The 250,000 mile Club

[mnc-i]

My 99 Boxster just went over 250,000 miles.
I'm about to go 12 months with the only maintenance being rear tires, oil & filter changes and new brake pads (Knock on wood).
Needless to say, I am quite pleased with my car.
I did promise myself that I would get a 996 once I reached 200,000...but 200,000 came & went so I decided to put it off until 300,000 miles.
I think I will go for a 1999 996 so I can be assured that it has a dual row IMS, but if I find a 2000-2004 that has had the LN upgrade I will go for that.
Original IMS and 10,000 mile oil & filter changes with either Mobil 1 or Royal Purple.

MNC-I

[Timco]

Do you keep your foot on it or more easy driving? Track?

RMS? WP? Alt? AOS?

[thstone]

[Timco]

Originally Posted by thstone

That's only 99.5 days of driving 24/7 at 100mph. Seems more doable than I thought....:dance:

[Retroman1969]

That's amazing, congrats!
I'm also curious what your driving style/habits/conditions are, and what all has been replaced or repaired on the car since you've had it.

[mnc-i]

Retroman1969/Timco,

I do not abuse it (e.g. drive it like you stole it), but abusing it is sort of hard since mine is an automatic. I rarely rev it past 4500 rpm. I have never taken it on a track. To the best of my knowledge it has its original IMS.

I purchased it in 2009, for $8700 w/104,000 miles.

Here is what I can remember about maintenance and repairs:
a) Two water pumps w/belts & thermostats (dealer & indie mechanic)
b) Both chain actuators (dealer)
c) Two AOSs (indie mechanic)
d) More sparkplug and oil & filter changes than I can recall (done by me)
e) Oil sending unit & updated coolant cap (indie mechanic)
f) After-market muffler/$285 off Ebay (mom & pop muffler shop)
g) Four rotors, two sets of brake pads and one brake sensor (done by me)
h) Two brake fluid changes (Firestone)
i) Removed bumper cover & cleaned radiators (done by me)
j) Transmission service w/new filter (indie mechanic)
l) New front trunk latch (dealer)
m) Replaced rear underbody pan & squirrel catchers (done by me)
n) Replaced 1999 OEM 17inch wheels with 2001 OEM 17inch wheels
o) One ignition switch (done by dealer even though I told the dealer I was going to do it myself…I’ve never gone back to the dealer)
p) Replaced the CDR220 with a used CDR220 due to a broken cd player
q) Replaced the seats with sport seats courtesy of Woody in Bastrop
r) Two batteries
s) Crankshaft position sensor (indie mechanic)
t) fuel pump (indie mechanic)
u) Brake light switch (done by me)
v) headlight & tail light bulbs (done by me)

I have a CEL, my indie says it is for vapor leak from a bad evaporator canister and purge valve. He quoted my approximately $1600 to fix it. I live in a county that does not require a smog check, so I can live with the CEL (I'll just tape a small pine tree branch to my car for my carbon off-set)

MNC-I

[OsideBill]

Just purchased a 99 last month with 78k miles on it and use it as my daily driver. Looking foward to many enjoyable miles ahead, your post is very encouraging,