Porsche owner facing financial ruin despite winning case against garage I might have won around £1,000 but in my eyes I haven't won at all. There were four parts to my claim and I lost the biggest one which was all the main money from the engine and around £40,000. I fought this thing for six years and following this I have lost faith in the justice system. Mr Markland had bought the second Porsche 911 GT3 MK1 which had 25,000 miles on the clock for £48,000 in 2007. Despite it having a full Porsche service history the luxury car began experiencing technical problems and he took it to the Porsche Centre Bolton, operated by Pendragon Sabre Ltd. During the course of the rebuild there were a number of errors, including the tyres being put on the wrong way round and mechanics failing to connect the throttle cable to the engine properly, and his car suffered "catastrophic failure." Mr Markland paid out £25,000 of his own money for an engine rebuild on the understanding that he would get the money back through warranty agreements - but sued for £40,000 when found it was not covered after all. In November last year at Lancashire County Court a judge ruled Pendragon had breached its contract and awarded him the damages of £998.98, but warned he would liable for Pendragon's costs as he had declined the out of court settlement offer in 2011. His appeal was refused last week and his total bill includes the £35,000 repair work, the £34,000 costs of Pendragon's legal fees, his own lawyers £14,000 legal fees plus £6,000 in car rental fees.