Cost for a year,

[adamos]

Had my boxster s for a year now,bought with, 54k full Porsche history , one lady owner, 2001 tiptronic,

Replaced, alternator, wheel bearing, MAF sensor, AOS oil separator , ignition switch,
Consumables, set tyres, rear brake pads, oil, oil filter , fuel filter, brake fluid,
Had alternator changed at Porsche, expensive, poor service, never go back,
MAF sensor changed at JZ abbots Langley excellent service good value,
Everything else at local excellent garage,
Taken the car to Europe twice , and use it as a daily driver, I would recommend owning a boxster, and the horrendous stories about running a boxster are just not true, yes I think I started with basically a good car, and therefore keeping it going, is easier,but a bit of research on the Internet , some great insight from Richard Hamilton from this forum, you can save lots of money, I would highly recommend the AA breakdown cover, which allows £2500, of repairs over a year, (5x£500) mainly engine related, which gives you some piece of mind, so to sum up, avoid Porsche main stealers, don't be put off going to good competent mechanic, keep on top of relatively small replacement parts and replace when nessescery , drive the car hard, smile and enjoy,

 

[JeremyJames]

Hello,
I am looking to buy a 2.5 auto, in your experience how much excluding insurance and road tax would you expect to spend per year?

TIA
Jeremy

 

[Dylan1]

rather depends on the number of miles you are expecting to travel dear chap[]

i would always allow 1000 pounds excluding petrol oil servicing etc and hopefully ,if its been well looked after you will have some change!!

good luck

 

[JeremyJames]

Thanks for the reply, as a second car and not a daily drive I would expect to travel around 3-4k per year maximum, I'm not boy racer (too old) and not planning to drive it like I stole it.
The circa £1000 quoted seems to disagree with the original post.

Many thanks
Jeremy

 

[911sse]

It all depends on how the car has been maintained over it life - If you buy a car which someone was not prepared to maintain like a £45k sports car, more like the £10k max it may be worth now, then you'll be lumped with the above. I spent a maximum of £1k per year over the five years I owned my 2002 Boxster S.