Hi, Today marks my 1st year of owning my boxster YEA!!!!!!!! What fun it has been. I love driving this car. Here are my 1st year stats and costs:
1999/ 2.5/ Tiptronic/ Arctic Silver / boxster red full leather/ cd chgr/ dsp/ pwr heated seats/ owners manuals w/dealer service stamps /alum door sills/ blk top/
- 15373.......... miles driven
- 710.916 .......gallons of gas burned
- 21.624214... avg. mls/gal
- $2439.00 .....cost in dollars
- $3.43 ...........avg. $/gal
- $902.00 .......repairs = trans cooling valve, air control valve
- $345.00....... towing baker to vegas in between towing plans
- $564.00....... tires = kumho 225/45r 17 255/40r 17
- $388.00....... maint = oil/filter change, brake pads, sensors, belt DIY !!!!!!
- $395.00 .......mods = ebay headers, K&N air filter, ebay "xenon" lites
- $98.00......... bentley manual
- $336.00 .......additonal tools and cleaning supplies, code reader
- $20.00......... accessories = ebay key fob
- 100K........... smiles / mile
- a few............ nods/ waves from other owners
- a lot more..... waves, looks, smiles, winks from hot chicks checkin' it out!!
- ZERO............ tickets/ traffic stops
- ??? ............... top speed so far
- p codes......... p0410, p1411 fixed see #6, current/ p1123,p1125,p1130.
This is my daily driver 36mls round trip and have driven it to vegas, pismo, laughlin, and san diego on vacations find it a very comfortable drive no back ache when I get there.
Sorry if this is all too much info, my wife thinks me crazy even knowing any of it much less posting it.
Rats forgot to count top down days .... was a lot for sure!
Not to mention all the time spent here
thanks to everyone for all the tips, help, photos, opinions, info, and laughs even.
Here is a shot of my only previous sports car experience ... took a test ride.... only if.....
three of the most dangerous rides in town: unsafe at anyspeed, unsafe at high speed, and very unsafe parked.
seems a lot of time wasted in between (just the sports car part) .
Year 2 starts now
later
dave