I've just bought some poverty Pork…

[monthefish]

dibblecorse said:

Gents,

On the subject of tyres whether I keep or sell the car it will need a set soon, I knew this when I bought it, so apart from the FK452's what else is worth considering that wont break the bank ....

Blackcircles quoting £510 for all four fitted which I thought was ok ....

Any other suggestions ??

FK452's are quite a good tyre (I think I've had about 6 sets over the years) however they do seem to wear out quickly in my experience (I have a theory that they achieve their reasonable levels of grip at the expense of wear)

Realistically, £510 for four tyres fitted is pretty good value, and I doubt you'll get much better than that without going the Nankang route (please don't).

Edited by monthefish on Friday 17th February 10:49

[dibblecorse]

monthefish said:

FK452's are quite a good tyre (I think I've had about 6 sets over the years) however they do seem to wear out quickly in my experience (I have a theory that they achieve their reasonable levels of grip at the expense of wear)

Realistically, £510 for four tyres fitted is pretty good value, and I doubt you'll get much better than that without going the Nankang route (please don't).

Edited by monthefish on Friday 17th February 10:49

Monte

Cheers, alternatives don't need to be cheaper, just not stupid money, guess in my head I was expecting to pay c£600 so really looking for decent or better rubber (maybe) that isn't silly money.....

[snorkel sucker]

What about Toyos? Are the new ones the PX4s or something? Years back I ran with some T1Rs and they were decent and well priced.

Also think Avon are affordable, but never ran any. I always consult camskill to see what is cheapest, they tend to be comparable to BlackCircles, but you need to get them fitted yourself.

[barchetta_boy]

A cheapo Boxster 2.7 is definitely on my to-do list. I think it would have to be silver with red leather, then Guards, but then that amazon green one is also really nice. Sets the rear light clusters off beautifully.

It's a shame Porsche couldn't have got it looking a bit more like the original concept, which was stunning.





Joel

[Rude-boy]

dibblecorse said:

I was expecting to pay c£600 so really looking for decent or better rubber (maybe) that isn't silly money.....

I would have thought that you could get a set of MPS N3's for that.

I know that it was just over £300 for my rears on the 968.

[dibblecorse]

Rude-boy said:

I would have thought that you could get a set of MPS N3's for that.

I know that it was just over £300 for my rears on the 968.

Fronts £362 a pair, and rears £392 a pair so coming in at £754, thats quite a jump ....

[Rude-boy]

dibblecorse said:

Fronts £362 a pair, and rears £392 a pair so coming in at £754, thats quite a jump ....

Ouch! That is indeed some jump.

I checked last night and the 240+260 figures I gave were correct in May 2010 when I bought my last set - surprised by the increase.

[dibblecorse]

anonymous said:

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OK, looks like it will be the 452's...

[monthefish]

dibblecorse said:

Monte

Cheers, alternatives don't need to be cheaper, just not stupid money, guess in my head I was expecting to pay c£600 so really looking for decent or better rubber (maybe) that isn't silly money.....

No worries.

A chap on here recently got a full set on Conti (N2's) for around the £700 quid mark. Might the same tyres be closer to £600 in Boxster sizes perhaps?

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pete.g said:

I priced Contis at Camskill yesterday at £730ish delivered for a set of 4.

From this thread which might be of use.

Edited by monthefish on Friday 17th February 16:26

[browno]

dibblecorse said:

Gents,

On the subject of tyres whether I keep or sell the car it will need a set soon, I knew this when I bought it, so apart from the FK452's what else is worth considering that wont break the bank ....

Blackcircles quoting £510 for all four fitted which I thought was ok ....

Any other suggestions ??

Firstly, lovely looking car - i'm also loving the poverty pork, having bought mine in august last year.

For the tyres, have you tried kwik fit online? I put a full set of N2 continentals on my 2000 boxster S (on 17's) just before Christmas for £602 - they do a big online discount, so that's worth a look if you might keep it a while...

Edited by browno on Friday 17th February 21:25

[edc]

Just put a deposit on a 986 Boxster S. Not quite as poverty in price as some here as the prices have just started to pick up

Nervous and excited now!

[dibblecorse]

edc said:

Just put a deposit on a 986 Boxster S. Not quite as poverty in price as some here as the prices have just started to pick up

Nervous and excited now!

Cool, enjoy and be sure to get a pic up here, or link the ad so we can see, one mans poverty is another mans rag to riches story !!!

Be inetersting to see what you picked up and for how much ... I'm already browsing the ads for a 3.2S ;-) I think I may have found our ideal 2nd car for the household in a Boxster .....

[RESSE]

We paid £133 (each) for a couple of Continental SP2s on the rear of our Boxster.

[dibblecorse]

Resse, ideal, any clues as to whwre and when ???

[Rude-boy]

edc said:

Just put a deposit on a 986 Boxster S. Not quite as poverty in price as some here as the prices have just started to pick up

Nervous and excited now!

Tell me about it!

They seem to be aout £1k more than this time last year.

[edc]

Rude-boy said:

edc said:

Just put a deposit on a 986 Boxster S. Not quite as poverty in price as some here as the prices have just started to pick up

Nervous and excited now!

Tell me about it!

They seem to be about £1k more than this time last year.

I'm not sure about this time last year but I have been tracking the prices closely since circa October last year. Everything seems to be about £500-1000 more now. Some cars have shifted quite quickly - within a week or 2 on Autotrader etc and some have stuck for a while. As an example there is a car dealer near me who had a 2.7 with a reasonable 65k ish on the clock and it was originally advertised since Xmas at £6495 it's now at £7995.

[RESSE]

dibblecorse said:

Resse, ideal, any clues as to whwre and when ???

255 40 17s from Chemix (Stourbridge, West Midlands DY8 4AF) 01384 261215

Tyres were (found the invoice) SPT2 N2s if that helps?

£132.32 each.

[pcn1]

Ive been following this thread with interest, a bit of poverty Porsche Boxster is attainable for me.
However I finally got to sit in my mates 2005 Boxster S last week. At 6'4" I found the leg room was just not enough. I needed the seat to back about 3 more inches than it could.
Thats where the 2+2's work best for me.

[Globs]

pcn1 said:

Ive been following this thread with interest, a bit of poverty Porsche Boxster is attainable for me.
However I finally got to sit in my mates 2005 Boxster S last week. At 6'4" I found the leg room was just not enough. I needed the seat to back about 3 more inches than it could.
Thats where the 2+2's work best for me.

2005 - was it a late 986 or an early 987?
I heard the 987 had more interior space.

[edc]

Picked up my Boxster S today 2000 in light blue, sub 60k miles, hard top, dension ipod thing, dark blue/black leather, colour coded roll hoops, 18" Sport Classics. Roll on the sun and the summer!!!!!!!