Mt first Porsche - I got lucky!

[recycledsixtie]

Great looking car Tom. I like the grey color which should be easier to keep clean than my 2001 Boxster which is black. It looks like it is in really good shape. How many miles/kms on it?I have sent you a pm.
Cheers

[jb92563]

Originally Posted by recycledsixtie

Great looking car Tom. I like the grey color which should be easier to keep clean than my 2001 Boxster which is black. It looks like it is in really good shape. How many miles/kms on it?I have sent you a pm.
Cheers

But black is one of the Sexiest colors RecycledSixtie, so although its a pain to keep clean, it rewards you with compliments from fine looking woman

I (the car really) got a compliment in a Costco parking lot last week from a gorgeous gal in a Mercedes.

Folks at work were stunned when I mentioned it was 12 years old. They though I bought it fresh off the car lot. One coworker has already considered selling his Mercedes SLC and getting a Boxster.


Tom, you will continue to love your Porsche forever, unless your in the few that suffer an IMS failure. (I think you might have double row IMS bearing which reduces your odds to 1%, which it is in my opinion negligible).

I drive the Boxster daily because it make commuting to work a pleasurable distraction rather than a chore, and my mind is not on work until I arrive, so perhaps its also therapeutic to drive a Boxster.

I've had mine for just over a year and am still as excited as ever to drive it.

[tomc88]

Originally Posted by recycledsixtie

Great looking car Tom. I like the grey color which should be easier to keep clean than my 2001 Boxster which is black. It looks like it is in really good shape. How many miles/kms on it?I have sent you a pm.
Cheers

mines high, 112K miles

the mechanic and I examined the oil that was drained out and in his experience very clean,
and the cam shaft deviation was just on spec
-he's seen much worse and in his opinion my LMSB should be fine

[woodsman]

unfortunately, we in NA didn't get the GT3 until 2004, so we missed out on gen1. Our GT3 had wheels that are similar to yours/mine but were 1 piece and I'm sure, a lot lighter! I'm refinishing mine as we speak and it's a lot of work. The clearcoat over bare aluminum lip, is the problem area as paint doesn't adhere to metal well without a primer coat. That thread you posted showed one solution- painting it. The other would be to leave the lips bare (!) and polish them as required(!!!!). I believe salt is the worst enemy here.