£4k Boxster S. What could possibly go wrong...
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All this is covered over in the Poverty Pork thread really but as long but at £4k if it all does go tits up what's the most you can lose.
My 2.7 suffered catastrophic engine failure, I put a piston through the top of the engine, I lost £3k but it's only money and was good fun while it lasted.
My 2.7 suffered catastrophic engine failure, I put a piston through the top of the engine, I lost £3k but it's only money and was good fun while it lasted.
nunpuncher said:
That most have been a real comfort to know.
Not really, but no point crying over spilt milk. 
A friend had the engine go on his much newer 911 at a similar time and that meant a £10k bill, the bill to fix my Boxster was going to be at least £4k and that would have been fitting an engine of unknown history out a crashed car, so I effectively wrote it off, sold it to a bloke at the Porsche indy and he dropped a new engine in it and it's back on the road.....I've moved on.
raceboy said:
All this is covered over in the Poverty Pork thread really but as long but at £4k if it all does go tits up what's the most you can lose.
My 2.7 suffered catastrophic engine failure, I put a piston through the top of the engine, I lost £3k but it's only money and was good fun while it lasted.
I lost about £2.5k in 5mths on a Fiat so it's worth a go!My 2.7 suffered catastrophic engine failure, I put a piston through the top of the engine, I lost £3k but it's only money and was good fun while it lasted.
There is a guy in Readers Rides installing an 2.7 Twin Turbo Audi engine in one,
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=157...
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=157...
raceboy said:
All this is covered over in the Poverty Pork thread really but as long but at £4k if it all does go tits up what's the most you can lose.
My 2.7 suffered catastrophic engine failure, I put a piston through the top of the engine, I lost £3k but it's only money and was good fun while it lasted.
And you still got one even after we told you how ours blew up? Silly boy! My 2.7 suffered catastrophic engine failure, I put a piston through the top of the engine, I lost £3k but it's only money and was good fun while it lasted.
(Our BoxsterS popped a core plug. £2.5k bill to fix with refurbed parts. Most expensive single bork incident we have had - more expensive than the exploding diff on the Ferarri!
)They are amazingly competent cars, however just a bit too clinically competent for me.
To be fair it was actually my better halfs for 2 years before I killed it, and other than a few annoyingly expensive services it wasn't a bad car considering it was a 120k+ miler, and we were actually contemplating a Gen 2 just the other day as if you overlook the 2 seater bit its a massively practical car for her requirements, it had more boot space than her current Mini.
My Dad has one. Make sure you have deep pockets, i think everytime its gone to the specialist its cost close to and over a grand in servicing including odd replacement parts (but he wants it perfect so things like getting a heated seat repaired add to that bill) .
i think the most expensive thing was an exhaust replacement which cost about 3k (ended up going for a custom as a genuine one cost more).
on the positive side i feel its a fantastic car to drive, and sounds bloody brilliant.
i think the most expensive thing was an exhaust replacement which cost about 3k (ended up going for a custom as a genuine one cost more).
on the positive side i feel its a fantastic car to drive, and sounds bloody brilliant.
TTwiggy said:
Not this again!
RMS isn't an issue, and IMS is far from a 'forgone conclusion'.
Both of which can be fixed for about £1k together (from some googling). I am trying to talk myself into car no.3, but I might need to get clarity on a possible gearbox issue on my S6 before I add another toy....RMS isn't an issue, and IMS is far from a 'forgone conclusion'.
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