29th Jan 2021, 21:32

I wouldn't say a Porsche is unreliable, it's good enough to be used as an everyday car. It certainly does not forgive neglect, like all European cars including more common Peugeots. But it's no Japanese car which you could treat like a dishwasher. Why do you think Porsche drivers are not telling of problems they have - this is a forum where your identity is unknown at any rate, and is the perfect place to rant about your problems for the world to know how rubbish the car is?

Writing from outside the North America here - I have always driven European (used - from 8 years old onwards) and there are fixes needed that you simply accept as part of owning one. Like in my case, the vacuum pump seal at the back of a BMW N46 engine, a $10 part you replace when you do the spark plugs. It'll leak every 5 or so years, but it isn't an issue. European car owners (and outside Nth America we get far less complicated variants of those sold there) will be very scathing of a car if they definitely got a lemon (or bought used from owners who didn't look after the car who neglected even maintenance). Even within Carsurvey, you'll find people whose Hondas have problems - Honda was once touted as the "Mercedes of Small Cars", and is still plush in many markets - but no-one bats an eyelid.