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Thinking of getting a Boxter

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rob911

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Thinking of moving on the old Carrera - the things only covered 2k miles in the 7 years I've owned it and is basically only ever going to be a toy.
Looking for something I can use every day which will never happen with the Carrera.
Was really surprised how much Boxters have dropped in price and must admit they're pretty tempting.
Have they any faults and how easy are they to work on compared to the 911 Carrera?
Cheers
Rob
 
they have a couple of common faults - mostly "Rear Main Seal (RMS)" - oil weep, big fuss, generally not a big deal, but you'd want the car to be "dry" when you buy it. Apart from that nothing major which you can detect.

To work on they are a pain in the tits due to the location of engine under clamshell.......only for the very keen DIYer

 
ORIGINAL: GreigM

To work on they are a pain in the tits due to the location of engine under clamshell.......only for the very keen DIYer
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Agreed, but then who works on engines these days anyway? Gone are the days of tinkering with carburettors and timing and such ... engines are just computers with some oily bits attached nowadays. I've had my Cayman for over two years now, and I've never even SEEN the engine, which is a first for me.

If you are going to do any maintenance it is more likely to be to the brakes or suspension. Excellent though Porsche brakes are, they have an appetite for pads and disks which gets expensive at OPC prices, so some brake DIY might be in order, and not overly difficult.
 
ORIGINAL: rob911

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rob, I have had a 994, 3,2 carrera, 993 S, Ferrari 355 and still have a 360 Modena, but daily driver is a 2.7 boxster (987 model) they are excellent to drive - not hugely fast but just good all round, quiet, comfortable, fab road holding, roff goes up and down up to 40mph, quite cheap to run and insure and if pre 06 cheap to tax- well at present anyway, would prefer to run a 997 cab as a daily - but huge depreciation on a 997 as a daily driver, plus i get 31mpg, but manily longish trips. - go for the heated seats though - makes a huge difference and if you can get full leather - its much nicer inside !

cheers
scott.
 
Big difference to old carrera then - tinkering with the engine becomes second nature.
Every piece of work on it though was pretty easy.
Even the gearbox rebuild was very straight forward.
Computer faults and plug-ins usually work out very expensive.
What made me think towards a Boxster was the price they are now sitting at.
They can be used as daily drivers - the carrera spends most of its life
sitting in the carcoon sheltering from the elements.
 
Worth noting on later 987 models where road tax is related to CO2 that the 2.7 5 speed version is the only one which falls outside the £400 per year bracket. Both the 6 speed and the tip are in the top bracket.

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ORIGINAL: John H

Worth noting on later 987 models where road tax is related to CO2 that the 2.7 5 speed version is the only one which falls outside the £400 per year bracket. Both the 6 speed and the tip are in the top bracket.

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Thats a good point - I'm used to paying the £180 ish tax for the Carrera.
Cheers for that tip.
 
ORIGINAL: lauris

ORIGINAL: rob911

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rob, I have had a 994, 3,2 carrera, 993 S, Ferrari 355 and still have a 360 Modena, but daily driver is a 2.7 boxster (987 model)

roff goes up and down up to 40mph,

cheers
scott.
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Scott, I thought you were only bragging about your cars!!!! LOL!!!![:D][:D][:D]

Kx
 
ORIGINAL: John H

Worth noting on later 987 models where road tax is related to CO2 that the 2.7 5 speed version is the only one which falls outside the £400 per year bracket. Both the 6 speed and the tip are in the top bracket.

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