I've just bought some poverty Pork…

[Filibuster]

paulguitar said:

A Cayman for £7.5k:
https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/14715678

This would make for a very cool daily car / Porsche shed. Keep in good working order, replace the driver seat but neglect the exterior.

[shalmaneser]

jmsgld said:

I had a quote from design 911 for all the parts which came to £1500 with Koni. A lot of it is new fitting parts for the shocks , does anyone that has done this have any idea of how much of the old fitments - top mount, nuts etc was reusable? Thanks

Your mileage may vary (hah) but all the replacement dampers I've bought have come with top nuts included. Top mount bearings can quite easily be cleaned and regreased, but may be rusty. Top mount bushes may have degraded so that's your call - I think they're quite expensive? There is one very expensive washer in there too from memory which for me was perfectly reusable. Nice to get new bellows, although these often come with the dampers.

my car was lowish mileage (65k) and not much rust when I fitted M030 and I just replaced the springs, dampers and bellows.

Do you need the car? Best option is to strip down and assess obviously.

[soxboy]

Filibuster said:

paulguitar said:

A Cayman for £7.5k:
https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/14715678

This would make for a very cool daily car / Porsche shed. Keep in good working order, replace the driver seat but neglect the exterior.

Ooh I do like that. Most armchair experts will tell everyone to run away at that mileage, as long as you go into it in the knowledge that it will consequently be a hard sell on it should give you great fun. Also looks like it’s had some of the right stuff done.

[ATM]

soxboy said:

Filibuster said:

paulguitar said:

A Cayman for £7.5k:
https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/14715678

This would make for a very cool daily car / Porsche shed. Keep in good working order, replace the driver seat but neglect the exterior.

Ooh I do like that. Most armchair experts will tell everyone to run away at that mileage, as long as you go into it in the knowledge that it will consequently be a hard sell on it should give you great fun. Also looks like it’s had some of the right stuff done.

Probably 660 per year road tax

[paulguitar]

ATM said:

Probably 660 per year road tax

Nope, £360.

[ATM]

paulguitar said:

ATM said:

Probably 660 per year road tax

Nope, £360.

I'm genuinely confused by 2.7 road tax pricing - after March 2006. My previous thinking was the 5 speed version was always 660 but I guess now that's not right.

[paulguitar]

ATM said:

paulguitar said:

ATM said:

Probably 660 per year road tax

Nope, £360.

I'm genuinely confused by 2.7 road tax pricing - after March 2006. My previous thinking was the 5 speed version was always 660 but I guess now that's not right.

I'm confused by it too. I just look them up individually. I'm considering a 987 Cayman or Boxster at the moment. My latest thinking is to go for a 2.7 Boxster in the £360 tax bracket.

[minimoog]

paulguitar said:

My latest thinking is to go for a 2.7 Boxster in the £360 tax bracket.

That's how I'm rolling.

[soxboy]

minimoog said:

paulguitar said:

My latest thinking is to go for a 2.7 Boxster in the £360 tax bracket.

That's how I'm rolling.

2005 one for me.

[Escy]

Pretty sure it's the 2.7 6 speed that's big boy tax

[jimmy p]

Escy said:

Pretty sure it's the 2.7 6 speed that's big boy tax

Registered Upto 23 march 2006 all boxsters cheaper tax, after, 2.7 5 speed cheaper, 6 speed expensive, along with all 987.1 3.2's 23 March 2006 onwards

[DOCG]

ATM said:

I'm genuinely confused by 2.7 road tax pricing - after March 2006. My previous thinking was the 5 speed version was always 660 but I guess now that's not right.

Only the 6-speed is in the higher bracket, which was a rare option on the 2.7. The 5-speed is £360.

[danp]

jimmy p said:

Registered Upto 23 march 2006 all boxsters cheaper tax, after, 2.7 5 speed cheaper, 6 speed expensive, along with all 987.1 3.2's 23 March 2006 onwards

I think there is more to it - you can have a post 23 March 2006 registered 2.7 5 speed Boxster that emits 229 g/km co2 so will be £615 tax (just looked at a couple on Autotrader).

For the 2007 Model Year (can include some late 2006’s) the engine was revised and is 222 g/km, so will be £360 tax.

NB All 2.7 Cayman had the later engine, so will be £360 tax if 5 speed.

6 speeds (on 2.7 Boxster or Cayman) adds a few co2 (presumably as gear ratios are shorter) so puts them in the higher tax band (unless pre 23 March 2006 Boxster).

[Filibuster]

What an absolute ball ache, fk me!

This is why I'm a strong advocate for putting all the CO2 taxes on the very substance that actually contains CO2: the petrol (and the devils juice of course)
Putting a tax on some random manufacturers figures and neglect 100% whether the car is driven 1k miles pa or 20k pa is just absurd!
And if you really insist on doing this, why have stupid brackets?

Where I live (Switzerland), at least you pay for every single g of CO2 CHF 1.60/g) (+CHF 1.25 for every 10kg of gross weight).
Still not the system I would want, but at least you don't have rigid brackets.....

[kingston12]

Filibuster said:

What an absolute ball ache, fk me!

This is why I'm a strong advocate for putting all the CO2 taxes on the very substance that actually contains CO2: the petrol (and the devils juice of course)
Putting a tax on some random manufacturers figures and neglect 100% whether the car is driven 1k miles pa or 20k pa is just absurd!
And if you really insist on doing this, why have stupid brackets?

Where I live (Switzerland), at least you pay for every single g of CO2 CHF 1.60/g) (+CHF 1.25 for every 10kg of gross weight).
Still not the system I would want, but at least you don't have rigid brackets.....

Totally agree. My 2005 Boxster S falls into the lower tax bracket. I've owned it 13 years now, so the overall saving has been quite significant, but it still feels like I'm paying a lot for a car that has averaged 2,000 miles a year in that time!

[Smollet]

kingston12 said:

Totally agree. My 2005 Boxster S falls into the lower tax bracket. I've owned it 13 years now, so the overall saving has been quite significant, but it still feels like I'm paying a lot for a car that has averaged 2,000 miles a year in that time!

The difference between the 5 and 6 speed tax is probably a good part of the cost of an annual service.

[nessiemac]

First longish drive yesterday with the green machine.

250 miles and I could have done another 250 easy.

Mix of motorway and B roads and loving the car more every drive.

Big road trip to North Wales at Easter and cannot wait.

Still too quiet though....

Photos after a post drive wash.

986 by nessiemac1, on Flickr

986-2 by nessiemac1, on Flickr

[paulguitar]

nessiemac said:

First longish drive yesterday with the green machine.

250 miles and I could have done another 250 easy.

Mix of motorway and B roads and loving the car more every drive.

Big road trip to North Wales at Easter and cannot wait.

Still too quiet though....

Photos after a post drive wash.

986 by nessiemac1, on Flickr

986-2 by nessiemac1, on Flickr

Looks really good.

[nessiemac]

paulguitar said:

nessiemac said:

First longish drive yesterday with the green machine.

250 miles and I could have done another 250 easy.

Mix of motorway and B roads and loving the car more every drive.

Big road trip to North Wales at Easter and cannot wait.

Still too quiet though....

Photos after a post drive wash.

986 by nessiemac1, on Flickr

986-2 by nessiemac1, on Flickr

Looks really good.

Cheers, it seems to be a very good example. And I adore the colour!

[golfer19]

nessiemac said:

paulguitar said:

nessiemac said:

First longish drive yesterday with the green machine.

250 miles and I could have done another 250 easy.

Mix of motorway and B roads and loving the car more every drive.

Big road trip to North Wales at Easter and cannot wait.

Still too quiet though....

Photos after a post drive wash.

986 by nessiemac1, on Flickr

986-2 by nessiemac1, on Flickr

Looks really good.

Cheers, it seems to be a very good example. And I adore the colour!

Great colour.
A nice change from the usual black and grey.