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Originally Posted by sammyg2
Well stated, clear and concise.
I asked the baited question for a reason: Which bar do we hold this company's products to?
Does it get the same slack as a temperamental high performance hand-made vehicle ready to fall apart at a glance (anything made in Italy or Spain), should we hold it up to the same standards as a typical mass produced vehicle like ford or GM or Toyota?
Or should we expect it to be somewhere in-between ......
My personal opinion is that if they're going to charge huge cubic dollars, their cars better last a go-zillion years.
But that doesn't really apply (see Italy).
What it boils down to is apparently this: a Porsche should be bought new and driven for no more than 100,000 miles and then replaced with another new Porsche.
Just like a ford.
If you don't want to spend that kind of money every several years, buy a ford. Like me 
(PS there are lots of people out there who have proven otherwise) |
Yes, I think you're probably right. What does Porsche care if a 10 year-old Cayman has an engine failure in the hands of its third owner? The car got top marks for initial quality, it did fine under warrantee, so its reputation amongst the well-heeled buyers is unscathed. Sure enough, I just saw an article that Porsche has once again rated as the #1 most desirable luxury automaker sold in the U.S.
Meanwhile, the 911SCs, 1980s Volvos and Mercedes Diesels, and millions of Camrys, Carollas, Civics, and Accords just keep chugging along.