hopefuly a boxster owner

[racer_d]

The ticking sound, at start up, if sublte, is not uncommon on these cars. IF really loud then be worried. Usually just valvetrain looking for some oil that has drained away while the car was not being used.

You might try some solvents, but yellowing, im my experience, usualy can't be corrected. Sounds like replacements might be in order. You might want to upgrade to Litronics if feasible.

"the plasic part in the car cover" ? Do you mean the rear window? again, if not cracked or torn you might live with it. I know some people have buffed out scratches, but not sure I've seen a reversing of yellowing. Replacement might be in your future too.

why do you want them to delete the thread?

[fatmike]

1 - I don't know.

2 - Sounds like your referring to the "amber" which is a bright yellow light. The newer cars don't have amber and they have "clear" lenses instead. Do a search for "de-amber", or "amberdectemy". Litronics are a type of headlight that put our more power and they tend to be "clear".

3 - The yellowing is very common. There are a lot of products that will help -- such as Novus plastic cleaner. Its $20 in the US.

Good luck with your decision. Whether you get this car, or another -- the Boxster is a great car.



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[baseball]

I have a new Boxster and mine ticks on startup as well. The ticking goes away as soon as the car reaches operating temperature. Everyone who has looked at the car tells me it's normal..... hopefully they're right

[ahmed18881]

i am going 2day to finalize the deal and have a thorough test drive , and i am taking an independent Porsche mechanic with me, i hope everything goes well, keeping my fingers crossed ... i am really looking forward for owing a Porsche... its like a dream coming true... i come back from a benz car background (81 230E,97 C230 ,98 clk 320, and 00 e320 4matic)

[ahmed18881]

i just came back from the dealership, i test drove the car... it runs GREAT but i feel it needs a bit of more power on the acceleration but other than that its perfect.... well after really having fun test driving it... i jacked it up in the service center and found out it needs an RMS... so the dealer offered to clean it up saying that this is probably an old thing... i told him to quote me how much it costs and i ll probably remove it from the price he is saying about? what do u guys think ? would you buy a box with rms?

[timothy]

What do you mean exactly by clean up the RMS? You want a full RMS replacement, not just wiping it down with a wet rag. My 03 daily driver had a small leak when I bought it, had the RMS changed under warranty, and it's been perfect ever since. Like you said, make sure to account for this repair cost in the final purchase price.

A '97 with 57000km (35000 miles) is pretty low annual milage. Any Boxster can develop an RMS leak but it seems low milage examples have it more than others.

[Jeph]

Originally Posted by ahmed18881

i just came back from the dealership, i test drove the car... it runs GREAT but i feel it needs a bit of more power on the acceleration but other than that its perfect....

For more power, you'll probably have to bump up to a model year 2000. You'll have your choice of 2 bigger engines. The 2.7 or the 3.2 liters.

However, it's a finesse car -not about drag races. Throw some turns in its path and you won't think about a lack of power at all.

Good-bye Mercedes. Hello Porsche!