Why did porsche make third rad standard on 2011 onwards 997 but not on 991? - Page 2 - 6SpeedOnline

Mar 22, 2014 | 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by slicky rick

Hey cab i was able to buy my oakleys on sale!

Yeah, right! Probably 1) super old model, 2) 5% off, 3) fake ones .... Jk

I am an Oakley guy and I even go to the factory for purchase and repairs. No sale ever. On the other hand, items in the Phil are so padded in cost compared to the US Prices that they could offer "sale events".

Oh, I am beginning to switch to Maui Jim's. I like them too.

Mar 22, 2014 | 03:37 PM

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slicky rick is a glorious beacon of light

It was a year before model, and did not buy it here in phil. Got it there in the us, premium outlets near new jersey. Even better was it later developed a small crack on one of the lenses and the phil authorized outlet replaced both lenses on warranty.. Though it took a few weeks before the parts arrived.. My old taste actually prefer ray bans.
Anyways back to regular programming...was the third rad a marketing decision or was it, as we have known porsche in the past, an engineering decision due to a slight weakness in initial design? If it were the latter, what did porsche change in the 991's cooling system to warrant the third rads removal, again.

Mar 22, 2014 | 08:19 PM

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...was the third rad a marketing decision or was it, as we have known porsche in the past, an engineering decision due to a slight weakness in initial design?.....

It is probably both but the general public will never know. Besides, if I were a marketing person, I would not say "weakness". I would rather say, "making something good better". The latter sounds better, right?

As for the 991 getting another radiator next year or the year after? No one will know. If I were to bet, it would be that it will get one (if necessary) sometime based on prior Porsche histories.

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Mar 22, 2014 | 08:34 PM

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cab83_750, I meant they used an optional feature and made it standard to "freshen" the model, instead of spending $ to design and manufacture something new. I imagine Porsche would do this to create sales interest in the model, giving it something interesting and appealing for the model year. (I didn't mean to imply they had these things sitting on the shelves and needed to get rid of them).

So it is possible that the extra radiator would not have been an engineering requirement. If it were, shouldn't there be a service bulletin to retrofit it into the pre-2011 cars if they were experiencing extra high temps?

I never had the impression you were implying on the extra radiators sitting in inventory. And you are also probably right about the radiator not being an engineering requirement. You are probably as correct as me or anyone on what's going on with Porsche's sales, engineering, marketing, etc. Similar to what I told slicky_rick, the general public will never know if we are right or wrong about anything.

Let me put it this way: I myself have had enough experience behind corporate closed doors that I know we discussed things the general public will never know (and should never know). Legal, illegal, right, wrong decisions are based on return on investments, cost-benefit analysis, numbers from actuaries, lawyers, etc.

TSBs? Again, driven by actuaries, lawyers, etc. Heck, it took a class action lawsuit to acknowledge the IMS issue.

We are all correct about our opinions. Everyone is right and everyone is wrong. What matters is we still enjoy our cars.

Cheers!