I read this article listing Consumer Reports ratings of used cars to buy, and Porsche 911 was listed with an explicit exception for 2003 model years.

Guess what year I have?

Anyone know why?

http://editorial.autos.msn.com/artic...umentid=435706

 

that's wierd considering the changes were in 02.
would like to know as well.

 

Boy do I hate Consumer Reports. I think they have trashed every car I have ever owned and loved and praised everyone I couldnt wait to sell. If it was up to them we would all be driving souless Camrys and Civics.

Guess I just lost some more resale value. Good thing I have no intention of selling it.

 

I considered selling earlier this year, but found I could not bring myself to do it. There is, literally, nothing else I'd rather drive.

 

I could'nt agree more. Everytime I get behind the wheel and drop the top, I can't help but smile. My real wish would be to add a second to my garage that is a little more hardcore like a TT or GT3. But until then I will continue drive and tweak the heck out of my current girl smiling the whole way.

 

Yeah, I'm curious too. Maybe they have a fleet/sample survey and the 03 happened to have issues. I don't think there were any changes from 02 to 03.

 

yeah, i was bummed about the consumer reports rating too. but it's just statistics. if you read the fine print on their website, they say the ratings don't mean that all the cars are bad, it's just what kind of problems people reported.

the only issue i've had with my '03 C4S is some of the rattles / squeaks CR reported. otherwise, it's been a reliable car.

 

I have to concure to vick57. Haven't had any problems with my 03. (Knock on wood) Only issues were the radio,passenger window, and cup holder. All taken care of by the dealer.

 

Here is what Consumer Reports says about how they gather their ratings:

How are cars holding up? The reliability history charts, included in each model's profile, give you the most comprehensive reliability information available to consumers. (To find our Ratings & reliability information go to our main Autos page and select a vehicle by make and model). These charts are based on nearly 1.3 million responses to our 2007 Annual Auto Survey conducted by the Consumer Reports National Research Center. Consumer Reports subscribers reported on any serious problems they had with their vehicles during the past 12 months that they considered serious because of cost, failure, safety, or downtime, in any of the trouble spots included in the table below.

The scores in the charts are based on the percentage of respondents who reported problems in each of the 17 trouble spots. Because high-mileage cars tend to encounter more problems than low-mileage cars, problem rates are standardized to minimize differences due to mileage. The 2007 models were generally less than six months old at the time of the survey, with an average of about 3,000 miles.

There are always exceptions to the norm. However speaking for myself, I appreciate being able to use them as a reference and i will admit it was a big influence on my decision to buy a 996TT.

Check out the attached chart for more details on their rating of the 911.

 

I had to replace an engine at 80K but was covered under extended warranty. They were nice enough to drop an x 51 in it.

 

Who was your extended warranty company? Any hassles with getting the engine covered?

 

The other thing about statistics is that the conclusions start to fall apart as the sample size gets too low. I can't believe CR found too many Porsche owners of any year willing to take the time to fill in the survey (I know I have never done a survey on any product) . . .

 

I think the only pcar owners with time to fill it out are the ones with broken cars- the rest of us are busy driving...

 

EXACTLY--when was the last time you filled out a survey if you were happy with the product?

 

Are 2003s noticably worth less on the market?