Been lurking, finally bought a 986!

[alanqning]

Not much of a ppi, I wasn't too worried with a 49.5k mileage car.

I will talk to my mechanic about the IMS while doing the clutch. I'm going to go a step above OEM for the clutch probably.

I wasn't planning on driving it during the winter really... I feel like I would get in trouble..

The paint is pretty good, no hail damage and any scratches can be buffed out. I feel a Chicago winter would be too harsh on paint?

Current check list to budget for:

Struts
Bushings (if need be)
Brembos
Tires / Rims
Headers
Exhaust

I want to be stupid and put a turbo in it in a few years... pushing 5-10 psi only though.


Any other considerations if I wanted to drive in the winter? I do have the hard top that came with the car!

[recycledsixtie]

Consideration in winter?

You will get stone chips on the nose of the car.
I use Mobil 1 synthetic oil 0w 40.
Starts well in cold weather. I keep the Box in the garage but it is not heated.
Hope you have heated seats!
Hardtop should be good in winter but not entirely necessary.
I drive in max 3 inches of snow otherwise becomes a snowplough - snow gets into the front radiator intakes and I don't like to hear the snow scraping the bottom of the car.
And I say it again - need good snow tires for traction but never been stuck yet.

As the above poster says it is easy to spend several $k on the car replacing stuff. Graduate the spending and make sure it is the car you want to have long term.
Enjoy, G.

[alanqning]

I had budgeted $14,000 for the car, and bought the car for $10,300.

so $3,500 to spend (after Illinois taxes me $200).

I have a 2005 Camry Le that I'm driving now in the winter

I've been reading into the IMS issue a little (since I first started looking at Boxsters) it seems like most of the cases was in the pre-2000 models, and still it happened early on usually. Should I be worried at 49,500 miles still?

[Porsche9]

You might want to consider just going to an S before spending money on a turbo. Likely to be cheaper and you get a lot of other upgrades like brakes that now match your new found speed.