WTF?? You said you were getting your car back yesterday? What happened? In addition to the $3400 you just spent, or is that what the $3400 was for? What year? What is the master bearing? Do you mean main bearing failure?

 

master bearing? what's that? IMS? I have done a full clutch + RMS refresh. I failed to mention that the RMS was covered under Carmax warranty but I refused to have their tool monkeys deal with it and instead had my Porsche dealer (the collection) perform the job... I paid for it. The warranty guy could not believe it! Right now (after the first 30 days), the extended warranty covers all the usual stuff and repairs are done at my porsche dealership.
My car is a 2002, last 4 vin are: 0970 and had replaced the engine when the car was 8K miles young. Right now the car sits on 92.5K miles, I drive it every day, 500 miles per week. My goal is to hit 100,000 miles by the end of summer!!!
joel

 

I really wondered about buying the warranty as my car I believe was to old to be CPO'd that I bought at the dealer. After the weighing the cost vs. what could happen I didnt buy it. I am almost 2 years into ownership with my '99 and have bought a window regulator and oil change only. At this point it looks like I made the right choice but I would never tell anyone not to. I had good records and the car checked out fine and felt great. I do need some tires now but cost to own this car for the last 2 years hasnt been anymore than my 03 4runner.

 

The guys on the Elisetalk forums think their $30K-40K 2005-07 Lotus Elises are exotic cars. For me, an exotic car needs to cost as much as a house. An Aston DBS counts as an exotic. A Bugatti Veyron and Carrera GT are supercars; above and beyond an exotic.

 

Those lotus guys need to understand their cars look like track nerd cars. nice, unique, but no panty pulling power. people ain't looking cuz they don't recognize it. people look at a 911 because they know what it is - it's no exotic, it's not a supercar, but it is like others have stated on icon, a prestigious brand car because it has history/pedigree.

i would call a pagani zonda an exotic. an exotic supercar.

what a thread. vase or vase?

 

Interesting thought Ben, need to figure out how much panty pulling power it takes to be exotic.

 

Oops, I meant to post on the is the 911 an exotic car thread.

 

Flyer, even a Ferrari 360 has 100000x more PPP than any 911. This is based on scientific research put on my a many hs nerd now turned mega research engineers who have the coin to drop dough on a prancing horsey.

 

To keep this on topic....

Yea i think after spending a year + on Rennlist reading up on things... if someone were to ask me which 996 carrera should i get... i'd tell them... try to get a 2002+ even if you really like the mk1 look... do a full PPI, but this still won't tell you if you're at a higher risk of IMS failure since that seems to happen at any time... if you can't drive with peace of mind with a potential $13K engine replacement bill over your head... get a $3,500 aftermarket warranty.

the best thing is to look for a car with a remanufactured motor under original factory warranty as i've never ever heard of a reman motor failing in real life and online. if the mk1 has a reman engine and you want to save some $, go for it and don't get the mk2 with the original motor.

call my advice messed up, but that's exactly how i'd do it aka put my money where my mouth is cuz that's when it really counts.

 

After talking with a few owners I don't think its the smart move for me to go with the Porsche right now. In time all good things shall come to pass!

I'm looking for a good low mileage E46 M3 now. Thanks for the info guys!

 

you should also look into the Lexus IS350. It's pretty fast and it will be rock solid reliable, way beyond the bimmer.

 

disagree. e46 M3>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>IS350

 

What is your build date, please? Thanks. Yours is th eclosest vin to mine I've seen so far!

 

Yeah, I never really paid much attention to the E46 M3's but looking at their performance stats and knowing how much I like every other BMW I've driven I have a good idea of what to expect.

My friend has a couple coming to his dealership next month that I'll be checking out. I'm sold if they're in the right condition.

 

how can I get the build date? is that on the label on the door?

joel