£4k Boxster S. What could possibly go wrong...
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nunpuncher said:
That most have been a real comfort to know.
Not really, but no point crying over spilt milk. ![irked](/inc/images/irked.gif)
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.
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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.![paperbag](/inc/images/paperbag.gif)
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.
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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.![paperbag](/inc/images/paperbag.gif)
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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.
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(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!
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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. ![paperbag](/inc/images/paperbag.gif)
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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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