Hi,
I've joined this forum in the hope that I can gain some objective fact based answers relating to the 3.8 litre Gen2 997 engine (MA101 / 9A1?) in comparison to the earlier 997 3.8 (M97?)
Specifically I've been looking and reading a lot of materials about what sound truly shocking IMS / RMS engine failures on the 997's, and yes I've read each and every thread and online article I can find so I'm not blind to the myth or fact discussions...
However as this would be my first Porsche (my previous 7 cars in 20 years have all been Mercedes and covered many hundreds of thousands of miles with zero mechnical issues and zero failures, just pure regular servicing needed) and I've been looking at cost wise late gen 1 C2S 997's (around £45k and less than about 15k mikes).
What now troubles me greatly is all the feedback about engine failures at very low mileages and whilst I appreciate the performance difference between Merc engine and the 997, anything that lets go in less than 20k miles is not going to get my hand reaching for the wallet to buy one, regardless of an OPC warranty or not
That said the Gen 2 is a completely new engine as I understand it so has that dealt with all the engine problems (real or mythical related!). If it has then any purchase I make of a gen 2 997 would have to wait at least a year until prices drop below the 50k mark I think?
appreciate any factual advice and hopefully it will build some lost confidence I'm feeling about trying this marque.
NB: although previously I've run high milegaes each year I now do far less around 10 -12k per year so not a big milege user as was the case with the merc's
thanks
andy
I've joined this forum in the hope that I can gain some objective fact based answers relating to the 3.8 litre Gen2 997 engine (MA101 / 9A1?) in comparison to the earlier 997 3.8 (M97?)
Specifically I've been looking and reading a lot of materials about what sound truly shocking IMS / RMS engine failures on the 997's, and yes I've read each and every thread and online article I can find so I'm not blind to the myth or fact discussions...
However as this would be my first Porsche (my previous 7 cars in 20 years have all been Mercedes and covered many hundreds of thousands of miles with zero mechnical issues and zero failures, just pure regular servicing needed) and I've been looking at cost wise late gen 1 C2S 997's (around £45k and less than about 15k mikes).
What now troubles me greatly is all the feedback about engine failures at very low mileages and whilst I appreciate the performance difference between Merc engine and the 997, anything that lets go in less than 20k miles is not going to get my hand reaching for the wallet to buy one, regardless of an OPC warranty or not
That said the Gen 2 is a completely new engine as I understand it so has that dealt with all the engine problems (real or mythical related!). If it has then any purchase I make of a gen 2 997 would have to wait at least a year until prices drop below the 50k mark I think?
appreciate any factual advice and hopefully it will build some lost confidence I'm feeling about trying this marque.
NB: although previously I've run high milegaes each year I now do far less around 10 -12k per year so not a big milege user as was the case with the merc's
thanks
andy