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Of the Porches I see on the road, 80% are cayenne SUVs being used to take the kids to school, and the other 20% are stationary in rush hour traffic, ferrying so
by michaelt 3y ago
Of the Porches I see on the road, 80% are cayenne SUVs being used to take the kids to school, and the other 20% are stationary in rush hour traffic, ferrying some middle-aged financial analyst to work in London or New York.
I'm pretty sure Porsche knows this. I'd say any car that doesn't account for this fact is poorly engineered.
- yakshaving_jgt 3y agoOk. But before we stray too far into straw man territory, the cars I'm referring to which are susceptible to intermediate shaft bearing failure are Boxster, Cayman, and 911 (except Turbo, GT2, and GT3) models from 1997 to 2008. So, not Cayennes. (Not that Cayennes don't have their own problems, but then again, all cars do). Also, there may be some confirmation bias at play here. The cars you see on the road are the cars being used to ferry people around on the school run or daily commute. You aren't seeing the cars being taken for a spirited drive.
- trilbyglens 3y agoGerman cars are famous for being overly engineered, with tiny failure tolerances. Older BMWs for instance are complete shitheaps compared with lower end brands of similar age and use. Their systems are all very interdependent and any small failure, or even degredation of any part leads to a cascade if failure. Too much precision engineering and not enough robust engineering.