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Its just waiting for the worst possible moment for revenge
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Quote:Well, I have had the timing belt break on the 968, so it’s not as my neglect of “prescribed replacement intervals” for this or that hasn’t been entirely without consequences. And that was a biggie ! I must have cut in front of a gypsy caravan and got cursed because that happened four days before I was scheduled to have the belt replaced. You’d think I learned my lesson after that but nooo ! :glare:
If I recall that was on the way home from a 968 Gathering, during which, you were castigated repeatedly for your careless maintenance.
Of course, no one said "I told you so..."
Jay
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Don’t think the Mercedes Karma will be as expensive as the Porsche Karma
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Mine broke in 2002, with 56K on the clock...I was going to replace at 60K. You're not the only one to be victimized by the belt failure
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I don't recall the age it was.. But at that time the car was a daily driver, and I typically logged around 10 -12 K miles a year, so maybe approx. 4 years old, . Porsche manual does not even reference an age, only the mileage... it indicates 48 K ?! I could have sworn the manual is @60 K.., no ? And assuming they utilize a 12 K mi. threshold associated with annual mileage in some of their other schedules which indicate " at X miles or Y years " , the " expectation " was 5 years.
I looked at a red Cab at a dealership in California years ago. I asked about the timing belt, and the salesman told me that it was fine, the car only had 45k on it, and the belt is good to 60k. I tried to explain that he was wrong, but he was a bombastic ass who already knew everything there was to know about every car ever built.
Next time I saw the car they were trying to sell it with a shot head because the belt failed while it was being driven by a prospective buyer. Too bad too, it was a very nice car. Guards Red 6 speed with tan interior. Nice shape, with the obvious exception of the valves.
1992 968 Cabriolet
Volvo S60 Turbo AWD
Lexus RX 300 AWD
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