I've just bought some poverty Pork…

[Philvrs]

Bullet-Proof_Biscuit said:

Nice, but note that reading auctions place sells some dodgy tosh though, I recon a lot of the stuff they sell are stolen recovered or insurance recovered. They get about 1 a week or fortnight a 997 with no history and other suspect clues. BUY WITH CARE IMHO.

I bought my boxster from them last November, been ok so far, just came from BCA by the looks of it, vcheck checked out etc. But I appreciate some cars may be less than great

[ATM]

anonymous said:

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Looking at cars with no reserve completed items they appear to have been trading constantly with no break. Its hard to get a feel for quantity as some cars sell or complete several times. So clearly they're getting their stock from somewhere. I'm assuming the BCA auctions have continued running if that's their main source.

[addsvrs]

Hi guys, avid reader of this thread but never been in a position to contribute but I have the chance of buying a cheap boxster, 2001 2.7, good mot history, couple of advisors on last one for front suspension arms , roof works and no engine problems. But it has 200k on the clock !! I'm thinking if its got to that mileage it can't be that bad Shirley? Everything that could have gone wrong would have already ? Not checked yet on history / hpi. Thoughts?

[LennyM1984]

200k is a pretty huge mileage for a Boxster but if it is cheap enough to be treated as disposable then go for it. I'm not sure that I would want to pay anything more than about 2.5k for it. That way, if the engine blows up, you'll be able to recover most of your costs by breaking it for parts

[andy97]

I think I would want it for peanuts. How much is a second hand replacement engine?

[barryrs]

Quick update on my poverty Porsche.

Callipers removed resulting in one snapped bolt although I was expecting more due to the effort to remove them. I’ve since drilled and cleaned it out.

I will get 4 new bolts as I can imagine the ones that came out will have been weakened.

Rear ARB off resulting in a further 2 snapped bolts! One removed and one to go.

A recommendation after this weekend’s work is get your rear arch liners out. I had a good 30mm of muck build up which had just started causing some corrosion. A good wire brush, some rust prevention and a good coat of stonechip should stop any further corrosion problems.

[eltax91]

barryrs said:

shalmaneser said:

Is that the same as the headers on the 996 3.4? I'm looking for an excuse to enter a world of pain and swap out my exhaust manifolds for some ebay shiny shiny ones. I can't believe the standard ones are good but people seem to think so?

I was looking at mine the other day and was thinking the same

If you’re doing this job yourselves then don’t bother unless you HAVE to. Mines been on my 2 post lift since February. Got it sorted 2 weeks ago but now into changing the coolant issues as have to drop the stat to get at one hole to drill the inevitably snapped studs out

[barryrs]

eltax91 said:

If you’re doing this job yourselves then don’t bother unless you HAVE to. Mines been on my 2 post lift since February. Got it sorted 2 weeks ago but now into changing the coolant issues as have to drop the stat to get at one hole to drill the inevitably snapped studs out

It won’t be a job I will be undertaking through choice

[skinny]

I think it's good practise to replace the caliper bolts every time they come off. Only a couple quid and saves some pain further down the line.
I wish the previous owner had done the same on the exhaust manifolds bolts, all i have left are little rusty nubbins.

[shalmaneser]

skinny said:

I think it's good practise to replace the caliper bolts every time they come off. Only a couple quid and saves some pain further down the line.
I wish the previous owner had done the same on the exhaust manifolds bolts, all i have left are little rusty nubbins.

They're a tenner a pop from design 911!

[snotrag]

Everything OE porsche is cheaper from your local Porsche dealer than from design911.

Where do you think they but them from?!

(OPCs are actually in my experience really good for trim and bits and bobs like that).

[Bullet-Proof_Biscuit]

Don't even need to get Porsche ones, in true poverty pork spirit just source some (12.9 IIRC) M10x100mm female hex socket cap heads

[Bluedot]

Bluedot said:

Philvrs said:

Not quite poverty but watching this 981 Cayman with interest.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/283896189545

Interesting to see what that goes for, on a forecourt that would be somewhere around £23k?

Finishes 21:00 tonight, currently on £16.7k with 41 bids

[olv]

I thought I would provide a quick update on my 987 2.7 as I have had it for 7 months now and ticked off a few things on the to-do list. Hopefully this will encourage anyone sitting on the fence to jump in as I can report no disasters so far. I did have a 2009 2.9 PDK a few years ago now so knew largely what I was getting but this provides all of the fun of that car but for a third of the price.

I had been watching this thread for a little while and I did try and buy a 2 owner, 180,000 mile car that was <£4k before this one but missed out. I did all the things you should not really do when buying a car, it had extended leather and heated, hard back seats which were two options I was really keen on so I'd sort have made up my mind I wanted it. I spoke to the guy beforehand and it sounded good so bought a one way train ticket the next day. Viewed and test drove it in the rain in fading light, it had been sat for a few months so had to be jumped the day before, the battery was a bit knackered, the stereo didn't work, the AC didn't blow cold and roof didn't even make any tiny effort to drop when asked. The bodywork looked straight from what I could tell and the service history filled me with enough confidence that it had been mostly well maintained with some recent big bills for the steering rack and gear cables so I bought it anyway.

The roof was a risk but the windows didn't even drop a little when you released the handle so if the roof latch microswitch needed replacing that wasn't too bad. The battery was under warranty so was replaced FOC by Halfords, which was an encouraging first win, the wonders of a fresh battery. I had hopes that the roof would be ok, I prodded the latch a lot when I first got it and got the roof to work sporadically which was great, once it had dried out thoroughly it has been faultless since. I replaced the headunit with a Pioneer unit with CarPlay which has been great.

I had fun fitting a short shifter which has taken a lot of slack out of the standard shift. Despite mine having had recent new cables the shift was still pretty lacklustre. It's definitely not perfect or anything like the newer 6 speed Porsche 'boxes but definitely an improvement, I get the impression the old 5 speed is just a bit sloppy?

It had an oil service, MOT and once over from a trusted mechanic which didn't turn up anything of concern. Plenty of life in the brakes, the tyres (PS2) will need replacing shortly. I have just had the AC re-gassed, I was worried it'd have a leak so had put off having it done but thankfully it's fine and had just leaked through sitting idle.

A friend with a machine polisher had a go at the paint this weekend and it now looks great, I hadn't really noticed it was metallic before but most of the swirls and light scratches are gone and it looks lovely, very happy with that. The next thing on my to-do list is to renew the elastic in the hood so the cables sit inside the roof guides without manual help each time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZN8ffDBZqc



And then the only remaining thing I need to look at is a start up squeak/squeal from a belt or pulley when the engine is a little warm. It only lasts half a second or so. Is that a common thing? Doesn't do it when cold or when really hot, just mildly warm starts?

[LennyM1984]

Is it a squeal or more a graunch? If the latter it is probably the starter motor failing to retract quick enough. It's not a big deal and so I wouldn't lose sleep over it (we have a Golf GTI in the family that has done it for 10 years and 100k miles!)

[shalmaneser]

snotrag said:

Everything OE porsche is cheaper from your local Porsche dealer than from design911.

Where do you think they but them from?!

(OPCs are actually in my experience really good for trim and bits and bobs like that).

Is there a way of getting parts online direct from porsche? I hate all the faffing around with phoning up and having to pick the parts up. As a millennial if I can avoid talking on the phone I would like to do that.

[Philvrs]

olv said:

The next thing on my to-do list is to renew the elastic in the hood so the cables sit inside the roof guides without manual help each time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZN8ffDBZqc



And then the only remaining thing I need to look at is a start up squeak/squeal from a belt or pulley when the engine is a little warm. It only lasts half a second or so. Is that a common thing? Doesn't do it when cold or when really hot, just mildly warm starts?

With regards to the roof elastic, you can get some almost OEM elastic like this
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B087X83T18/ref=cm_sw_r...
Instead of sewing or stapling it at both ends, just sew one end to the roof flap and use the torx bolt like Porsche intended at the other through one of the holes and adjust tension as Porsche intended.

[olv]

LennyM1984 said:

Is it a squeal or more a graunch? If the latter it is probably the starter motor failing to retract quick enough. It's not a big deal and so I wouldn't lose sleep over it (we have a Golf GTI in the family that has done it for 10 years and 100k miles!)

Graunch, what a word! Umm yes I suppose it could be described as that.

[olv]

Philvrs said:

With regards to the roof elastic, you can get some almost OEM elastic like this
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B087X83T18/ref=cm_sw_r...
Instead of sewing or stapling it at both ends, just sew one end to the roof flap and use the torx bolt like Porsche intended at the other through one of the holes and adjust tension as Porsche intended.

Thanks, that's helpful. I need to have a proper look at it before attacking it but with the recent weather it's become particularly annoying making sure both sides are seated properly after each close to prevent further damage.

[Philvrs]

olv said:

Thanks, that's helpful. I need to have a proper look at it before attacking it but with the recent weather it's become particularly annoying making sure both sides are seated properly after each close to prevent further damage.

You still access it as per the video, but feel for the little torx on the roof bar and undo it first, you can then sew the flap end outside of the hood making it so much easier.