Less than one week of driving (300 miles) after my 2002 Boxster was involved in a hit and run accident whereby the point of impact was located at the passenger quarter panel, my Boxster's engine light came on and it stopped running. I was first told that it was the DME that failed but later it was determined that the DME wasn't the problem and that the engine was blown. The dealer is no help as the cost of a new motor exceeds the value of the car and either I won't fix it or the insurance company will total the car if it's accident related so they won't get any repair monies. Porsche USA claims they have no fault as it's off warranty. This car was never raced, never missed an oil change or service yet suddenly fails less than a week after being involved in an accident at 48k miles? I still owe nealy $14k on this car and it's totaled an no one is accepting blame. In this economy, who can afford to pay 3 more years with full-coverage insurance for a car that will never see the highway again? Any suggestions?

Insurance should pay. It could easily be accident related. Call a lawyer.

The little lizard said that since the dealer wouldn't go on record to say that the engine failure was 100% related to the accident (they said it seemed logical), they were going to use this gray area to deny responsibility. I did contact my attorney but without testimony from an expert Porsche mechanic, I was S.O.L. Porsche USA did nothing to help me either. I had purchased a used engine from an online parts dealer and my 40k engine was estimated by my mechanic to have had roughly 70k - 80k and I returned it at a $1400 penalty. It sits in my driveway under a cover as I won't even look at it as it makes me sick.

I'm thinking you need a better attorney. Hard impact right near the engine, followed by an almost immediate failure. This doesn't take a ton of logic. You don't need testimony, you just need to convince a judge that you are the logical one and that insurance is trying to screw you.

Edit: optionally, get another expert mechanic witness... Porsche isn't special. Engines are engines. Any mechanic can explain what an impact does to an internal combustion engine made of aluminum.

Apparantly, the Boxsters have had an epidemic of internal drive shaft failures at low miles but most have happened while under warranty and the engine replacements were swept under the rug. While it seems logical to myself and several other mechanics that the failure had been precipitated by the impact, it's a gray area and it can't be proven. 48k miles on a German-engineered roadster that was never raced, missed a service call, or had any previous mechanical problems. I told my wife I should jam a water hose up its exhaust and turn it into a fountain so I'd at least have it do something over the next 2+ years while I'm making payments. I'll never buy another Porsche for as long as I live.