Excellence Mag. Review - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Perfectlap · 05-26-2005, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by lexuspilot

BTW I am 16 and these are my first two cars that my parents bought for me.
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Holy crap. I couldn't get my folks to buy me a stupid Atari.

You are a very mature sounding for a 16 year old.

jfmillr · 05-26-2005, 08:41 PM

Sorry to hear some have trouble with their 986s or 987's. I have have my 2000 986 now since it was right at a year old and have Never seen a drop of oil on the garage floor. So it cant be happening to them all. other then basic maintanence and the many mods I have done really havent had any trouble with this car. It has been very reliable to me. Especially considering I also own a Mercedes and that is always in the shop. My 03 Rubicon never goes in the shop, except for oil changes andtire rotations....

lexuspilot · 05-26-2005, 08:41 PM

"Holy crap. I couldn't get my folks to buy me a stupid Atari.

You are a very mature sounding for a 16 year old."

The JK, meant just kidding.
I am 35 and have never had anything like a car given to me. My parents didn't buy me an atari either. I always dated girls for their cars not their other attributes.

RandallNeighbour · 05-27-2005, 06:47 AM

LexusPilot:

I DO own a 1995 LS400... 103k on the odometer. Love the car for what it is and what it is not.

I'm just pissed that Porsche would continue to produce a motor year after year after year where RMS issues crop up. This RMS issue is far bigger than Porsche is willing to admit publically because it would require a widespread recall from all the owners I've heard about who had RMS failure and all the Boxsters I hear about with new engines in them.

Brucelee · 05-27-2005, 07:23 AM

"I've heard about who had RMS failure and all the Boxsters I hear about with new engines in them."

Herein like the problem., ie no data available. We think there is an issue but without data, we really don't know.

And if we had data, what would we compare it to? In other words, what is the standard for RMS failures vs what the Box is experiening.

hmmm! :ah:

xavier405 · 05-27-2005, 09:28 AM

As for reliability, I referred to the Consumer Reports ratings for cars and on the whole the Boxster is decent. Average - which these days isn't toooo bad. There was even one year that was above average reliability. And I figure the CR subscribers are more level-headed with their product surveys, considering that they are stakeholders in the quality of the magazine.

I used to own a used 1992 Mercedes 190. What a lemon! Even the owner of the Mercedes/BMW repair shop told me that most Mercs were unreliable. He only recommended the Merc V8s. Come to think of it... I DID see lots and lots of Merc mechanics everywhere. Now why would there be a repair shop on every corner? I guess its good business!!

So far my 2002 B with Tip is trouble free, except a few minor cosmetics. I bought it 3 months ago, so I admit I wish I had its entire repair history. I'm heading in for the 30k service soon. Cheers!