Is it still worth it?

[Chris Berg]

Thank you everyone for your thoughtful replies. Here are the numbers from the shop. Probably not the best deal, but the work was done correctly and the shop found time savings which brought the price down.

Parts total was $2157.21 including the IMS bearing and new clutch. Labor came in around $2500. With tax the whole job was $5035.00. The IMS bearing was $800 and clutch kit was also $800.

As expected, the IMS bearing was just fine but the clutch was close to failure. The metal rivits on the clutch plate were already scrapping onto metal. As my mechanic said, well, if you do one you do the other so the repair was justified and I have it documented if I ever sell the car on BringATrailer.com.

In reality the $10k boxster is just a myth and as my mechanic stated, few people sell these cars in perfect order. Now that the car is running, I can learn about it more slowly and work my way back into the engine. First big project on my own, getting the rear spoiler to deploy.

[JavPit]

So I'm curious, what shop did you use?

[Huey]

Originally Posted by Chris Berg

In reality the $10k boxster is just a myth

That's true. It's also a myth that you shouldn't put more money into a car than it's worth. If you plan to keep the car and want to enjoy it then you can put as much money into as it you want. Very few cars in this world are considered investments, the rest of them are just transportation or fun toys.

Nobody ever buys a brand new car expecting to get their money back when they sell it. So why do we expect that when we buy a used car?

[ike84]

Originally Posted by Chris Berg

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In reality the $10k boxster is just a myth and as my mechanic stated, few people sell these cars in perfect order. Now that the car is running, I can learn about it more slowly and work my way back into the engine. First big project on my own, getting the rear spoiler to deploy.

I don't know, I would counter that point. If you can turn wrenches and do your own diagnostics (this the the key point) I don't think that this is a very expensive car considering what you get out of it.

I bought mine 3 years ago with 27k miles (00 base) for $12k. Since then the 2 most expensive things were the ims/rms/clutch replaced ($3k, I didn't know the first thing about cars at that time so I had a shop do it) and installing godspeed coilovers ($1k). Michelin ps4s set me back a grand but are holding up well. On top of that I have done a ton of stuff - UDP, rear lcas replaced, new plugs and coils, new injectors, 996 tune, low temp tstat, sway bar bushings, double din radio, short shifter, power stop pads and drilled/slotted rotors, custom intake custom exhaust, rear wing. I'm pretty big on buying non oem replacements and have yet to had to replace anything that I have installed (except my pos ln TStat which failed within 2 years). Altogether all those projects maybe ran $2k in parts at most. The labor is intense though.

So, altogether I have under 20k in this car. Ok, so not 10 lol. But it's a hell of a car for that price and still has less than 50k miles. I would argue that it's hard to beat that.

I totally agree with huey though, cars are money pits in general and you will never see any of it back that you sink into these cars in particular. Lord knows I have destroyed the resale value of my car with all the custom mods I've done. But, I decided a long time ago that this car will die in my hands, one way or another

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