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[Llamaguy]

I went through a poll found on aol
Even though this is the 10 worst brands for reliabilty, I would think that most are some of the best cars made.

The results that I saw looked like some of you guys had been there or maybe Porsche really makes the best unreliable cars out there/

Audi
Good 41%
Fair 26%
Excel 22%
Poor 11%

Infiniti
Good 43%
Fair 38%
Excel 13%
Poor 6%

Saturn
Good 41%
Fair 26%
Excel 22%
Poor 11%

Lincoln
Good 41%
Fair 29%
Excel 19%
Poor 12%

Jaguar
Good 25%
Fair 26%
Excel 23%
Poor 16%

MB
Excel 47%
Good 36%
Fair 11%
Poor 6%

Volkwagon
Good 46%
Excel 22%
Fair 21%
Poor 11%

Land Rover
Good 35%
Fair 29%
Poor 19%
Excel 17%

Hummer
Fair 31%
Poor 30%
Good 27%
Excel 12%

Porsche
Excel 53%
Good 29%
Fair 11%
Poor 6%

All have about the same # of responses @ ~14000 except for Audi who had twice that of every one else @ ~24000 b/c it was listed first.

I just want to know who the 850 people who think Porsche makes poor cars are?
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1987 924S Guards Red
1997 Suzuki Tl1000 Supersport

[doomer77]

most likely suckers who have spent their lives savings on a 20 year old 911 in order to finally own a Porsche, and then finding out about maintainence costs.

or

some 12 year old punk who sits home and between jacking off and downloading bad porno posts on AOL polls.
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Why drink and drive when you can smoke and fly?
Carpe diem. and if that doesnt work; get drunk!

1980 924 n/a - engine swap begun
1989 Volvo 480ES

[sequential]

the land rover and VW numbers are off , THEY MAKE WORSE CARS THAN THAT !
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928 gts prototype
baby blue engine block
steam in 1,2,3,4 sometimes
cold star issues while on stands
112 whp with new 4 valve head and MIS 2

[moone924]

[Chrenan]

The more you pay for a car, the less reliable it is.
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1987 951 - M193 Version for Japan

[alxch1n15]

i wouldnt exactly say that, you can pay a lot of money for a very reliable car, or you can pay a lot of money for a very unreliable car. the average consumer is an idiot who is told what they want. the average consumer's first instinct is to buy. the one's who do their research and actually know what is going on with a car---i like to think people like us---are much better off.
my g/f's father told me something once: people become mechanics to cheat uninformed/ignorant people out of their money.
no offense to any mechanics out there. but i think this quote sums up a lot of the average consumer.


remember: BUYER BEWARE
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'81 924 n/a

[chris24]

wooooaaaa!

how many generalisations can we throw around?

all 924NA owners are paranoid neurotics that won't buy a REAL porsche like a 944 cos they're scared about the timing belt breaking...
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1983 - 924 (185K miles) - not mint
1985 - 924 (148K miles) - mint
1990 - 944S2 cab (52K miles)

[morghen]

[alxch1n15]

im not saying that, im saying that people who research and know how to do things take much in stride. if the timing belt breaks on an expensive car, we know it always because of the manufacturer, some times we can be the ones who mess up. if people buy a crappy car, cant it be because the manufacturer/seller was smarter than the buyer?
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'81 924 n/a

[Llamaguy]

an expensive timing belt isn't anything uncommon. My sister's 2000ish Chrysler Minivan was $800 or so to replace it.
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1987 924S Guards Red
1997 Suzuki Tl1000 Supersport

[Lizard]

I doubt most of the people who voted on that even owned one.
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3 928s,

[chris24]

Spot on Lizard.
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1983 - 924 (185K miles) - not mint
1985 - 924 (148K miles) - mint
1990 - 944S2 cab (52K miles)