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raceboy said:
It's not as bad as this horror though, it looks like they have nailed the 2 fast 2 furious spoiler to the deck lid. 
https://www.vogueautogroup.co.uk/cars/porsche/911/...
That's awful on so many levels. The rear tyres are far too wide. Why is the front sitting so high? Is that partial roll cage actually attached to any part of the metalwork or is it just sort of resting there?https://www.vogueautogroup.co.uk/cars/porsche/911/...
And it's £19k. Wow.
snotrag said:
Both of those are bad but the yellow one is comically so, horrific.
Just as with the other 911s, unless its a 'genuine' RS or whatever, they always look best as they were initially conceived - narrow body, nice conservative wheels, clean lines...
(And dont think I'm anti-modification, quite the opposite!)
Lovely. With you on that.Just as with the other 911s, unless its a 'genuine' RS or whatever, they always look best as they were initially conceived - narrow body, nice conservative wheels, clean lines...
(And dont think I'm anti-modification, quite the opposite!)
Edited by snotrag on Friday 27th August 09:49
shalmaneser said:
snotrag said:
Both of those are bad but the yellow one is comically so, horrific.
Just as with the other 911s, unless its a 'genuine' RS or whatever, they always look best as they were initially conceived - narrow body, nice conservative wheels, clean lines...
(And dont think I'm anti-modification, quite the opposite!)
Lovely. With you on that.Just as with the other 911s, unless its a 'genuine' RS or whatever, they always look best as they were initially conceived - narrow body, nice conservative wheels, clean lines...
(And dont think I'm anti-modification, quite the opposite!)
pcrawf said:
ATM said:
I think this spoiler would do the opposite of produce down force.
I'd like to see what's under the deck lid. My guess is that the air filter intake is probably *not* getting the flow it's expecting!This is my new (to me) 2006 987.1 2.7 manual. My first Porsche! Really pleased with it. Great to drive, everywhere I go, people love it. Must be the colour; it seems to bring out the best in people. I really wanted either a speed yellow or guards red car, and I'm delighted to have got one, as I know how rare they are, especially yellow.
I bought it from a well known independent specialist in Bisley, Surrey, who have treated me well. 55k, totally original and unmodified, £12K. Like others on this thread have commented in recent times, prices for 986/987 Boxsters have really gone up. But then, so has everything! Bought my last car in Oct '18, a 2006 MR2 Roadster - 20K, hardtop, red heated leather, £4.5K, and sold it in July this year with 43K for ... £4.5K! I think it's an interruption to the supply of new cars into the market last year, which has had a knock on effect throughout the used market as well.
Anyway, very pleased with my new car. It's the oldest car I've ever bought, at 15 years old, yet the most expensive. I was meaning to do it the last few car purchases. I just never bit the bullet until now for one reason or another. I went from a Clio 182, to a 130i, to the MR2, and each time I really wanted a Boxster, but tried to get the same bang for a lot less buck. But each time I was never quite happy, and realised I was just wasting time/money on cars that weren't really what I wanted. So, I thought sod the cost, I'm just gonna do it.
The car's had some of the usual suspects fixed: new front coolant pipes, new rear brake hoses, new springs all round, new drop links and some other suspension arm thingies. It's also come from the indy with a warranty, which through some extraordinary freak occurrence, I've already had to claim on, and as I said, the indy have been good about it. I was driving along and heard a loud scraping/scratching sound. So I thought, stone caught in the gap between rear disc and backing plate - that's exactly what it sounded like. Very alarming, however, and doubly loud as I had the top down. Carried on driving it, hoping the stone would wear away, but the sound got worse and worse. So, after a day or two of this, I decided to jack it up at work before returning home (VERY luckily I had bought a 986 spacesaver, jack and wheel brace just days before, or I couldn't have done anything). Got it up, took the wheel off, and was confronted with the horrifying sight you can see in the picture below. I nearly fainted! And I'd been driving like that for 50 odd miles! Phoned the indy, and sent them a text of the photo, from which, impressively, they were able to diagnose what had gone wrong there and then over the phone. The spring that holds the brake shoe on inside the rear handbrake drum had failed, causing the shoes to flick around inside the drum, get jammed, and with centrifugal force, break apart the drum/disc/hub exterior. Lord knows what would have happened if I'd driven it much further. Indy said bring it in. When I put the wheel back, it jammed and the car would not move forwards or backwards. So called green flag, who took 23 hours and 45 mins to recover me!!!!, although in fairness they gave me £100 compensation, and their subcontractor dragged the car on to a flatbed and took it to the indy. The indy really were very cool about it, and gave the car brand new rear discs, drums, pads, shoes and the (very expensive) springs that hold the shoes in place, on both sides, and they did it free of charge, under warranty. I really cannot thank the indy enough. I would name them, but I'm not sure of the rules on here. Incidentally, Nick Giles who PPI'd the car for me said that that particular indy has a good reputation. So I got entirely new rear brakes and £100 in my back pocket, so it was a blessing in disguise.
Anyway, I've gone on enough. Here it is, and that scary picture of the rear hub:
I bought it from a well known independent specialist in Bisley, Surrey, who have treated me well. 55k, totally original and unmodified, £12K. Like others on this thread have commented in recent times, prices for 986/987 Boxsters have really gone up. But then, so has everything! Bought my last car in Oct '18, a 2006 MR2 Roadster - 20K, hardtop, red heated leather, £4.5K, and sold it in July this year with 43K for ... £4.5K! I think it's an interruption to the supply of new cars into the market last year, which has had a knock on effect throughout the used market as well.
Anyway, very pleased with my new car. It's the oldest car I've ever bought, at 15 years old, yet the most expensive. I was meaning to do it the last few car purchases. I just never bit the bullet until now for one reason or another. I went from a Clio 182, to a 130i, to the MR2, and each time I really wanted a Boxster, but tried to get the same bang for a lot less buck. But each time I was never quite happy, and realised I was just wasting time/money on cars that weren't really what I wanted. So, I thought sod the cost, I'm just gonna do it.
The car's had some of the usual suspects fixed: new front coolant pipes, new rear brake hoses, new springs all round, new drop links and some other suspension arm thingies. It's also come from the indy with a warranty, which through some extraordinary freak occurrence, I've already had to claim on, and as I said, the indy have been good about it. I was driving along and heard a loud scraping/scratching sound. So I thought, stone caught in the gap between rear disc and backing plate - that's exactly what it sounded like. Very alarming, however, and doubly loud as I had the top down. Carried on driving it, hoping the stone would wear away, but the sound got worse and worse. So, after a day or two of this, I decided to jack it up at work before returning home (VERY luckily I had bought a 986 spacesaver, jack and wheel brace just days before, or I couldn't have done anything). Got it up, took the wheel off, and was confronted with the horrifying sight you can see in the picture below. I nearly fainted! And I'd been driving like that for 50 odd miles! Phoned the indy, and sent them a text of the photo, from which, impressively, they were able to diagnose what had gone wrong there and then over the phone. The spring that holds the brake shoe on inside the rear handbrake drum had failed, causing the shoes to flick around inside the drum, get jammed, and with centrifugal force, break apart the drum/disc/hub exterior. Lord knows what would have happened if I'd driven it much further. Indy said bring it in. When I put the wheel back, it jammed and the car would not move forwards or backwards. So called green flag, who took 23 hours and 45 mins to recover me!!!!, although in fairness they gave me £100 compensation, and their subcontractor dragged the car on to a flatbed and took it to the indy. The indy really were very cool about it, and gave the car brand new rear discs, drums, pads, shoes and the (very expensive) springs that hold the shoes in place, on both sides, and they did it free of charge, under warranty. I really cannot thank the indy enough. I would name them, but I'm not sure of the rules on here. Incidentally, Nick Giles who PPI'd the car for me said that that particular indy has a good reputation. So I got entirely new rear brakes and £100 in my back pocket, so it was a blessing in disguise.
Anyway, I've gone on enough. Here it is, and that scary picture of the rear hub:
shalmaneser said:
Lovely car, and that failure really does look like a freak occurance! Never seen that before, and now you've got a nice new set of brake discs into the bargain.
Yeah. It turned out nice, stress over the recovery notwithstanding.I've learned a couple of things already. Don't point a Karcher washer at high power straight down over the rear spoiler, or it shorts out for a few days and a message about spoiler failure alert comes up and spoiler gets stuck in the up position for a few days till things dry out. Also don't point Karcher straight down over front frunk panel gap, or frunk lid keeps popping for a few days until that dries out!
Got a couple of little jobs to do. It's the well known gravel rash and resultant surface rust on the lower rear edge of front wheel arches. Mine appears to have been merely touched up with a paint stick, and my Karcher
at highish pressure seems to have dislodged it, revealing a bit of rust. I've bought some Bilt Hamber Deox Gel, Electrox Zinc Primer, a Porsche touch up stick (will this be enough?) and Bilt Hamber Dynax UC for protection over paint - this is the process recommended to me when I ran Bilt Hamber. Anyone got any tips? Should I remove the wheelarch liners as well, or just do what I can see?Also got to fix rust on jacking points - metal on metal contact of various jacks has worn off the paint and allowed rust to start. BH have recommended the same process minus the Dynax UC.
I'm also thinking about taking off the undertrays, inspecting and applying Dynax S50, again recommended, to anything I find. Has anyone taken their undertrays off? Did you find any rust? My car actually looks rust free, just apart from the rear edge of the front arches and jacking points.
Johnny5hoods said:
Has anyone taken their undertrays off? Did you find any rust?
Yellow is the best colour. My 2007 987 has loads of rust around the engine compartment, all the spot welds seam edges are rusting, this, is happing from the inside of. I think Porsche cut costs when building them compared to the 986. Not really anything you can do about that. Escy said:
Johnny5hoods said:
Has anyone taken their undertrays off? Did you find any rust?
Yellow is the best colour. My 2007 987 has loads of rust around the engine compartment, all the spot welds seam edges are rusting, this, is happing from the inside of. I think Porsche cut costs when building them compared to the 986. Not really anything you can do about that. Johnny5hoods said:
This is my new (to me) 2006 987.1 2.7 manual. My first Porsche! Really pleased with it. Great to drive, everywhere I go, people love it. Must be the colour; it seems to bring out the best in people. I really wanted either a speed yellow or guards red car, and I'm delighted to have got one, as I know how rare they are, especially yellow.
I bought it from a well known independent specialist in Bisley, Surrey, who have treated me well. 55k, totally original and unmodified, £12K. Like others on this thread have commented in recent times, prices for 986/987 Boxsters have really gone up. But then, so has everything! Bought my last car in Oct '18, a 2006 MR2 Roadster - 20K, hardtop, red heated leather, £4.5K, and sold it in July this year with 43K for ... £4.5K! I think it's an interruption to the supply of new cars into the market last year, which has had a knock on effect throughout the used market as well.
Anyway, very pleased with my new car. It's the oldest car I've ever bought, at 15 years old, yet the most expensive. I was meaning to do it the last few car purchases. I just never bit the bullet until now for one reason or another. I went from a Clio 182, to a 130i, to the MR2, and each time I really wanted a Boxster, but tried to get the same bang for a lot less buck. But each time I was never quite happy, and realised I was just wasting time/money on cars that weren't really what I wanted. So, I thought sod the cost, I'm just gonna do it.
The car's had some of the usual suspects fixed: new front coolant pipes, new rear brake hoses, new springs all round, new drop links and some other suspension arm thingies. It's also come from the indy with a warranty, which through some extraordinary freak occurrence, I've already had to claim on, and as I said, the indy have been good about it. I was driving along and heard a loud scraping/scratching sound. So I thought, stone caught in the gap between rear disc and backing plate - that's exactly what it sounded like. Very alarming, however, and doubly loud as I had the top down. Carried on driving it, hoping the stone would wear away, but the sound got worse and worse. So, after a day or two of this, I decided to jack it up at work before returning home (VERY luckily I had bought a 986 spacesaver, jack and wheel brace just days before, or I couldn't have done anything). Got it up, took the wheel off, and was confronted with the horrifying sight you can see in the picture below. I nearly fainted! And I'd been driving like that for 50 odd miles! Phoned the indy, and sent them a text of the photo, from which, impressively, they were able to diagnose what had gone wrong there and then over the phone. The spring that holds the brake shoe on inside the rear handbrake drum had failed, causing the shoes to flick around inside the drum, get jammed, and with centrifugal force, break apart the drum/disc/hub exterior. Lord knows what would have happened if I'd driven it much further. Indy said bring it in. When I put the wheel back, it jammed and the car would not move forwards or backwards. So called green flag, who took 23 hours and 45 mins to recover me!!!!, although in fairness they gave me £100 compensation, and their subcontractor dragged the car on to a flatbed and took it to the indy. The indy really were very cool about it, and gave the car brand new rear discs, drums, pads, shoes and the (very expensive) springs that hold the shoes in place, on both sides, and they did it free of charge, under warranty. I really cannot thank the indy enough. I would name them, but I'm not sure of the rules on here. Incidentally, Nick Giles who PPI'd the car for me said that that particular indy has a good reputation. So I got entirely new rear brakes and £100 in my back pocket, so it was a blessing in disguise.
Anyway, I've gone on enough. Here it is, and that scary picture of the rear hub:
Congrats that looks really nice. Funnily enough I have just bought a 2005 987 2.7 in guards red and I am really loving it.I bought it from a well known independent specialist in Bisley, Surrey, who have treated me well. 55k, totally original and unmodified, £12K. Like others on this thread have commented in recent times, prices for 986/987 Boxsters have really gone up. But then, so has everything! Bought my last car in Oct '18, a 2006 MR2 Roadster - 20K, hardtop, red heated leather, £4.5K, and sold it in July this year with 43K for ... £4.5K! I think it's an interruption to the supply of new cars into the market last year, which has had a knock on effect throughout the used market as well.
Anyway, very pleased with my new car. It's the oldest car I've ever bought, at 15 years old, yet the most expensive. I was meaning to do it the last few car purchases. I just never bit the bullet until now for one reason or another. I went from a Clio 182, to a 130i, to the MR2, and each time I really wanted a Boxster, but tried to get the same bang for a lot less buck. But each time I was never quite happy, and realised I was just wasting time/money on cars that weren't really what I wanted. So, I thought sod the cost, I'm just gonna do it.
The car's had some of the usual suspects fixed: new front coolant pipes, new rear brake hoses, new springs all round, new drop links and some other suspension arm thingies. It's also come from the indy with a warranty, which through some extraordinary freak occurrence, I've already had to claim on, and as I said, the indy have been good about it. I was driving along and heard a loud scraping/scratching sound. So I thought, stone caught in the gap between rear disc and backing plate - that's exactly what it sounded like. Very alarming, however, and doubly loud as I had the top down. Carried on driving it, hoping the stone would wear away, but the sound got worse and worse. So, after a day or two of this, I decided to jack it up at work before returning home (VERY luckily I had bought a 986 spacesaver, jack and wheel brace just days before, or I couldn't have done anything). Got it up, took the wheel off, and was confronted with the horrifying sight you can see in the picture below. I nearly fainted! And I'd been driving like that for 50 odd miles! Phoned the indy, and sent them a text of the photo, from which, impressively, they were able to diagnose what had gone wrong there and then over the phone. The spring that holds the brake shoe on inside the rear handbrake drum had failed, causing the shoes to flick around inside the drum, get jammed, and with centrifugal force, break apart the drum/disc/hub exterior. Lord knows what would have happened if I'd driven it much further. Indy said bring it in. When I put the wheel back, it jammed and the car would not move forwards or backwards. So called green flag, who took 23 hours and 45 mins to recover me!!!!, although in fairness they gave me £100 compensation, and their subcontractor dragged the car on to a flatbed and took it to the indy. The indy really were very cool about it, and gave the car brand new rear discs, drums, pads, shoes and the (very expensive) springs that hold the shoes in place, on both sides, and they did it free of charge, under warranty. I really cannot thank the indy enough. I would name them, but I'm not sure of the rules on here. Incidentally, Nick Giles who PPI'd the car for me said that that particular indy has a good reputation. So I got entirely new rear brakes and £100 in my back pocket, so it was a blessing in disguise.
Anyway, I've gone on enough. Here it is, and that scary picture of the rear hub:
CardiffTam said:
ongrats that looks really nice. Funnily enough I have just bought a 2005 987 2.7 in guards red and I am really loving it.
Yeah red and yellow are my absolute favourite colours. If I'd found two identical cars for sale, one red the other yellow, I would've had a problem. I'd literally have to toss a coin.Mark-996-911 said:
Pretty sure we've had that hateful turd on one of these threads previously.
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