDeRoo]

OMG my friend in Chicago just bought this for $450 from the OG owner. It's got like 80k miles. LORT














It's so hot.

[max225]

OMG my friend in Chicago just bought this for $450 from the OG owner. It's got like 80k miles. LORT














It's so hot.

Wow that thing is mint... too bad whoever gets it next will have it sitting on 3 wheels in no time

[MexicanYarisTK]

It is interesting to follow actually, there have been several law suits that contested the way Porsche handled the situation. You don’t fuck with people that have a 7+ figure net worth at the minimum without getting sued.

We have a customer that had a 991.1 GT3 that got the engine replaced after failure and raised a stink with PCNA about it. He got his engine, a 911 loaner (despite having half a dozen Porsche’s in the collection and this being his track toy) and his car back in less than 2 weeks from failure, and the 10 year/120k mile warranty extension.

He wanted out of the car for whatever reason and got put on the list for one of the first manual 991.2 GT3s. Takes it to one of our track days at NJMP two weeks later and money shifts from 5th to 2nd going into turn 5 on his second lap.

We tow the car back and admire the damage he did and holes in the block. Porsche offered to cover the engine if he paid the labor ( around $45k for the engine, $5k labor) due to his error. He goes back on the “defective engine” tirade And they shut him down, politely at first, reminding him this was obvious driver error. He pushed the issue further and threatened to sue.

So they pulled their offer and hung him out to dry with a $50k Bill and referred him to legal.

He put it on a black card.

Jesus christ!

[CaleDeRoo]

OMG my friend in Chicago just bought this for $450 from the OG owner. It's got like 80k miles. LORT














It's so hot.

Wow that thing is mint... too bad whoever gets it next will have it sitting on 3 wheels in no time

No I mean my friend personally bought it for himself.

[MexicanYarisTK]

OMG my friend in Chicago just bought this for $450 from the OG owner. It's got like 80k miles. LORT














It's so hot.

Holy fuck!! he better keep this thing!

[Desertbreh]

I don't even know what French Laundry is though, clearly I'm out of my depth here.

Goddamit Griff its a fancy ass restaurant in Napa that our Governor went to for a campaign party sans social distancing whilst demanding that all of the rest of us stay home in hermetically sealed housing eating Door Dash hot dogs.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/25/opin ... ornia.html

[D Griff]

That is a clean Town & Cunt. Honestly a solid pickup for the price, minivans make for great beaters/shit haulers. It's like a but cheap, more useful, and more comfortable.

[D Griff]

I don't even know what French Laundry is though, clearly I'm out of my depth here.

Goddamit Griff its a fancy ass restaurant in Napa that our Governor went to for a campaign party sans social distancing whilst demanding that all of the rest of us stay home in hermetically sealed housing eating Door Dash hot dogs.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/25/opin ... ornia.html

Ahh I've certainly heard tell of Gavin's tomfoolery but wasn't aware of his specific eateries of choice.

[wap]

Those are some shiny-ass tars.

[max225]

Old Supra is really really good

[Tar]

Niceee...

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/mobile/ontar ... -1.5336770

And they call these debaucheries "safety devices."

[Irish]

Niceee...

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/mobile/ontar ... -1.5336770

And they call these debaucheries "safety devices."

I initially thought the article was going to end with it turning out that the car was just doing what its supposed to and she wasn't used to it.... but since the tech were able to replicate it or at least establish that the sensors were bad, they should absolutely refund her... Definitely a bad look for Hyundai...

My wifes Touareg is the first car we've ever owned with adaptive cruise and lane assist and all that jazz..... the first few times the car braked itself freaked me out a little, but I got used to it pretty quick.....

What happens to me on longer trips is that I end up behind someone who is going 5-10 mph slower than I want to... but I don't realize it right away because the adaptive cruise is so smooth.....

[Irish]

Old Supra is really really good

This was a fun watch...I think all three are sharp as hell but I'll take the Old girl any ole day of the week....