Living with a Boxster 3.2s? Mpg, maintenance etc?
Discussion
As title really.
Current car search has lead me to early Boxter 3.2s and I found one for sale in blue, with Porsche turbo alloys and tan leather for £6000 with 88k miles.
The history seems quite extensive and includes a clutch replacement at 70k including the crank seal (that I understand is prone to leak), these apparently can suffer from engine failure from a balance shaft? Or something to that effect and I guess that’s the risk you take with buying one.
But I wondered if any owners can let me in on what they are like to live with.
Have they aged well? What is the MPG you can expect and are parts ridiculously expensive for the basic consumables?
I am looking for a car that I can come home from work and take out for a fun drive, or use at the weekend for a spirited drive. But also have the ability to comfortably do some miles in and longer journeys if I want to take it away.
Thanks for any help or experience you can share.
Current car search has lead me to early Boxter 3.2s and I found one for sale in blue, with Porsche turbo alloys and tan leather for £6000 with 88k miles.
The history seems quite extensive and includes a clutch replacement at 70k including the crank seal (that I understand is prone to leak), these apparently can suffer from engine failure from a balance shaft? Or something to that effect and I guess that’s the risk you take with buying one.
But I wondered if any owners can let me in on what they are like to live with.
Have they aged well? What is the MPG you can expect and are parts ridiculously expensive for the basic consumables?
I am looking for a car that I can come home from work and take out for a fun drive, or use at the weekend for a spirited drive. But also have the ability to comfortably do some miles in and longer journeys if I want to take it away.
Thanks for any help or experience you can share.
I think, that’s where I find myself currently James. I’m just sceptical it’s not a case of “you only hear about the failures” they must of sold thousands of these things and they are all a bit long in the tooth now are they still failing to this day?
It’s between the Boxster and the 350z.
It’s between the Boxster and the 350z.
Really appreciate all the replies!
Interesting to hear the comparisons and the 350z versus talk too.
The one I was looking at had a clutch and rms seal changed about 10-15k miles ago. It also has a supersprint cat back exhaust.
The 350z has little noise made about reliability and they do look great, but the price is falling out of them and surEly the boxster must be grinding out in its fall from 50k when New?
Interesting to hear the comparisons and the 350z versus talk too.
The one I was looking at had a clutch and rms seal changed about 10-15k miles ago. It also has a supersprint cat back exhaust.
The 350z has little noise made about reliability and they do look great, but the price is falling out of them and surEly the boxster must be grinding out in its fall from 50k when New?
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