What did you do with/to your Boxster today?

[Lew]

Originally Posted by maytag

O I understand this, perfectly. I mean, that's the point, right? But Lew, would it drive you to "curse loudly" at the person in front of you?

It's this disproportionate response that I'm suggesting is unreasonable, not the dislike of flashing red lights.

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You ever been rear ended? I have three times and put in the hospital twice. The last time it totaled my wife's car, and the first was a man that was a State Farm Insurance agent ran a red light and drove my car into 4 other cars. That also put me in the hospital and the car was totaled. I sued State Farm who I presently had two cars insured with and made won a nice settlement. However I wished I had never been rear ended. My neck has never been the same since. So, there you go! That should explain why I am more focused on any light flashing red. It's not a problem for me if the car has the blinking third light. From what I see it only blinks three times and then stays on with out blinking anymore. I might mention what is annoying is the jacked up Pickup's that the head lights are not adjusted properly since the vehicle has been jacked up. Coming at you we are somewhat blinded, and from the rear, it's not good either. If I was a insurance company I would not insure the jacked up Pickup's until the lights were adjusted properly. Sometime I see these cars racing up behind me when I am stopped and I tap my brake several time to flash my rear lights.

[particlewave]

Flashing brake lights are irresponsible, selfish and dangerous.
Have you ever been in a traffic jam, crawling along, and the car 2 lanes over and 5 cars up has one?
It's very distracting and almost caused me to rear end the car in front of me more than once.

Flashing lights are for emergency vehicles only and if someone claims they're legal in their state, city or county, I'll show you the law that says they're not.

Just because a dealer offers them as an option doesn't make them legal. Being illegal doesn't mean that you'll get pulled over or ticketed for it. I think it's in a gray area right now, but if enough people had them, there'd be an outright ban.

Can you imagine if even 1/3 of the cars on the road had these?

[Lew]

Originally Posted by particlewave

Flashing brake lights are irresponsible, selfish and dangerous.
Have you ever been in a traffic jam, crawling along, and the car 2 lanes over and 5 cars up has one?
It's very distracting and almost caused me to rear end the car in front of me more than once.

Flashing lights are for emergency vehicles only and if someone claims they're legal in their state, city or county, I'll show you the law that says they're not.

Just because a dealer offers them as an option doesn't make them legal. Being illegal doesn't mean that you'll get pulled over or ticketed for it. I think it's in a gray area right now, but if enough people had them, there'd be an outright ban.

Can you imagine if even 1/3 of the cars on the road had these?

PW,

I was wondering when you were going to chime in. I did make a change to my third brake light. The only thing I have done and will do was to install 7 LED'S. My objective was to make it much brighter and it is now, and I like it that way.

[particlewave]

Originally Posted by Lew

PW,

I was wondering when you were going to chime in. I did make a change to my third brake light. The only thing I have done and will do was to install 7 LED'S. My objective was to make it much brighter and it is now, and I like it that way.

Just my opinion, but I think this is the appropriate way to go. Most LED tail lights are painfully bright (I know mine are ).

[Fintro11]

Originally Posted by particlewave

Flashing brake lights are irresponsible, selfish and dangerous.
Have you ever been in a traffic jam, crawling along, and the car 2 lanes over and 5 cars up has one?
It's very distracting and almost caused me to rear end the car in front of me more than once.

Flashing lights are for emergency vehicles only and if someone claims they're legal in their state, city or county, I'll show you the law that says they're not.

Just because a dealer offers them as an option doesn't make them legal. Being illegal doesn't mean that you'll get pulled over or ticketed for it. I think it's in a gray area right now, but if enough people had them, there'd be an outright ban.

Can you imagine if even 1/3 of the cars on the road had these?

The unit i use flashes fast 3 times then stays solid, it will not flash again until you are off the brake for more than 8 seconds. I don’t think the third brake light it bright enough to annoy people during the day but maybe at night? I will have to get somebody to drive my car and I follow lol

[rfuerst911sc]

Well here she is with the new wheels and tires , the wheels are JR Motorsport that I bought off a forum member two years ago . They are 18 x 8 + 18 x 10 and fit with no issues so they are the proper offset . The tires are Sumitomo HTRZ III's . I like how they look what do you guys think ?

[Deserion]

Made the Boxster less embarrassed with its garagemate’s shoes.

[Ciao]

Changed out the Serpentine Belt @40088 miles; pretty easy

[rfuerst911sc]

Yesterday the beast went onto the lift for the first time in the new man cave . I have been working on the 2 car garage for about a year and am getting close to completion . I let the oil drain over night this morning will be change the oil filter and button her up . Also going to install the new wheels I purchased 2 years ago as the rear tires are now shot on her . Anyway here she is in her new home .

[particlewave]

Loving the tail lights

(please disregard my garage mess...doing some concrete work)

[MWS]

Originally Posted by particlewave

Loving the tail lights

Nice! Looks really good on your white car; kinda like your personalized plate too.

[alm001]

Jacked it up, drained the oil. The oil still looked golden (3200 miles). No metal flakes on the drain plug, nothing in the filter. Sending out a sample to blackstone this week.
Put on a new oil filter canister, and replaced the oil pressure relief valve with the updated 987 part.
Hopefully this fixes my tick at idle when the car is hot.

[Tjkarp]

I installed the Schnell Short Shifter this weekend. I am really happy with the precision and feel. I understand it’s not for everybody but I could not be happier. Huge improvement over stock.

Install only took about an hour and a half. I only wish I did this sooner.

[Lucassharringtonn]

Did new brakes up front , just pads in rear and new red stitched suede shift knob





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[paulofto]

Originally Posted by Lucassharringtonn

Did new brakes up front , just pads in rear and new red stitched suede shift knob





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Looks good, the shifter & rotors, but ya gotta give those calipers some love!

[Lucassharringtonn]

Originally Posted by paulofto

Looks good, the shifter & rotors, but ya gotta give those calipers some love!

Just took that in middle of everything Cleaned up each corner before putting wheels on and cleaned inside the wheels as well!


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[paulofto]

Originally Posted by Lucassharringtonn

Just took that in middle of everything Cleaned up each corner before putting wheels on and cleaned inside the wheels as well!


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Cool, now your callipers feel right at home with those sweet rotors.

[Brian in Tucson]

Well, my 01 base with a replacement engine (last winter's project,) a new to me 03 top with glass, new tires, and so on hasn't moved more than 5 feet since April. When it was last coolish in Tucson. Why, you might ask? Well my carpeting was in shreds and when I bought the top, I got a good set of carpeting, too. I'm glad it's in, I don't want to ever do that again.

Had problem with the hand brake cable--got it fixed. Had to unscrew the throttle pedal to get the carpet down. The G-D screw is impossible to get back in. I've been off and on struggling with it. Finally, today I went to ACE and got a piece of 5mm all thread and a nut. Cut the all thread down to the proper length and made sure the threads were okay. Screwed it into the threaded hole under where the pedal sits, put the pedal on over the all thread and put the nut on. Finally! Since May.

Tomorrow I'll put the new brake switch in (for the brake lites.) And then start putting the interior back together. Whew! It's cooler than it was, but the rain has done away with the dry heat. 97 degrees, 40 to 60% humidity. It ain't pretty.

I hate summer!

Since I got it about a year ago, I've replaced the seats, the steering wheel, the stereo, the regulators for the windows, the top (twice,) the tires, the engine, rebuilt the rear axles, replaced the heavy exhaust with a cheap one from Amazon, replaced the carpeting, replaced the door for the console, the ash tray (nasty) is now just a cubby hole, where the disk storage was is now a cubby hole, where the "cup" holder was is now a delete plate. Engine got the LN oil filter kit, and the front of the engine got an underdrive pulley. And a rms. The engine was a factory reman and has a later, non serviceable IMS bearing.

Still need to get it up in the air and replace the coil-caps and try to find an oil leak. Bleed the brakes, find out why the worn brakes lite is lit.

I wish I'd spent more money and bought a better car.

[rexcramer]

Wise words indeed.

Originally Posted by Brian in Tucson

I wish I'd spent more money and bought a better car.

[kbrandsma]

New leather on lower interior doors!