Expensive PORSCHE Toasters! Can I FIX Them?

Here we have another video in the new mini series of attempted fixes on broken unusual branded items. So after my Lamborghini Phone video I decided to buy 3 Broken PORSCHE toasters. I got all of them from eBay from different sellers. Will they get a chance to toast again? Let's find out.
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Remember that this is just for entertainment and I am not an expert in these repairs. The processes in the video may not be the best way, the correct way or the safest way to fix these things. I do love fault finding and trying to fix broken things, so I hope that comes across in this 'Trying to FIX' series. Many thanks, Vince.

[@StezStixFix]

Does a broken toaster make you lack-toast intolerant?😂Really interesting to see how these things work... great job, Vince!

[@HavingFunRepairs]

🤣 Vince may need to be more careful with flammables, this video is toast.

[@Mymatevince]

😂 Hahaha, it crust a matter of time before you run out of puns Steve!

[@c19curfew]

@M M Having received 105❤️ so far, I guess it's safe to say that Vince knows whom he's replying to.

[@Fire-jf6ru]

@@Mymatevince you mean buns! 😂

[@helgedell]

I wonder what it says about me, when the main event on this friday evening is watching Porche-designed toasters getting repaired. Another great video, thanks.

[@5000000000250]

We are 780000

[@d.b.2812]

It says your comfortable.

[@TattooDallas]

It says you're probably a cool customer who gets into some buggery

[@Mogipbob]

When you are done making toast, do you set the alarm before walking away? "chirp chirp"

[@loopdemack]

I think it's the time that you start learning plastic welding. You would need a solid plastic welding soldering gun and all types of plastic sticks elements and you already have the dremel. You would make wonders.

[@georgebond6429]

Bought one same fault for £50, would not close the top, would not lock in the down position, just like yours, thanks to you I fix it before actually trying it, did what you did now works perfectly, thank you for your help. The other ones you have did you fix them by any chance and yes the toaster does rattle lol. let me know about the other ones. just remember the three arrows on the black case but I think you already knew that. so happy with the purchase and no cost to fix. Just noticed that yours has the on/off switch but mine doesn't, my one is older than yours (TT911P2GB/01)

[@DisneyMarkUK]

We had the Porsche kettle and coffee machine. They were both amazing mind. Fab video as always

[@kendalljenkins9938]

I hate Porsche toasters. They're beautiful, but when they mess up you have to drop the whole front end to repair them. They do love that deep Porsche rumble when it's making my toast though.

[@Ragnar8504]

Back in the old days, the locking mechanism and timer were one single item. A long bimetallic strip with a notch that a spring-loaded latch dropped into. As the strip heats up, it bends away from the latch and eventually pops free. The adjustor moves the latch so the strip has to bend more or less. Usually these get stuck on/down because of crumbs. I've also had the switch contacts wear out so the bread stays down but the filament won't turn on. When shaking crumbs out of one of these old ones (usually pre-1990 or so) make sure to keep the side with the switch tilted upwards to keep crumbs away from the mechanism. The downside of most toasters is that they don't take into consideration how the entire toaster heats up if doing multiple loads and each subsequent batch gets darker.

[@What-ish]

Exactly the content I needed this afternoon. Thanks algorithm.

[@laurencebushby713]

Your right they may be safer but in my experience they dry out the toast before it browns, so the old wire element toasters make much better toast!

[@GadgetUK164]

Toast 0 to 60 in no time!!! =D

[@MyRegardsToTheDodo]

Add a Flux Compensator and the toast goes back in time (ok, wrong car, I know, but still).

[@smikee]

Very enjoyable Vince. 👍

[@anthonykelly8487]

Can’t believe you’ve done it again?? You get my vote for prime Minister….well done Vince..

[@jasonudall8614]

The Adeptus Mechanicus would approve

[@Max_Mustermann]

Porsche Design is a separate company from Porsche, although both were founded by F. A. Porsche. They are a design studio and have designed lots of everyday items like phones, sunglasses, watches and even laptops.

[@jochenwuerfel]

Gentle persuasion 😁

[@markwhitfield5412]

its a quartz glass tube, with a wire wound filiment inside, just like 2 or 3 bar elecy fires (heaters) so pokeing with a knife is likey to be safer on this than a normal toster, u can crack the glass tube, but will still work.

[@gbmruk123]

great vid vince you should do a porsche mini series :D

[@adamholmes91]

I paid £4 for my toaster in Tesco, about 10 years ago... Still works. Meanwhile in the land of the rich 🤦

[@j0hnf_uk]

Porsche toasters? Dear, oh dear... Obviously catering, (pun intended), to those with more money than sense. Now, if Breville were to make a high performance sports car....

[@terminationshock1356]

That's what happens when companies try to over-engeneer systems that perfectly work already since 80 years

[@leebox9911]

Verry interested video!!!!

[@ericrichardson3332]

Overly complicated craptastic toaster only thing it's missing is the wifi capabilities to make it even more complicated and not worth buying lol , great video though like trying to fix videos 🙂

[@Twilliams60142]

These were really 225 dollars brand new? For a toaster? Wow! What's the purpose of the metal extension cage that pops up if you turn the opposite knob?

[@xzibit1978]

Why has this video just appeared on my feed? Great one vince! Definitely feared for your fingernails in this one!

[@kjellnilsson3748]

If you want a great Bred toaster ,, Bye a Smeg !! This italian toasters are the best !!

[@MrDbone75]

A very good Saturday morning to you sir

[@johnnythefixer]

I've got a Porsche design monitor wall bracket and a Porsche design external hdd, and it's really just company's using the Porsche design name to sell their products by using one of many designs churned out by the company.

[@ownerthegamer1218]

Can you tell me how to fix my ml-78 Casio calculator? I changed it's battery but it isn't working

[@MarkGFRex]

If I was paying that much for a toaster, I would expect it to give a more even browning. It doesn't quite meet its raison d'être

[@ford1546]

Halogen heating element as you call it is nothing new or something expensive. have seen this on an old one from the early 2000s

[@andrasszabo7386]

The reason why the dust cover is not working, is those little black dust cover strips on the sides. You have to fasten its screws.

[@anthonyg4671]

the dust cover is working , what are you going on about?

[@andrasszabo7386]

@@anthonyg4671 the dust cover has thin black stripes on each end and their screws were loose in the video but I think by the end, Vince already figured that out

[@andrasszabo7386]

There is supposed to be 2 quartz elements on each side heating up. Maybe it is adjustable to use one or two??

[@TobiEstosWorld]

When you invite me for a tea in yours I come over from germany and translate his video for you 😎😁

[@Mrfort]

When can we expect a "Rolls Royce" toaster?

[@simonupton-millard]

Ever thought about getting a 3d printer? Know for a toaster the heat would not be suitable but for plastic parts and cogs and gears would be really useful and a series of videos figuring out how tonuse it before you become a master, who ever would think I would be watching a video about a toaster for nearly an hour and wanting more 👍

[@Mymatevince]

Thanks Simon, I have thought about it many times. At the moment I am lacking the space BUT I am in the process of clearing out some old stock from my garage so it will be something I will get one day 👍👍👍

[@tveigel78]

Do you cut your acid brushes down?

[@RandyDarkshade2]

£180 for such a simple device. All because it was designed by Porsche. I do like the design of it, but I still wouldn't pay £180 for one.

[@joshuarampaul9757]

Could you make a video dedicated to the rubber caps on the analog sticks, I've been so worried about it

[@joshuarampaul9757]

I meant how to put them back on

[@randallbro6749]

Space age toaster 🤔

[@TheBoringCreatr]

hah. im getting a fanatec porsche GT3Rs V2 steering wheel xD Pooorsche togo.. even tho their engines suck

[@broderperdurabo]

Is it air cooled?

[@catherinemorgan2741]

those toasters are all crumbed out rofl

[@rebeccajoyce7184]

If you can make a car you can make toast

[@shevshep]

love it!

[@IOSauca]

Hello, I have one of these; can you fix it?

[@jasont9294]

Well it wasn’t very evenly toasted! And I think you needed it on 6!

[@DarkRequiemFilms]

Never thought I'd see the day where a Toaster has a Timing Belt.

[@televisionandcheese]

Too much car influence!

[@Ragnar8504]

Lucky you don't need to adjust the valve gap.

[@paulsz6194]

Your obviously not a toast conisseur! Toast timing is critical to the browning perfection of your bread ! 😉 🍞

[@Boogie_the_cat]

Gotta plug in the OBD to adjust the timing on the 2023 toaster. Progress!

[@squarrl]

It's clear people didn't take their toasters in to the dealer for the scheduled maintenance based on the manual.

[@stuartarundale6219]

I had a look at my partners toaster recently for the same problem, not staying down. Only a run of the mill machine. Similarly it was held down with an electromagnet, and the connections to the coil were dry jointed and cracked. Probably due to the repeated impact. Quick resolder, all fixed, and saved from landfill

[@quantumleap359]

I've noticed if I eat toast in my Porsche, if crumbs fall in near the shifter, it's hard to get the car into first gear. Other than that, it's all good mate! Thanks Vince for a great video! Cheers!

[@paulsz6194]

Make sure you get your Porsche serviced at an authorised Porsche service centre, otherwise your toast (and crumbs) may never be the same...

[@Scottish_Assassin]

The iron filings could have possibly come from the toast crumbs if the bread used in it was fortified.

[@Drunknmunky501]

Looks like a over complicated pile of junk to me haha still love the video

[@geoffowen7627]

I had a friend who always put toast in the toaster and always moaned it came out burned, so I suggested he put bread in the toaster not toast, now he enjoys perfectly toasted bread rather than toasted toast. True story, honest..... 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@PhD63]

Back in the early ‘80’s I had a Porsche Design motorcycle helmet in JPS colours. It was a really well designed helmet with air flow management and a visor that flipped up inside the shell.

[@Mrxsara2001]

I volunteer at a Repair Cafe where one of these was brought in with the complaint it had gone "bang" and kept blowing fuses. It failed PAT on insulation. This video was invaluable in working out how it came apart. When the piece with power button was removed I found burns on 2 adjacent contacts on it which push into the main body of the toaster. Between them was what looked like a fried insect - possibly a yellow mealworm or yellow centipede.

[@TheGbab]

Back in the 60's General Electric produced a toaster which had a browness setting and no other controls at all. You place your toast in the slot and after a moment it decends slowly and silently into the machine. Once done, the toast slowly and seductively emerges again. All done with bi-metallic springs and linkages. Probably would'nt pass electrical safety codes these days, but they are nice quiet, and highly collectible.

[@andersmmvfc.8376]

Ohhh no! The bottle of Isopropyl alcohol is empty 😀 what a nice product, me personally think if i hade one of those fancy coffee makers it would be a nice combo to have it right next to it, anny way brilliant job to make out how it works! And as always very entertaining!

[@Mymatevince]

Luckily as the number one tool in my toolbox I always have a bottle of IPA spare in stock 😂 Apparently they also do a Porsche designed kettle to go with the toaster!!! eBay here I come 😂😂👍

[@MyRegardsToTheDodo]

@@Mymatevince There was an earlier model of this toaster aswell, serial number is TT91100, it won a design price in 1999, so I guess that's around the year it was released. Siemens still sells spare parts for it (and the TT911P2 aswell) on their website. Sadly the inner plastic housing for the P2 seems to be out of stock, otherwise you might be able to repair the 3rd toaster aswell. Considering they still sell for over 100 Euros that might even have been worth it.

[@turji]

Get yourself a iso dispenser for 3€ from china mate, the way you are doing it is a big hazzel every time. Or you can allso get a iso bottle with a loong tip, i use both. And smaller spray dispenser, ala parfume dispenser.

[@canaydiner]

Even though mine has seen some repairs along the way, I love this toaster. It recently started acting up again and this time the after sales returned it saying they no longer have the spare parts in stock. I was able to fix it without any spare parts thanks to this video. 🙏🏻

[@MrDeveron28]

Can I be the first person to raise a toast to the completion of this video & fixes of 2/3 units? Well done @Vince 🥂

[@thomaslevy2119]

Back in the 1950's -- 1960's, you could buy a toaster that automatically lowered the bread into the machine and raised it up when it was done. All accomplished without any electronics and it did not cost anywhere near $200.00, either. They can still be found now and then at flea markets here in the USA. The Porsche design is very poor if it can be defeated by a few metal or bread crumbs. Probably why they aren't around any more.

[@Omega11998822]

taking inflation into account, a Sunbeam 4 slice toaster in 1949 cost $22.50. In 2022 that would be $268. stop thinking how much somethig cost but more about how much people are paid on average.

[@thomaslevy2119]

@@Omega11998822 My point was that the old Sunbeam automatic drop toaster did more than the Porsche, even if they were both the same price. The Sunbeam model can be found on eBay for between $200 and $300 since they are considered "collectable." Add to that the Sunbeam toaster can still work even if it is over 60 years old. As the old saying goes, "They don't make things that way any more."

[@Drew-Dastardly]

@@thomaslevy2119 That Sunbeam toaster is genius, I suspect Technology Connections excellent YT video tripled the used market price! Did they ever make a 240V one for Europe/UK?

[@Drew-Dastardly]

@@Omega11998822 That's pretty expensive. I expect a luxury item like an automatic toaster in 1949 could demand such a price and pay American workers a nice wage to produce it too!

[@thomaslevy2119]

@@Drew-Dastardly Don't know if Sunbeam made one for 240 volts. However, if a plug adapter were used, it might make toast twice as fast -- until the heating elements burned out and the toaster melted down!

[@HavingFunRepairs]

The quartz heating element I think are more common in toaster ovens. Regardless, a very unique design and good repair.

[@Mymatevince]

Thanks Shawn 👍👍👍

[@HavingFunRepairs]

@Ellis The DJ nicrome sounds correct. I believe I read that somewhere before.

[@longrunner258]

@Ellis The DJ Some are, but nowadays more of them use FeCrAl (known by the brand Kanthal).

[@Mogipbob]

Krups toasters have employed a quartz heating element for years - I used to sell them back in '02.

[@TheCod3r]

First non cheating comment

[@aboodtube2577]

U are a child

[@Mymatevince]

You did it!!! I'm very proud of you Phil. It's taken a good year and a half but I'm not counting 🤣👍 BTW congrats on your recent views, I been crazy busy on other stuff but looking forward to catching up on your PS5 vids 🥳

[@lablackzed]

Be interesting to see the electricity consumption verse a normal toaster.🤔

[@m6rkable]

toaster purchased and fixed :) thankyou!

[@hydranugget7865]

Thank you for a great video 🙂

[@hydranugget7865]

This is Brayden butts from ct

[@Mymatevince]

Thank you Brayden 👍👍👍👍

[@l33t79.basepunk]

They mad a simple machines that has worked for 60 years more complicated then it needed to be, you don't need to fix what works.

[@phillipgwynne6580]

I haven’t watched this yet, but will do. But just wanted to say, I’ve found your channel really inspiring, I don’t know much much electronic knowledge you have, I’m guessing it’s improved though. But I like how you take a calm approach to think logically and narrow down problem areas. I did electronic servicing at night college for five years when I was hoping to become a service technician for a car audio manufacturer I worked for. And eventually I got the job, but I didn’t even know how to solder. But most of the faults with these car stereos was due to dry joints so I started off just doing that. And then later on, you’d find the same models would have same faulty components, so although Od know what’s gone faulty, I’d still try and check circuits, to get familiar with what section would be faulty and then compare voltages etc with repaired units. And then later on I’d try diagnose unfamiliar faults on basic models and just slowly improved and managed to solve a common fault that all the other engineers had, and no one really found out exactly what was the fault and so would just put a new micro chip in, but when I was measuring voltages and also the clock pulses, I cleaned some of the solder flux off, and that basically fixed everything. I’m rambling on, but basically you’ve shown that just being confident to try things really does help. And even being over confident. So thanks for giving me more inspiration.

[@kiphakes]

You know me Vince, I love a 'style over substance' Toaster! This was a really enjoyable repair - Once you'd got to the bottom of the issue it was so straightforward - hopefully you'll have saved a few of these from landfill with it being such a simple fix! Keep 'em coming vince - it's great seeing a variety of things being repaired!

[@paulsz6194]

Who would have thought toasting can become such a complicated affair?

[@CloughReviews]

Great repair, but the design is terrible for toasting. Having a cantered, single element means uneven toasting. The Dualit toaster is excellent for all over toasting. Design over function in this case. I do like the tech though 😁

[@BikerBloke600]

Amazing Vince. As a Porsche driver myself I never knew you could get a Porsche Toaster lol. If you would consider selling one of those give me a shout. Mick 👍👌🍻

[@Junkman2008]

Do the Porsche toaster parts carry the same tax as their car parts? If so, you would be better off buying stock in pork bellies. 🙄

[@HoldFastFilms]

I like those actually. And taster is one of those products that you can't buy high quality one. Like those, you can sped a lot on but it is still rattly mess inside.

[@biotrekker]

A good example of a simple device made overly complicated for no good reason by bored engineers.

[@cheapasstech]

I fixed the ‘doesn’t stay down’ issue on every toaster I have ever owned - the electromagnet gets dirt on it - then it sparks and gets even more gunk on it. So I pull out the sandpaper. If you push down and it buzzes instead of locking down you have a dirty solenoid and contact

[@chrisbishop3687]

I'd like to propose a toast to Vince and his awesome toaster fix!

[@brutlern]

Well butter my toast...

[@Mymatevince]

😂👍

[@bananamansgaming8596]

that not what the tt911 reminded me of 🗼✈✈

[@unitedfools3493]

The best toaster was made in the 1930s. You can see it on Technology Connections channel (which I heartily recommend). What makes it the best? Well, you put a slice of bread into into and it slowly lowers it automatically and switches on. Completely mechanically. All you do is put the bread into the slot and it lowers the bread by itself and turns on. AUTOMATICALLY!

[@GertrudeFilthbasket]

Technology Connections, great channel!

[@tumbles8350]

22:00 did you just shit yourself? 🤣

[@synaesthesia2010]

you have to love Vince's technical speak, with a solenoidy magnet type thing

[@3rdworldgarage450]

It looks like about $14 worth of toaster with about $230 worth of Porsche branding. I suspect it is the same with many "high end" products where the way things feel when sold are valued over durability. Honestly, the only "high end" toaster I ever saw that was different in how it works was one by Mitsubishi that I saw torn down by AVE. This thing looks nice, but is functionally equivalent to a $15 Proctor Silex I can buy at Walmart.

[@contemporiser]

I had porsche coffee machine. Rubbish, exactly same guts as 20$ chinese made. Glass jug got broken and because it was weird shape I just gave up on it. Stripped for parts.

[@mistermatix8241]

Over-engineered plastic crap. 180 quid for that! You can get a tried and trusted Dualit for less. Siemens? Weren't they primarily a communications and medical imaging company? I'm not a luddite, I love tech, but a lot of this is style over substance. Give me renowned quality and reliability over that. Dyson & that toaster? Give me a Henry and a Dualit any day. I've still got and use the Dualit toaster my parents had......my parents died nearly 20 years ago.....go figure. I've never even had to replace the elements, it works Perfectly. I'll wager Porsche's design team's office assistant "designed" this during a tea break.....on a napkin, using a biro. That is as much design input they had. There is NOTHING that screams PORSCHE about it. The incredibly cheap plasticky build says it all, the only thing of any substance are the aluminium side panels. It's the sort of thing that posh trendies would have in their loft/dockside apartments to impress their friends. Style over substance. Well done for repairing it though, Vince. It looks like that was designed to be almost unfixable. For me though, looks wise, it's a bit charmless, a silver slab, the "Porsche Designers" were really phoning this one in.....a bit like they've barely changed the 911 design.....boom tish!

[@wickerge]

If removing the crumbs doesn't work usually the opto coupler on the main board (the one with 6 pins) is defective. It is a K3023P and a replacement type is MOC3023. This was a recommendation from another site (5 exampes there) and it worked for me also. Disassembly and reassembly of the toaster was described best here

[@a2zme]

Turns out, a 'Porsche' toaster is just badly designed ... ps: great video Vince :)

[@TobiEstosWorld]

It is very funny to see that some people with to much money buying a 240$ freakin TOASTER mostly for its aesthetics BUT leaving this "INOVATION" sticker on top on it all the time.... 🤯

[@kareno8634]

Perhaps - STAY Away from *Iron Fortified* Bread in these 'Toasters'? _if not bread,_ What caused iron shavings? I Surprised! Why not fix plastic? You've done it before - melt plastic & Wire mesh to mend. Cop Tickets driver of Porsche for Toasting Tires during Burnout. (burning tires during Toastout) ? lol ; ) give Vince credit, He Fixed it.

[@mrjsv4935]

Interesting product, never heard of Porsche toaster before :)

[@michaelheinrich44]

many drivers get toasted by a porsche. So the ycan start getting toasted before leaving home now. greetings from germany

[@chrisrobson8540]

I can hear the manufacturers laughing from here........."they paid how much????? all because we put porsche stickers on it?????.......quick that dogs just dropped a big turd go and get the lambo stickers!"

[@joelracicot]

Porsche has been in this branding business for almost 20 years. My own first encounter, LaCie Porsche Design external hard drive in 2008. Nice looking...

[@SidneyCritic]

There is just a heating coil of wire inside the tube, ie, should be electrically safe to touch, that we used to replace when burnt. You could probably plastic weld the cracks with a soldering iron, or if it's the right type of plastic use acetone to weld it together.

[@davidaldis8242]

Bicarbonate of soda with superglue dribbled on it would work perfectly for this

[@ihavebolarip6273]

I love Porsche products. I can't really afford the car I want right now but I have had a few of the Eterna produced 'Porsche Design' watches. I've also had a pen; it was constructed of white gold and carbon fibre. It was on sale from Watches Of Switzerland for £200 (reduced from 400). You should've seen the looks it got when I pulled it out to 'sign on' with it. This was about 15 years ago. Hoping everything runs well with the toasters.

[@wrappeda]

Y'know.... How complicated does a toaster need to be? We had one from KitchenAid that failed after less than 2 years (the replacement from K_A didn't do much better) and it was a mess of sensors and micro processors. Total nightmare. So we dumped the sod and got a cheapy from Sainsbugs.. Hey ho. (btw -still going afer 10 years)

[@theatheisthammer]

Everyone needs a Porsche toaster 0-golden brown in under 3 seconds🤣🤣. And makes a vroom vroom noise lol. Oh and they cost £100.000 new

[@Nexinator]

This is a simple case of having a simple working product, then overengineering the heck out of it till it fails within 50 uses. This is shoddy to say the least! The poor souls that paid full whack for a "porsche design" toaster fail on them within weeks.... A shame. Our toaster, if I tipped it upside down right now, a full loaf of bread's worth of crumbs would likely fall out. And you know what? It still works absolutely fine.

[@AnonymousRepair]

nice one , 👍👍👍👍👍

[@petercroft3273]

This is a classic case of over-engineering. Toothed belt? Solenoid? LCD display? Single slice? $240? Nah!

[@BeamNGBMTV]

You know what they say All toasters toast toast

[@SproutyPottedPlant]

Nice of the princess to invite us over for a picnic gay Luigi! I hope she made lotsa spaghetti.