Want to buy a Boxster, but I'm Afraid..very afraid! - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Perfectlap · 02-02-2005, 07:08 AM

is that Warranty Direct coverage $2000 a year for four years? ($8,000 total)
I drive the car pretty hard. But I have always changed things on previous car's before they break and I had a great mechanic who won't go near a Porsche.
I only drive about 6,000 miles a year. I rely on daily public transportation to get to work into NYC. So my daily drive is literally 5 minutes to the train station and five minutes back in the evening. Public Transportation is not cheap though $300 a month. I do plan to attend track drving schools and at least 100 Autocross laps, so the car will be tested to some degree.

Service contract seems very tempting, I'm the type that would like hanging out in the Porshce garage just to watch them tell nothing needs fixing. But my mileage is so low I wonder if it will be wasted.
(In the back of my mind I keep thinking about how a 996 I was considering was only $9,000 over the Boxster I bought. But I guess you can't look at it that way)

BuffaloBoxster · 02-02-2005, 07:10 AM

No, it's $2000 for all four years. The key is to buy the coverage before your car goes out of warranty.

Ronzi · 02-02-2005, 08:50 AM

Funny you should mention the heater/AC display. That is about the only problem I have had with my '99; the display does not show the footwell air distribution arrow, although the function does work. $800 to replace, according to the dealer.
Warranty history on the car shows a MAF sensor replacement, and a Tiptronic trans gasket replacement. No history of problems with the top (yet).
My experience with the Box and the 911 I had before indicates that you should expect maintenance costs to be higher than you would experience on the average Honda or Toyota. Scheduled maintenace costs (15K, 30K, etc) are not cheap. In my case the 30K was $900 at a dealer, and I did not have them fix the AC display.
Do your research, know what you are looking at, and what to look for. Jumping on a car because it is "cheap" is asking for big, and expensive, trouble.

Perfectlap · 02-02-2005, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by BuffaloBoxster

No, it's $2000 for all four years. The key is to buy the coverage before your car goes out of warranty.

yep, my warranty ran out last year. If I had a 2001 Boxster instead of a 2000, I could've had 4 years/60000miles for $2200 with $0 deductible, $1700 with a $200 deductible.

oh well I'll keep looking.