I did 350 miles this weekend in my new car. It's my first porsche so I'm loving life (C2 2002)
It's also the first time I've driven it apart from in rush hour traffic after picking it up. I was also very pleasantly suprised to see it' averaged 34mpg after motorway crusing back to London at 'normal' motorway speeds with a bit of traffic jams. I know I won't get that when giving it some beans but I'm happy with those figures for now.
However I have noticed a couple of things which aren't right. There is a bit of wind noise coming in around the windscreen area directly in front of me. I recognise the noise as I used to have a convertible and it's similar. The car is still under OPC warranty so I'm hoping window seals would be covered. I think it's reasonable to expect a car like this not to have a problem like that. I'm hoping Porsche will too.
My girlfriend has complained of a draught coming in from the base of her door. Is this the rubber trim that I've read about? I'm not too worried about it but if it leaks water in I'll not be happy. Is this something that can also be looked at under warranty?
Thirdly, and this is the hardest one to isolate, but there is a slight rattle / clonk noise as I go over bad surfaces. It sounds like it's coming from the front right side of the car and 'feels' like I can feel it through the steering. However as this is my first porsche I'm not sure if the steering feedback is normal and I'm just feeling the bumps as normal. It's not as loud or pronounced as a CV joint or wheel bearing failure and I wouldn't expect it at 20k either. It sounds more like something in the front boot area that might be loose or something around the dash area. I know this is not much to go on but does anyone have any idea or is this one for a porsche tech to look at.
I've decided to continue the OPC warranty for another year.
Cheers
Migration info. Legacy thread was 118631
It's also the first time I've driven it apart from in rush hour traffic after picking it up. I was also very pleasantly suprised to see it' averaged 34mpg after motorway crusing back to London at 'normal' motorway speeds with a bit of traffic jams. I know I won't get that when giving it some beans but I'm happy with those figures for now.
However I have noticed a couple of things which aren't right. There is a bit of wind noise coming in around the windscreen area directly in front of me. I recognise the noise as I used to have a convertible and it's similar. The car is still under OPC warranty so I'm hoping window seals would be covered. I think it's reasonable to expect a car like this not to have a problem like that. I'm hoping Porsche will too.
My girlfriend has complained of a draught coming in from the base of her door. Is this the rubber trim that I've read about? I'm not too worried about it but if it leaks water in I'll not be happy. Is this something that can also be looked at under warranty?
Thirdly, and this is the hardest one to isolate, but there is a slight rattle / clonk noise as I go over bad surfaces. It sounds like it's coming from the front right side of the car and 'feels' like I can feel it through the steering. However as this is my first porsche I'm not sure if the steering feedback is normal and I'm just feeling the bumps as normal. It's not as loud or pronounced as a CV joint or wheel bearing failure and I wouldn't expect it at 20k either. It sounds more like something in the front boot area that might be loose or something around the dash area. I know this is not much to go on but does anyone have any idea or is this one for a porsche tech to look at.
I've decided to continue the OPC warranty for another year.
Cheers
Migration info. Legacy thread was 118631