2003 Boxster Rear Main Seal Question

[Darren]

I stopped going to Rosen's for service because every time I took my car in, they threatened to cancel my warranty because I track it.  Of course when I bought the car, it was specificaly to track it, and I said that much to the sales guy.  The service department (one guy more than the other) was asking me "why is there a fire extinguisher, is this a tracked car?"  I really didn't appreciate the interrogation, and I didn't know how to answer (can I plead the 5th?).  I realize they are doing a CYA, but even the PCNA rep that looked at my car when it was at Brandywine for the most recent RMS repair understood and didn't seem to care that I tracked my car.

The bottom line is that the RMS is a manufacturing defect that Porsche knows about and didn't fix, so don't take any BS.  How did me tracking the car cause my RMS to leak?? Come on now.   My RMS was repaired at 1700 miles, new motor at 11,000 because RMS was out of spec, 21,000 (chassis) again repaired on new motor, and since then has been fine.  The most recent fix seems to have held up.

As an aside, in my opinion, we should be buying cars from dealerships that are friendly to our club and it's activities.


As for your situation -- take it to a different dealership and see what they say.  Don't raise hell because you will likely get a "No", and then be SOL.  They can't admit the severity of the problem (PCNA) because it would be too expensive.