986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners - View Single Post - Thinking of buying a Boxster ?

DEye · 05-14-2011, 09:38 PM

G'Day Eh !

So I'm new to this forum, had a couple of Cars.
2002 MINI Cooper - Dropped a Valve - Gone.
1990 Miata - Running Fine - But to Small - My head touches the roof.

Been interested in getting a Porsche for a while, and I *fit* in a Boxter.
So I'm trying to walk into this with my eyes open.

Been lurking and reading some of the threads here and wondering how much i'm looking at for yearly maintenance / repairs realistically.
I'm looking at a 2002 Sport Touring edition with 90K.
I'm going to ask have it taken it to a Porsche dealer and give it the once over.

Someone referenced Edmund's Cost of ownership - and it comes up with this.

http://www.edmunds.com/porsche/boxster/2005/tco.html?style=100510880

About 2k to 3k a year ?
I've done a fair amount of work on the last two cars, pulled all the suspension off, bushings, brake lines, pads rotors etc... - No Engine work

Can you work on these cars your self - it seems like it based on some posts - But Heck - I have yet to actually *see* the engine

Thanks,
Don

05-14-2011, 09:38 PM	#81
DEye Registered User Join Date: May 2011 Location: Eastern Canada Posts: 9	What you (I) can look forward to ! G'Day Eh ! So I'm new to this forum, had a couple of Cars. 2002 MINI Cooper - Dropped a Valve - Gone. 1990 Miata - Running Fine - But to Small - My head touches the roof. Been interested in getting a Porsche for a while, and I fit in a Boxter. So I'm trying to walk into this with my eyes open. Been lurking and reading some of the threads here and wondering how much i'm looking at for yearly maintenance / repairs realistically. I'm looking at a 2002 Sport Touring edition with 90K. I'm going to ask have it taken it to a Porsche dealer and give it the once over. Someone referenced Edmund's Cost of ownership - and it comes up with this. http://www.edmunds.com/porsche/boxster/2005/tco.html?style=100510880 About 2k to 3k a year ? I've done a fair amount of work on the last two cars, pulled all the suspension off, bushings, brake lines, pads rotors etc... - No Engine work Can you work on these cars your self - it seems like it based on some posts - But Heck - I have yet to actually see the engine Thanks, Don __________________ You can't get there from Here ! Last edited by DEye; 05-15-2011 at 12:41 PM.