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Dealer versus Independent Repair Shop – Horses for Courses?

Horses for courses - dealer versus independent Porsche repair shopIt’s a very common mistake to compare dealership service with independent repair shops. On the surface, it seems reasonable to make the comparison. But once you get underneath and really understand what’s going on in these two worlds, the comparison doesn’t make so much sense.

Both dealers and independent repair shops have a significant role to play at times during your Porsche ownership experience. Both are focused on different areas of a similar market and so comparing them doesn’t necessarily make so much sense… Read Full Article »

Porsche Macan tops the sales numbers for 20212021 – Porsche sells 55,000 new four-door models vs. just 14,000 new sports car coupe models!

Back in 2019 when no mask was needed, Porsche set record sales numbers. 2020 was a year of turmoil and included a shutdown of production during the pandemic. Porsche’s sales in 2020 were still remarkable, but 2021 new car sales have exceeded the 2019 numbers by a record amount. And, order books for 2022 are full – apparently!

While American manufacturers are moaning about no semiconductors, VW ensured enough of the little rascal chips were available for Porsche to deliver their new cars. The strategy worked with more than 70,000 new cars sold in the USA in 2021. Porsche now makes more money per vehicle sold than any other manufacturer in the USA. Not bad considering the financial mess Porsche found itself in some years ago. Read Full Article »

New Porsche 911 GTS for 2022The new 992 911 GTS models are prettier both inside and out, have more power, and feature GTS black bodywork elements.

The 911 992 version is now approaching 3 years old, and with what seems to be a more recent theme for model updates late into a production run, Porsche has produced a series of 992 GTS models starting in the 2022 production year.

It’s actually 12 years since Porsche first introduced a GTS version of the 911. The idea is just to spice things up a little as the range gets deep into its production run. A GTS model adds more power, looks a little more aggressive, has interior mods and fine tunes suspension handling. What’s not to like?

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Porsche restoration shop RS-Werks provides restoration, maintenance and restoration for classic PorscheHow to Find the Porsche Restoration Shop You Need!

Ok, so you want to restore the old Porsche and bring it back to its former glory. This sounds like a simple goal and indeed, there are a number of amazingly skilled shops out there that can do exactly that for you – we’ll show you some.

The question is, what do YOU mean by restoration? The term restoration essentially refers to taking an older Porsche and bringing it back to near new condition. However, as simple as this definition seems, there is a very vibrant divergence of skilled shops that have taken this concept in various different directions. From preservation, to restoration modification, to outlaw and concours – let us broaden your horizons to what’s possible with that old air-cooled gem.

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porsche Macan Used Car Buying Guide17 Weeks Have Passed Since a Valid Transfer Case Warranty Claim and Still No Check. So Why the Long Delay in Refunds?

As we reported, in late Q3 2020, Porsche began reaching out to owners with emails or physical mail providing warranty extension details for the transfer case on Macan and Cayenne models. Porsche said, “on certain model year Porsche Cayenne and Macan vehicles, the transfer case long term durability may be below Porsche’s high-quality standards.”

Many owners have already had to replace the transfer case on these models. So, Porsche agreed to pay for the previous repairs and provided a mechanism for making the claim. All well and good, except, as of January ’21, no one had got their refund check! Why the delay? Read Full Article »

Answers to Porsche battery problems-battery draw, flat battery and no start conditionsHow Healthy is Your Battery? Diagnosing the Flat Battery, No Start or Battery Draw Problems on Your Porsche.

Good battery goes flat? – no power or weak power after overnight parking? Finding a draw on a battery that causes it to go flat or have very weak power after a relatively short period e.g., overnight parking, can be a real pain in the you know what! Finding the problem can be a long drawn out and frustrating process – often this can also be expensive because of the hours involved to establish the source of the problem.

Here’s what you need to know and some shortcuts to solving battery problems: Read Full Article »

Astronaut Charlie Duke drove the LRV on the moon and now drives the Porsche TaycanWhere can you find an $8M electric vehicle with a dead battery?

Charles “Charlie” Duke (no relation to Charles Charlie Charles of the famous Charles brothers) is an American hero and knows where to find an $8M dollar electric vehicle with a dead battery. Charlie was the Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 16 and the tenth person to walk on the moon. He is also one of only 6 people to ever experienced driving an all-electric vehicle in another world.

Since then, Charlie has never driven an electric vehicle on any other planet including this one. So, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of driving Lunar Roving Vehicles on the moon’s surface, Charlie drove the Taycan on planet earth. Watch how he gets on and read the truly amazing story of Charlie and the LRV on the moon. Read Full Article »

Porsche North America repaorts sales for 2020 including the TaycanReading Between the Lines of a Crazy Pandemic Sales Year

2020 was certainly a wild ride from many perspectives and the business climate was generally disrupted throughout the country. You therefore, don’t need to be a rocket scientist to predict lower sales results from most enterprises. Having said that, Porsche posted results that actually are not too shabby and in fact, still show growth when compared to 2018.

Yes, overall sales declined by a little over 4000 cars, but volume held up pretty well considering the obscure environment or “new normal” that we find ourselves in. Don’t worry though, uncle Joe and the blue cavalry will sort it all out real soon and everything will be back to…well, different. So what do the sales numbers really tell us? Read Full Article »

Porsche produces the 1 millionth Porsche Cayenne53 Years and a Million Reasons Why This Was Such a Good Idea

Porsche recently crossed an important milestone – the 1 millionth Porsche Cayenne rolled off the production line and was delivered to a smiling customer in Germany. Not bad for a sports car company that took the gamble to start the design and production work for an SUV style vehicle in the late 1990’s  – that’s when most of us were pondering the Y2K problem!

It took Porsche 53 years to produce 1 million 911 coupes. The Cayenne has surpassed that number in a brief 18 years and looks easily set to overtake the all-time 911 production numbers. Along with its SUV partner, the Macan, the Cayenne has changed the Porsche dynamic and stolen the show. Read Full Article »

Porsche technical Q & APorsche Technical Q & A – Highlights of the Most Recent Technical Questions We’ve Answered – Some, No One Knows the Answer to Yet!

We receive thousands of visits every month to our common problems pages. We encourage you to contact us if you don’t find the answer to your particular issue and we do our best to try to find a solution.

We receive hundreds of questions every month in this way and we try to gather them together to identify any trends. The type of question varies dramatically from what appears to be design issues on new cars, to very unusual mechanical behavior. Here are some of the issues that have come up most recently.

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