My £192k Porsche was recalled over scary issue – they’ve given ‘sofa on wheels’ Merc as replacement… I won’t drive it

A BUILDING steadfast brag is fuming aft his £192,000 Porsche was recalled and helium was fixed a "sofa connected wheels" Mercedes to thrust arsenic a courtesy car.

Dad-of-three Jay bought the marque caller Porsche 911 Turbo S successful December past twelvemonth - thing he’d been dreaming astir since childhood.

But helium has been warned not to thrust it aft the German car steadfast said 1 of the wheels could autumn off.

Porsche has recalled 1,000 high-end luxury cars, but has warned astir 10,000 cars astir the satellite mightiness beryllium astatine risk.

Three fashionable models specifically affected are the Porsche 718 (982), 911 (992) and the Panamera (G3). 

Fuming Jay, 56, from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, has been without his car - which helium pays £1,150-a-month to lease and £3,000 a twelvemonth successful insurance - for astir a month.

And Porsche said they are improbable to person resolved the contented until astatine slightest January. The replacement Merc saloon car is worthy astir £60,000.

Jay told The Sun: "They gave maine an e-class Mercedes instead. It's similar a sofa connected wheels.

“You could astir apt autumn dormant successful it. Surely, I should get different Porsche oregon equivalent.

"I'm paying a batch of money for a show car and this is what they person replaced it with.

"When I went to Enterprise rental cars to prime it up they told maine I was fortunate due to the fact that immoderate radical person had adjacent lesser cars.

“I've paid a premium privilege terms to thrust astir successful a precocious extremity supercar, but they're giving maine this woolly 1.6 litre Merc with nary power. I’m not adjacent going to thrust it.

"I bought the car to person a show conveyance and this isn't bully enough.”

Out of the blue, Jay was sent a missive by Porsche astatine the opening of November telling him not to usage the car “until further announcement owed to a instrumentality issue”.

“They didn’t accidental what it was, conscionable that perchance astatine precocious velocity the instrumentality tin undo itself and travel off,” helium continued.

“I don’t adjacent cognize which wheel.”

He was contacted again a mates of weeks ago, with the steadfast saying it was inactive not harmless to use.

Last Friday (November 15), a Porsche technologist came retired to look astatine the centrifugal and, aft further inspection, helium confirmed Jay’s car was affected by the contented and volition beryllium taken distant astatine immoderate signifier successful the future.

The technologist reported backmost to the dealership successful Bolton and told Jay helium would get “some compensation” but didn’t cognize yet however much.

Jay, who runs gathering steadfast Rowland Remedial Ltd, said: “They are a spot vague connected what the result volition beryllium and what they're having to bash to enactment towards the solution for it.

“They’ve made tens of thousands of vehicles, churning them retired of the factories for decades.

“I don't cognize whether they're hiding something.”

Regarding taking the car to beryllium fixed, helium said Porsche has lone told him “we'll cod it arsenic and erstwhile you perceive from us”.

Jay went connected to accidental it would beryllium a interest if he’d ne'er received the letters, oregon didn’t cheque his emails often capable arsenic helium whitethorn person carried connected driving the car.

Currently, his driveway is taken up by the retired of enactment Porsche, the Mercedes and his Land Rover Defender institution car, which helium is lone contracted to thrust up to 5,000 miles a twelvemonth in.

Jay had planned to thrust implicit to France successful his supercar to sojourn a person implicit Christmas successful La Rochelle - but with the courtesy car not allowed retired of the country, he’s cancelled the trip.

Jay describes himself arsenic a “bit of a petrol head” and has owned lesser show cars previously.

But helium said helium has ever dreamed of owning a 911, having had posters connected his partition arsenic a child.

“My Porsche allows maine to conscionable get away, truthful I’ll usage it mostly connected a Saturday and Sunday, oregon successful the summer months erstwhile the weather’s nice.”

He continued: “The 911, successful essence, is Porsche’s flagship car - erstwhile you get into conversations astir cars similar that, who’s going to beryllium capable to amended it?

“It’s a precise applicable and usable mundane vehicle, arsenic opposed to accidental a Ferrari oregon McLaren oregon others akin that are conscionable not applicable for mean roads, they’re way cars. They’re large for racing astir a circuit.

“The aged feline gets his Ferrari retired connected a Sunday and helium drives astir 50 miles done state lanes, and past parks it backmost up for different six months.”

He added: “I deliberation they’ve cracked the marketplace with the 911 and that’s beauteous overmuch wherefore it sells truthful well.

“It’s a beauteous car - 650 horsepower, duplicate turbo. It’s 1 of the fastest roadworthy cars successful production, but you tin inactive popular down to the store and it handles perfectly.”

Jay said it’s not adjacent wide however overmuch he’ll beryllium compensated, but is hopeful they null each payments he’s made done the play arsenic good arsenic adding a goodwill motion connected top.

The Sun has contacted Porsche for comment.