I've just bought some poverty Pork…

[Mogul]

Great purchase. You may be lucky with the exhaust heat shields (the fixings go and can be replaced) but i’ll wager that it is internal. The ‘baffles’ rot from the inside and can’t be fixed without surgery. It shouldn’t get much worse than it is though and you can live with it (for years)!

[Escy]

https://auctions.partmart.co.uk/vehicle-list/detai...

You'd want to be local to view it before bidding but this one could be a bargain. Quite like the colour also.

[LordGrover]

Agree, great colour. Shame it's a tip.

[Fresh Prince]

Price on this is outrageous (£2.5k). Even allowing for the miles. I am ridiculously tempted.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

[ooid]

Fresh Prince said:

Price on this is outrageous (£2.5k). Even allowing for the miles. I am ridiculously tempted.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

I was just thinking the same, it is totally insane. If I was a pensioner, I would totally get a pair of these and work on them for a few months or even a year. One for daily, the other one for hobby/track mod purposes, once they are properly sorted. The good thing, they have almost no rust issues, so just mechanical wiggles and thats it.

[Fresh Prince]

The only problem is that unlike MX-5s, Boxsters have an ability to generate significant 4-figure bills with breathtaking ease. Still. I’m trying to work out how I can find the space and sneak this past the missus...

[edc]

Fresh Prince said:

The only problem is that unlike MX-5s, Boxsters have an ability to generate significant 4-figure bills with breathtaking ease. Still. I’m trying to work out how I can find the space and sneak this past the missus...

How much does an inevitable rust and weld job cost on he early series of MX5s?

[ATM]

edc said:

Fresh Prince said:

The only problem is that unlike MX-5s, Boxsters have an ability to generate significant 4-figure bills with breathtaking ease. Still. I’m trying to work out how I can find the space and sneak this past the missus...

How much does an inevitable rust and weld job cost on he early series of MX5s?

2 or 3000

[skinny]

edc said:

How much does an inevitable rust and weld job cost on he early series of MX5s?

Depends how bad it gets. Mine was 2k without paint but needed a lot cut out. Tbh I'd probably not get another mx5 due to the rust. Track boxster is tempting tho when mine dies

[Usget]

Apologies for asking some fairly n00b questions, but this is down the road from me and caught my eye:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...



Tempted to take a look but I only have tiny weeny Porsche stubble. I know the M030 option is considered desirable and the wheels are rather nice, and it looks like it's been looked after. Other than the hood, which seems like an easy fix/replacement, is there anything that screams "don't buy me" to the beards? Is the 3.2S considered an engine to avoid or is it only the later 3.4s

[edc]

Seems very reasonably priced. If the service history stacks up and there's some recent evidence of extra maintenance in the past couple of years you can't go far wrong. New window panel is circa £300.

[Fresh Prince]

skinny said:

edc said:

How much does an inevitable rust and weld job cost on he early series of MX5s?

Depends how bad it gets. Mine was 2k without paint but needed a lot cut out. Tbh I'd probably not get another mx5 due to the rust. Track boxster is tempting tho when mine dies

That’s a fair point. Although in nearly 10 years, my Mk1 MX-5 has only needed about £300’s worth of welding. And that was 3 and 2 years ago. And for 6 of those 10 years it was doing 15-20k miles per year in all weathers, including salty roads.

My 987S has cost at least 3 times that doing the brake pipes due to rust, and I’ve only had that 3/4 years...

[George Smiley]

Why?

[edc]

George Smiley said:

Why?

Because failure rate from bore scoring is anecdotally much higher than any other failure mode for any of the other Boxster engines.

[edc]

There's plenty of owner stories. Those are anecdotes though. There's no real credible study or analysis. But there's enough reports and anecdotes.

[W12GT]

Usget said:

Apologies for asking some fairly n00b questions, but this is down the road from me and caught my eye:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...



Tempted to take a look but I only have tiny weeny Porsche stubble. I know the M030 option is considered desirable and the wheels are rather nice, and it looks like it's been looked after. Other than the hood, which seems like an easy fix/replacement, is there anything that screams "don't buy me" to the beards? Is the 3.2S considered an engine to avoid or is it only the later 3.4s

Make sure you check everything thoroughly - their may be a problem with the drivers window as it looks odd in that position in all the photos when the passenger one is all the way down.

[edh]

W12GT said:

Make sure you check everything thoroughly - their may be a problem with the drivers window as it looks odd in that position in all the photos when the passenger one is all the way down.

there are good buyers guides to give you a list of checks to make - if it drives well, no nasty suspension noises, a/c & rads, clutch, expansion tank etc.. all check out then it looks a good price.

[George Smiley]

Bargain for someone

[edc]

Last owner was female but only since 2002

[George Smiley]

I figured on these metoo days I should not comment on that! I'm just shocked people still (or ever) Make a thing out of that!