New member / owner

[kneeslider916]

Hi all,

I thought i'd put my head above the parapet and say hello from Mansfield. This is my first Porsche, an 03 2.7 986 in seal grey with black leather, purchased 5 months ago with 60K on the clock. I have to say having previously owned a Z4, that the Boxster is an incredibly balanced car, my commute is a 100 mile round trip through the peak district every day, and i adore driving this car.
The alternator let go 3 months into ownership, and i've had to change the rear tyres, other than that and a oil and filter change, all has been good. Long may it continue..........until i can afford a Cayman.

 

[Nick_USA]

ORIGINAL: kneeslider916

Hi all,

I thought i'd put my head above the parapet and say hello from Mansfield. This is my first Porsche, an 03 2.7 986 in seal grey with black leather, purchased 5 months ago with 60K on the clock. I have to say having previously owned a Z4, that the Boxster is an incredibly balanced car, my commute is a 100 mile round trip through the peak district every day, and i adore driving this car.
The alternator let go 3 months into ownership, and i've had to change the rear tyres, other than that and a oil and filter change, all has been good. Long may it continue..........until i can afford a Cayman.

Welcome to the forum; your rear tyres should last you between 10-15K miles depending on how you drive and the fronts should do you 2 sets of rears providing that there are no alignment issues.

 

[chrisH]

You mention alignment issues and 10-15k average life if none. As posted on Cayman thread mine and another member's rears seem to be wearing adversely on the outer and mid tread area at 9k. What experience do you have of this?

 

[Nick_USA]

ORIGINAL: chrisH

You mention alignment issues and 10-15k average life if none. As posted on Cayman thread mine and another member's rears seem to be wearing adversely on the outer and mid tread area at 9k. What experience do you have of this?

The rears should wear evenly; uneven wear on the rears is less common than the fronts. Simple issues would be incorrect tyre pressure over a significant period of time. Less common more expensive reasons would be shock/spring damage due to a pothole incident or a bad 'auto-centre' alignment.

 

[chrisH]

None of these would seem to apply, TPs checked frequently, both done under 9k miles and suddenly rear tyre wear is assymetric on both. OPC dont recommend using realignment at a tyre specialist and never heard of Centre of Gravity, if less than 250 (OPC's charge) maybe its worth the trip.

 

[Nick_USA]

ORIGINAL: chrisH

None of these would seem to apply, TPs checked frequently, both done under 9k miles and suddenly rear tyre wear is assymetric on both. OPC dont recommend using realignment at a tyre specialist and never heard of Centre of Gravity, if less than 250 (OPC's charge) maybe its worth the trip.

Centre Gravity are the best by far.