Calling All PCCB Victims Options

[0396]

Hey folks ,

If you know of any 996 owners with the PCCB brakes,
PLEASE advise them to look @www. rennlist / forums / GT2/GT3/ Calling All PCCB Victims.

There is pending litigation that they SHOULD get in on .

I'm sorry that I have no knowledge in setting up a link to that site.

Thanks (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool_shades.gif)

[campbellcj]

I am most likely missing some important point, but if one buys a car and then needs replacement parts, but then is unsatisfied with the cost of those parts or unable to afford them, well isn't that really a consumer obligation to research beforehand? If you buy a GT3RS and then 4 months later it needs an engine rebuild due (to severe race usage) that costs $40K then is it the factory's fault that you can't afford the rebuild? And isn't this syndrome why we see many exotic cars for sale at a deep discount later?

Again, I could easily be wrong but I do not recall seeing any written claims that PCCB was intended for race use or warranted for it. Most guys who do serious track driving know that warranties generally are moot the instant you pull out of the hot pits. In fact, when you pull onto that track you are been unrealistic if you don't "accept" the fact that 100% of that car's replacement cost -- plus potentially much more -- could vaporize at any split-second.

Not that I don't feel a little sorry for anybody caught off-guard by unexpectedly high expenses (BTDT) but brakes in particular are a WEAR ITEM on ANY car. They are consumables, just like tires, gas and wiper blades. F1 cars run bleeding-edge carbon brakes and replace them how often? I dunno, but they are not "forever" items, that's pretty certain...

Just playing the devil's advocate a bit, as personally if I were going racing I would look CLOSELY at which parts the factory had successfully used in a similar application. PCCB on factory race cars??? Rarely if ever seen, as they knew the cost/benefit was very marginal. Honestly, even on street cars, warranty claims on wear parts such as brake friction surfaces will be an extremely tough case IMHO. Personally I would cut my losses and install a set of proven, traditional (iron+alum) high performance brakes and chalk the rest up to experience. But that's just my $.02