How Much Have You Spent

[edevlin]

When I was shopping for used Boxsters, I had a slush fund I had set aside for any work that might need to be done. Well, that slush fund for my Boxster went pretty quickly as I continued to do things that needed to be done (MAF/O2 sensors, clutch, regular maintenance, etc) as well as those things that were not necessary.

I reluctant to admit that I have probably spent half of the what I paid for the car last summer "fixing it up". It has been great fun adding to and modding the car, but it has also definately been a slippery slope, at least for me, when I started dumping money into mods. I was wondering how much others are putting into their used Boxsters both for normal maintenance and for non-essential mods.


Ed

[Chills]

$34.99 for an iPod cable and $58.00 for an iPod mount. I have plans for more stuff, but I am saving for a wedding... once that's over my Boxster is getting some mods.

[ohioboxster]

Im guessing 3-4k in the last year and the probably only needed about 300 bucks worth of work. Ignition switch, clutch line, oil, filters, plugs, belt, tune up stuff. The rest was all mad money. Dont forget I do all my own work.

[David_J]

$0 on repairs, about $10k on mods and another $10k for the trailer. All of that in the past 7 months. More to come over the next few months I hope. Although I may be switching cars. Maybe a 996 or 997. I'm looking for more power.

[bringer666]

Way more than I expected. . I bought the car in Nov. 05
Bought windstop (~$300), Becker aux in cable, Litronics (~$800), clear side markers and lumbareez just to get the car to the way I wanted it.
Needed to replace tires, bought Eagle F1s $1400, blew out one on a trip to Phoenix, replacement was $400, damaged another by driving on it at too low pressure and had to replace both rears because of the wear of the other rear - $800.
Had engine replaced because of RMS, $0 (warranty), had leak in cam shaft cover fixed (~$800).
Damaged inside of both right hand side wheels by driving off the edge of the road at speed (~$700).

I'm really hoping year #2 will be less costly or I will have to ditch it and get something that's not so costly to repair.

[djomlas]

$200 for window regulator. and just recently, new coolant cap and flushed coolant

[Boxtaboy]

I got my 01 986 in 02 with about 10K miles on it, and a lot of remaining warranty, so didn't really worry about having to fix things for a while. During the warranty period, nothing went wrong with the car except a leaking coolant tank (replaced under warranty) and peeling radio knob and door bin covers (both also replaced by warranty).

Now with 46K miles, car is still running like a champ. No RMS issues, original clutch. I've spent about $3K on mostly cosmetic mods (ie. clear headlamps (now litronics), clear sides/tail lamps, painted center console and other bits, dansk sports exhaust, upgraded tequipment shift knob, rear speaker kit, etc.) Only other expenses are for consumables: have changed my own brake pads, done oil changes, changed a set of tires, etc. This car is dang fun man! No regrets at all.

[Bavarian Motorist]

I haven't paid anything yet for mine (obviously) but just to comment on what some people have said, I absolutely love mine. It's like a part of me already.

I can't believe how much attention I get from it also... Toll booth guy went on for at least 2min about how I looked so good in it and how if we hung out together, "we'd get all the girls.

I'm so not used to this.

[David N.]

Since buying at the end of August..

$600 Replace CV boots (damaged from previous owner)
$1500 New Pilot Sport Tires + install (I think it came with the actual stock Conti's)
$55 Soft top cover off ebay
$70 Readjust parking brake cable
$10 Replace worn radio knob
$15 Replace engine compartment fan relay (D.I.Y.)
$12 Replace transmission cooling scoops (D.I.Y)
$300 Two trips to International Detail
$100 Weekend washing materials


and preparing to purchase an extended warranty before the current CPO runs out.

so $2662 after 3 months before the new warranty. But hopefully this is it for awhile...right?

...right?



BTW Jim, I hope successfully selling your Boxster doesn't mean we'll lose your immensely thorough guidance here on 986forum.


-David

[Thumper]

$26K to buy it a couple of years ago, $3K in maintenance and repairs, and I estimate that I've dumped another $3k to $4k in mods. Not counting future maintenance and repairs, I have probably another $3k to $4k of things I want to do to it over the next couple of years.

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