K-Roll's 944Lyfe: Some kind of Update?

"K-Roll-PorscheTamer" (k-roll390) 08/07/2015 at 11:40 • Filed to: 944Lyfe

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Here’s the good and the bad from the trip to the shop.

The Good: The car got to the shop safely and I know they’ll do a good job.

The Bad: My dad and I(when I say him, I mean myself for allowing him to accompany me to the shop) fucked this one up good.

The first fuckup on my part was that I towed the car to the shop with most of the top of the engine disassembled. I hadn’t thought of it at first, but they were planning on test driving the car or seeing if it ran at all before getting into repairs, and I sent them the damn motor not fully together. I was in the process of doing so when I called a tow truck last night. They had said they were 45 minutes away when I was getting things together, only to call back 5 minutes later to say the ETA was 15 minutes....I will be incurring added labor costs to put the top of the motor back together. How much, I don’t know.

My second fuckup was somehow allowing my dad to control the situation and I take full blame for this one....He doesn’t seem to understand the idea that my intentions with the car were to fix things as they go wrong, UNLESS many things go wrong at once, necessitating multiple sorts at once; rather than sort the car out all in one go. The two times I’ve taken the 944 to a shop, I’ve done it myself and it’s gone quite well. But this time......I only asked them to tension the belts and replace the speed and reference sensors because I knew that’s what the problems and symptoms pointed to, and I have asked another shop, many forums, and looked at shop manuals to figure this out. Even so, my dad thinks I have no fucking idea what I’m talking about, and asked them to do a full-on inspection(the FIRST one this car will ever have, as the previous was only suspension based) to find anything else that may be wrong, and I’ll be footing the bill on anything that they do find wrong in said inspection. That also includes doing the things I was going to service myself in the next week(my passenger door handle, trans fluid change, alignment....). And at the same time all this is happening, he’s making me look like an uneducated idiot in front of the service advisor who is a friend of a friend of mine. -_-

Now, I get the good intentions behind this(so I don’t get stranded again), and it’s nice of him to be only paying for the inspection($100) but dammit, if I’m the one paying for the repairs, and he knows damn well I have school supplies and crap I’ll need to be getting in a couple weeks and I only planned on fixing the things that prevented it from running. So now I have to tack on more stuff to the list, I really hope they find nothing wrong aside from what I already know...Someone said the next day after stressing failures of repairs would be better, I’m not so sure at this point. I guess it’s just another day..?

EDIT: Thanks to two Oppos, I remembered that I can actually deny or not do some repairs even when the inspection makes note of them, that’s actually quite the relief now that’s been cleared up!

I’ll be expecting a call once they’ve put the motor back together and do that inspection...

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 08/07/2015 at 11:44

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When they call about the motor back together they should get authorization to do any actual repairs that they’ve found in the inspection. Tell them no if you don’t want it done at that time.

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 08/07/2015 at 11:47

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im not trying to be mean, but what did you expect when you bought an old German car for a relatively cheap amount? I wouldnt buy a german car from the 2000’s even.

WiscoProud > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 08/07/2015 at 11:47

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Getting a full inspection is well worth the $100 considering the issues you have had so far. Even if you opt to not fix items immediately, at least you will know what to keep an eye out for. As for the minor stuff, unless they have already started, call back and say you don't want it done.

qbeezy > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 08/07/2015 at 11:47

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Sorry it has been going bad for you lately. At least your dad is paying for the inspection. If he didn’t, that would be crappy to make that decision for you. The one up side to the inspection is that at least you may get a heads up on a potential issue you may have not known about.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 08/07/2015 at 11:47

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Oh right! I completely forgot about that, good call.

bryan40oop > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 08/07/2015 at 11:48

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He’s paying for the inspection, you can deny the repairs. I really don’t see what the issue is. They diagnose and tell you what you need, you pick and choose whats done. He’s helping you out really.

TheBaron2112 > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 08/07/2015 at 11:49

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How have you not had a full inspection by this point?

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time 08/07/2015 at 11:50

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I wasn’t expecting any more than what I have now. You basically asked the same question of what if someone bought a cheap any car. I have a list of all the problems it had at purchase, those were sorted out. These are the new problems I’ll be dealing with. They just weren’t problems I knew about at the time but I do know.

And enough with the “old German car this and that” nonsense, it could have happened to any car for cheap, stereotypes be damned.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > bryan40oop 08/07/2015 at 11:52

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Yeah, I already explained to someone else that I completely forgot that I could do that at the time and at the time of writing this up, so there’s that.

finn's arm > WiscoProud 08/07/2015 at 11:52

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This.

The shop should credit the inspection time (1 labor hour) against time spent on repair...

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > TheBaron2112 08/07/2015 at 11:57

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I kinda got away with it by doing minor inspections on only the critical well-known problems of these cars up to this point. The previous owner pointed out every single flaw and issue with the car to me when I test drove it the first time, I had the suspension inspected two months ago, called the mechanic who had previously worked on the car to confirm any repairs and service the previous owner noted, and two once-overs prior to buying the car, but never a full inspection.

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 08/07/2015 at 11:58

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yea i have owned many numerous cheap cars. my winter dd is a $400 ford escort. I have done absolutely nothing to it for 4+ years. and for 9 months it sits in my barn not moving. Also my $600 jeep cherokee that hadnt had an oil change since 2011 and that ran fine with no issues besides headlight burned out.

Im just saying that you should have known that this was going to swallow all your money up. Old cars do that especially German ones

Jayhawk Jake > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 08/07/2015 at 11:58

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The first fuckup was buying a 30 year old German sports car and expecting it to be reliable and cheap.

The inspection will tell you what all is needed to get it in tip top shape. I don’t see how that’s a bad thing.

If you are concerned about having money for school then sell the Porsche and focus on schoolwork. The only guarantee with an old car is things WILL break, and being German they WILL more than likely cost a pretty penny to fix.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Jayhawk Jake 08/07/2015 at 12:06

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Please point and shoot where I say “I expected a cheap and reliable car out of this”. It’s certainly better balanced than any other car I could’ve bought for the money.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 08/07/2015 at 12:43

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Yeah (and I see your update above). It’s actually a win for you. Because now you should have a complete list of everything it needs, and you just tack it to the garage wall and start chipping away.

DrScientist > TheD0k_2many toys 2little time 08/07/2015 at 15:09

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a german car form the 2000’s is probably much more likely to have stuff go wrong than a german car from the 1980’s. simply because there’s much more stuff, and that stuff tends to be a lot more complicated.

for the 80’s cars, now the issue is sourcing the parts, and finding a mechanic who is still familiar with the engine/overall car.

Jayhawk Jake > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 08/07/2015 at 15:22

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You've been whining for like 4 straight days that your car isn't working and you don't have the money to fix it properly. Maybe you didn't specifically say cheap and reliable, but you sure are making quite a scene over issues that anyone should expect when owning an old sports car.