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Residency Evil posted:On the topic of servicing, I should probably stick to the dealer for service while my car is still under warranty, right? Unless you know a good independent. Also make sure they follow the maintenance schedule vs. making poo poo up. Lots of dealers in general will have their own suggestions for "maintenance" that may not line up with the engineers that designed the drat thing.
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Elephanthead posted:If everything is at the dealer, if you plan on selling in the future, some people will say oh nice all the records are from the dealer this person cared for this car I will now buy it right before the engine explodes into a wallet emptying spasm. Pretty much. I'd go to a dealer for everything except a Cayman/Boxster/911 and only not them if there's a well known specialist available because the buyer of those cars are more likely to know the difference. Taking it to a dealer is nice for the perks of loaners and general pampering even though you still end up paying for it.
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I don't even own one of these cars and I'm ordering this shirt, figured there's a few guys here who might like it too. https://www.blipshift.com/products/44-mag
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Jun 19, 2017 21:48
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CornHolio posted:Man... All of that is reasonably priced. Congratulations, now you understand why 944s are so cheap! A lot of that is easily replaceable yourself, but you have to be comfortable using the Arnnworx belt tensioning tool (it's not so scary if you read the directions carefully).
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Dave Inc. posted:All of that is reasonably priced. Congratulations, now you understand why 944s are so cheap! I dunno, I figure the receipt showing the work being done by a specialist is worth a certain amount. Drove the car today, I notice a 'whirring' sound from the engine now. It almost sounds like a belt is too tight. I know the new timing belt has to be tensioned to nearly twice the tension of a used belt (4.0 vs 2.5 on the tool) so maybe it's that? He replaced all the idlers, tensioners and the drive belts too. Seems to drive fine, I've put about a hundred miles on it since he did the work. Also, I really need to dig into the wiring diagrams on this car. I have a Haynes with the diagrams. So far, the following doesn't work: Rear wiper, rear defroster, front windshield washer, power mirrors, clock. Power locks don't work but the button is missing entirely. A/C doesn't work but that's probably separate. Noticed this morning I don't have heat either, not sure what the deal with that is - blower works fine. Need to dig further into it. CornHolio fucked around with this message at 14:54 on Jun 20, 2017 |
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CornHolio posted:I dunno, I figure the receipt showing the work being done by a specialist is worth a certain amount. Is it a whirring or a whining? Mine whines like crazy because I'm pretty sure they overtightened the balance shaft belt since it's supposed to be just tight enough to keep it from jumping teeth and I'm too lazy to bother loosening it.
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Jymmybob posted:Is it a whirring or a whining? Mine whines like crazy because I'm pretty sure they overtightened the balance shaft belt since it's supposed to be just tight enough to keep it from jumping teeth and I'm too lazy to bother loosening it. Maybe a whining? It almost sounds like a supercharger.
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I still haven't found the car i want to even make an offer on yet I've decided I'm going to go whole hog and just get a 2000-2002 996. There is one for 500km away from me that seems to fit the bill. But that's a big road trip just to find out the car has some unspecified problem What would a real porsche wannabe owner do
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6 day old posting here in Austin: https://austin.craigslist.org/cto/6176596681.html Very good looking 996 with 60k for $20k.
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Jun 20, 2017 15:55
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Is it top much hassle to import a US one?
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kimbo305 posted:Is it top much hassle to import a US one? Someone must not think so , probably 70% of the Porsches I've been looking at are US imports I wouldn't want to go through the hoops myself though , it does seem like a lot of work
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CornHolio posted:I dunno, I figure the receipt showing the work being done by a specialist is worth a certain amount. Almost certainly your balance shaft belt. When it's properly tensioned it is loose, and if you put proper tension to it it makes all sorts of noise.
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Hmm, some specialist.
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kimbo305 posted:Hmm, some specialist. Yeah I have kinda soured on the 996 because I don't think the specialists around here are competent. There is one air cooled guy though but he will die any day now and the air cooled ones have gone up so much in price the hell with that. https://norfolk.craigslist.org/cto/6180875905.html This would be the one I would buy though.
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So.... I'm considering another 05 Boxster:   Looks to have some nice options, 90k km, listed for $18.5k CAD. I think it's a US origin car. Not a huge fan of the tan/yellow interior but I think I can get used to it, it works with the blue at least and it has a blue top which doesn't look bad. According to vindecoderz it had an engine failure in 08 at 38048 miles and was replaced by the dealer. When dealer replaces engines, I assume they would use the updated IMS design?
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CornHolio posted:Maybe a whining? It almost sounds like a supercharger. Yep, balance shaft belt. It doesn't really hurt anything other than sounds like your car is supercharged and/or ready to explode. I keep meaning to loosen mine but  Bajaha posted:So.... Probably but you'll want the engine serial number to know for sure what it is. Jymmybob fucked around with this message at 19:26 on Jun 20, 2017 |
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Even if it's not updated (probably is), it's worth it assuming its in good shape. I like the blue.
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kimbo305 posted:Hmm, some specialist. I had a porsche specialist in Atlanta do the same thing with my old 924S. I wonder if the procedure for tensioning changed with a TSB way back when and some of these guys just thought "No thanks, too loose!" Edit: I'd just say that a properly tensioned balance belt is very quiet. It's really easy to do and worth it, I think.
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slidebite posted:Even if it's not updated (probably is), it's worth it assuming its in good shape. I like the blue. I think I just bought a car, or at least set myself up to buy one in the near future, just working out the details for the deposit. I've got a business trip coming up so it will be another fly and drive home but maybe I'll make it all the way home this time. Managed to agree on $16,750 canadian fun bucks ($12.6k USD) on this:     Clean title, he's the 3rd owner (from the documents it looks like he's only had it for ~7k km), looks like new-ish michelin tires, I'm like 95% sure that is an aftermarket cluster background (FVD if my googling is correct) and the yellow face is not a factory option. The interior is going to take some getting used to, and I'm going to run a carproof before committing fully, but I think this looks like a pretty good deal. E: car proof came back good. Purchased in 06 originally, Canadian market car, had a nice big accident in 07 with front end damage, then just standard rego and owner change notifications. Since it's been a decade since the repair it's probably 100% fine. Been in Ontario it's whole life. Looks like vindecoderz engine failure record is not for this car, no record of it in the carproof. Bajaha fucked around with this message at 14:32 on Jun 21, 2017 |
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Not a fan of that yellow either, BUT I love that blue and it appears to be a Canadian spec car with the kph speedo. Even if its a basic stripper, seems like a drat good score son.
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I for one like the interior. Maybe not the yellow but the sand with that blue looks great!
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DevCore posted:6 day old posting here in Austin: Taking a look at this tomorrow night. Talked to the guy today and he said it's got 3.4 with a dual row IMS bearing (supposedly has a lower failure rate which I can see after hearing the explanation of the IMS failure) Also mentioned it could be considered a service item and to replace it when the clutch goes out. It's a pretty good looking car minus baggy seats, a weird two tone interior and the (I'm guessing) aftermarket screen dashboard. What would be a good price to offer? I was thinking 18k
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Dave Inc. posted:Almost certainly your balance shaft belt. When it's properly tensioned it is loose, and if you put proper tension to it it makes all sorts of noise. Hoping this captures the noise. I'm at work and they have Youtube blocked so I'm posting this blind. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx0cfgXLe1M
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Idling videos on cars with manual throttles require you to blip the throttle by hand while you're in there.
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Just saw someone driving an early model boxster with Ferrari emblems at the front quarters. I don't understand.kimbo305 posted:Idling videos on cars with manual throttles require you to blip the throttle by hand while you're in there. Truth.
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Well, I fixed some stuff on the 944. Did some research online and saw that fuse 28 seems to be responsible for several systems. Checked my car, noticed it was missing, put in the proper amperage fuse, and now my rear wiper and power mirrors work. Probably the rear defroster, too. Who knows what else. I was checking for broken fuses earlier, but didn't notice one was missing entirely.
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Bajaha posted:I think I just bought a car, or at least set myself up to buy one in the near future, just working out the details for the deposit. I've got a business trip coming up so it will be another fly and drive home but maybe I'll make it all the way home this time. It's a Porsche. Those yellow gauges were probably factory and only like $2,000. That interior doesn't look too bad with that exterior color. Way better than the yellow on some sort of natural leather 996TT I looked at.
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Bajaha posted:I think I just bought a car, or at least set myself up to buy one in the near future, just working out the details for the deposit. I've got a business trip coming up so it will be another fly and drive home but maybe I'll make it all the way home this time. How on earth, the lowest priced boxster I've seen around my area was $15k, and it was a '01. I must suck at finding the dealz
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Sappo569 posted:How on earth, the lowest priced boxster I've seen around my area was $15k, and it was a '01. Well... My last one was also an 05 base with a few nicer options and I bought it for $14.5k CAD (10.9k USD), I just pounce on a deal when I find one. This was one up for all of 6 hours before I started talking to the seller. fknlo posted:It's a Porsche. Those yellow gauges were probably factory and only like $2,000. That interior doesn't look too bad with that exterior color. Way better than the yellow on some sort of natural leather 996TT I looked at. Yellow in yellow *shudder* You can really go for some, um, interesting colour combo's with Porsche eh? Has anyone seen a classic hot dog stand colour combo on one? I'm sure someone would have picked yellow exterior with red interior.
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Bajaha posted:Yellow in yellow *shudder*  untitled-0019 by John Gallup, on Flickr It looked slightly better in person but not a ton. It had the optional wood interior as well and I kind of remember thinking that was the worst part of the color combo.
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Bajaha posted:Well... My last one was also an 05 base with a few nicer options and I bought it for $14.5k CAD (10.9k USD), I just pounce on a deal when I find one. This was one up for all of 6 hours before I started talking to the seller. The problem is people list 2000-2001 base boxsters around here for 22k and get it , so the bar is kind of skewed (Toronto) I will keep searching but I think it's going to end up being a 2018 purchase for me , maybe I'll win the lottery and get a gt3 instead 
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Sold the turbo Miata after many years and toying with the idea of a cheap, high mileage 987. If I could get this thing for $10k with a solid PPI http://www.greatbridgeautosales.com/used/Porsche/2005-Porsche-Boxster-8e46305e0a0e0adf59140f23f21e64f2.htm and budget out ~$3-4k or so for maintenance after picking it up, am I crazy?
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kylej posted:Sold the turbo Miata after many years and toying with the idea of a cheap, high mileage 987. If I could get this thing for $10k with a solid PPI That's a pretty neat having a single owner for that many years and miles. It's be hard to go wrong with a decent PPI because a few thousand in work afterwards should take care of most engine weak points and minor odds and ends.
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Bajaha posted:Well... My last one was also an 05 base with a few nicer options and I bought it for $14.5k CAD (10.9k USD), I just pounce on a deal when I find one. This was one up for all of 6 hours before I started talking to the seller. So did you actually buy it?
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slidebite posted:So did you actually buy it? Tentatively. I've left a deposit, and had him sign a bill of sale stating the final price and the deposit, pending final payment. I'm going to test drive and give it a good look over before I give him final payment but it's pretty much a done deal pending me actually seeing the car. I'm there at the end of July so I'll post an update then. The car is Ontario.
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Hi guys, Wanted to ask a couple questions to Boxter s owners if there are any in this thread. Basically: -Out of the cars I was looking at which are Boxter s, bmw m4 and the corvette stingray, the boxter seems to have a perfect blend of fun and convenience. My last car was a Honda s2000 and I really enjoyed having a convertible that can also be a daily driver. How do you feel about the practicality of the car after using it for a while? For reference I am single, no kids no pets. -How is the maintenance and reliability? I read a lot of horror stories about BMW's and usually good things about Porsche and the Porsche service in North America but would love to hear from you guys. -What is your yearly maintenance cost like? Thanks so much in advance guys.
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Which year/model are you looking at? Your shopping list implies maybe new? Also, it's Boxster.
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kimbo305 posted:Which year/model are you looking at? Your shopping list implies maybe new? Ah yea sorry. I am looking at a new 2017 model.
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