03-27-2018, 05:37 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: CO
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Originally Posted by TeamOxford
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Wow, 5k for a pile of blueish dust... nice!
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03-27-2018, 08:46 PM
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#663
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1997 Tip, 2018 Macan
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Upland, CA
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Yard art anyone?
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03-28-2018, 07:39 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: Tucson AZ
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Looks like something the "Wheeler Dealer" guys on TV would try to reverse. That's amazing!
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2007 Toyota Highlander
2003 New Beetle Convertible, Turbo, Tip 6 speed
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03-29-2018, 01:52 PM
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Motorist & Coffee Drinker
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 3,840
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I just saw this on Tulsa Craigslist, Not very far from me and it's an SE with 'Flood' on the car fax. I just can't see having two SEs though. Maybe I should buy it and put the dashboard and floor mats in mine?
https://tulsa.craigslist.org/cto/d/2004-porsche-boxster/6522306199.html
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03-29-2018, 05:55 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: DFW
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Hmm that SE is worth a look. Says cpu was replaced..
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03-29-2018, 07:01 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Omaha
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Wonder if this is the one that's on YT? The scenario of the YT SE kind of fits the description of this one.
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2008 Cayman S Sport - Signal Green
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03-30-2018, 04:56 AM
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#668
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: CT
Posts: 193
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isn't the one on you tube a forum member here? i thought i saw some posts about that car a few weeks ago. if it is the same car and it wasn't listed for sale on here as well, does that mean something? i know he got the car running but that car definitely was in a flood and the CL ad says other wise so i'm hoping it's a different car.
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03-30-2018, 05:15 AM
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Motorist & Coffee Drinker
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 3,840
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Originally Posted by dav9515
isn't the one on you tube a forum member here? i thought i saw some posts about that car a few weeks ago. if it is the same car and it wasn't listed for sale on here as well, does that mean something? i know he got the car running but that car definitely was in a flood and the CL ad says other wise so i'm hoping it's a different car.
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This one is mine: The Houston 04 SE
and these videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/AAZCD
I just thought it odd that there is another, very similar '04 SE with flood damage for sale only about 30 miles from me.
As for mine, I've grown attached to it after going through the process of bringing it back and have no intention of selling it. - I like mine more than any I've seen for sale.
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03-30-2018, 09:54 AM
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#670
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Location: CT
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yep that's the one! i'm glad this is a different car because if not it would have been very misrepresented in that CL add. I am still very impressed with what you've been able to do with yours, keep it up, and i haven't seen an update in a while!
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Originally Posted by 78F350
This one is mine: The Houston 04 SE
and these videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/AAZCD
I just thought it odd that there is another, very similar '04 SE with flood damage for sale only about 30 miles from me.
As for mine, I've grown attached to it after going through the process of bringing it back and have no intention of selling it. - I like mine more than any I've seen for sale.
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04-01-2018, 02:46 PM
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#671
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: Tucson AZ
Posts: 536
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04-01-2018, 05:02 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Alabama
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It doesn't take much to fill the floorboards an inch deep in water and short out the immobilizer box; that happened to one of my Boxsters the first time it came a heavy rain. The drain holes in the 'aprons' that catch the runoff from the convertible top are small to begin with and the slightest clogging will reduce their flow capacity significantly, and the overflow goes right into the rear floorboard area.
It costs about $750 to get the immobilizer repaired so you can put it back in your Boxster with now-sodden carpet so you can enjoy the smell of mildew, just as if it were an MGB or Lotus Elan.
The factory picked the worst possible location for this device. It would best be located on the rear trunk firewall near the engine control unit.
My solution(s): a) drill holes about 3/8" in the floor under the immobilizer location and rear floorboards--God forbid, drilling holes in a Porsche! Take care to avoid structures on the underside!
b) have an extra floor carpet in your car's color clean, dry, ready to install;
c) watch the weather forecast carefully;
d) fit the waterproof plastic box kit that replaces the factory box , so as to protect the circuit board better.
By now I have become very practiced at changing the carpet out of Boxsters, and can do it in about four hours, not including the time to clean the wet carpet and put it away to dry. The dense foam on the back of the carpet that damps sound so well holds water equally well. A wet carpet in a Boxster will stay wet for many months.
The labor costs for a stealership to do this would be quite a few hundred bucks, and far more if they insisted 'must replace carpet', so I can easily understand why an insuror would write off the car even though it may be otherwise unharmed, hence the salvage title.
If the car had the carpet removed, cleaned and dried while the immobilizer was off for repair I would not have any reservation about buying the car.
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04-01-2018, 05:17 PM
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#673
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: Tucson AZ
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Originally Posted by old911doc
It doesn't take much to fill the floorboards an inch deep in water and short out the immobilizer box; that happened to one of my Boxsters the first time it came a heavy rain. The drain holes in the 'aprons' that catch the runoff from the convertible top are small to begin with and the slightest clogging will reduce their flow capacity significantly, and the overflow goes right into the rear floorboard area.
It costs about $750 to get the immobilizer repaired so you can put it back in your Boxster with now-sodden carpet so you can enjoy the smell of mildew, just as if it were an MGB or Lotus Elan.
The factory picked the worst possible location for this device. It would best be located on the rear trunk firewall near the engine control unit.
My solution(s): a) drill holes about 3/8" in the floor under the immobilizer location and rear floorboards--God forbid, drilling holes in a Porsche! Take care to avoid structures on the underside!
b) have an extra floor carpet in your car's color clean, dry, ready to install;
c) watch the weather forecast carefully;
d) fit the waterproof plastic box kit that replaces the factory box , so as to protect the circuit board better.
By now I have become very practiced at changing the carpet out of Boxsters, and can do it in about four hours, not including the time to clean the wet carpet and put it away to dry. The dense foam on the back of the carpet that damps sound so well holds water equally well. A wet carpet in a Boxster will stay wet for many months.
The labor costs for a stealership to do this would be quite a few hundred bucks, and far more if they insisted 'must replace carpet', so I can easily understand why an insuror would write off the car even though it may be otherwise unharmed, hence the salvage title.
If the car had the carpet removed, cleaned and dried while the immobilizer was off for repair I would not have any reservation about buying the car.
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Changing carpet this week, you busy? Lotsa beer involved. Mine is more sun & dry rot inflicted than water infliltrated. Sonoran desert, you know.
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Last edited by Brian in Tucson; 04-01-2018 at 05:19 PM.
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04-04-2018, 09:32 AM
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#674
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Omaha
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2008 Boxster S Limited Edition #005
2008 Cayman S Sport - Signal Green
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04-04-2018, 11:13 AM
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#675
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Boxster 986
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Nebraska
Posts: 45
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Originally Posted by husker boxster
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“Throw some big rims on it you’ll have sweet ride”
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04-04-2018, 12:50 PM
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#676
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Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Indiana
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IT'S ONE OF THE CLEANER T BIRDS I HAVE EVER SEEN.
He obviously doesn't get out much
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04-04-2018, 12:50 PM
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#677
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Northern Indiana
Posts: 410
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Originally Posted by husker boxster
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Priced at $1500...but doesn't say if that's what they want, if if that's what they'll pay to make it go away. Lol.
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04-04-2018, 03:14 PM
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#678
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Bedford, TX
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It’s got a CB radio! That light surface rust will buff right out
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2001 Boxster S Lapis Blue
TS Cat Bypass Pipes and exhaust
iPad Mini Dash Install
DEPO Tail Lights
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04-06-2018, 07:29 PM
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#679
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 7
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cheap 911 !!!
1978 911 for sale.... really cheap, only $700
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04-14-2018, 10:44 PM
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#680
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Motorist & Coffee Drinker
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 3,840
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