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Boxster General Discussions
04-10-2023, 05:22 PM
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Starting Over: App Suggestions?
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Thanks! I've made an appointment for tomorrow at...
Thanks! I've made an appointment for tomorrow at Black Forest for a PPI. Wish me luck!
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Boxster General Discussions
04-09-2023, 10:27 AM
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Starting Over: App Suggestions?
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Thanks, y'all! Any advice on where to take it in...
Thanks, y'all! Any advice on where to take it in San Diego for a PPI? I've not yet found a recent recommendation through the search function here.
Also, the car is nearly spotless. I spent quite a...
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Boxster General Discussions
04-08-2023, 04:28 PM
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Starting Over: App Suggestions?
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I'm arranging a PPI of a locally and privately...
I'm arranging a PPI of a locally and privately owned 2000 Boxster S for next week. We'll see what happens.
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Boxster General Discussions
04-06-2023, 10:50 AM
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Starting Over: App Suggestions?
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craigkeen
Here is where I am right now: I'm a...
Here is where I am right now:
I'm a 73-year-old man. I am in reasonably good health and come from long-lived ancestors. I expect to be able to operate a sports car for another ten years. The...
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Boxster General Discussions
04-05-2023, 12:11 PM
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Starting Over: App Suggestions?
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Starting Over: App Suggestions?
I am having serious doubts about the seller I've been working with and unless he pretty quickly answers my questions about his credibility, I'm starting my search over. I don't plan to name names...
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Boxster General Discussions
04-03-2023, 10:20 AM
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Used 986 Engine 100,000 Miles
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craigkeen
I've gotten very satisfactory answers to these...
I've gotten very satisfactory answers to these and other questions from the seller. All this work will be done. I have a couple of follow-up questions:
Though the restored engine will have 104,000...
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Boxster General Discussions
04-01-2023, 11:03 PM
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Paint or Not
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And fwiw I, too, am an Okie; born in St....
And fwiw I, too, am an Okie; born in St. Anthony's Hospital in Oklahoma City, the child of Okies, now an Okie who's pilgrimaged to San Diego.
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Boxster General Discussions
04-01-2023, 11:01 PM
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Paint or Not
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Thanks, 78F! It is an extraordinary car. I think...
Thanks, 78F! It is an extraordinary car. I think I can live with the color, if it comes down to it. I haven't done a search yet for paint shops, because I'm trying to weigh many factors in order to...
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Boxster General Discussions
04-01-2023, 11:28 AM
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Paint or Not
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Paint or Not
The early 986 that I am very seriously considering buying is well maintained. Its paint is in good shape, but I'd prefer a different color. As I gauge how much that color would bother me, what are...
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Boxster General Discussions
03-31-2023, 10:21 AM
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Used 986 Engine 100,000 Miles
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craigkeen
Man, y'all are the best!
Man, y'all are the best!
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Boxster General Discussions
03-30-2023, 10:30 PM
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Used 986 Engine 100,000 Miles
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Used 986 Engine 100,000 Miles
I am on the verge of visiting a Boxster 986.1 in reputedly great shape. It's engine, however, at about 75,000 miles, was removed and sold (for reasons that aren't relevant, I think, to my question)....
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Boxster General Discussions
03-30-2023, 05:32 PM
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Months of Water in a Parked 986
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craigkeen
And I am waffling! I'm looking again at 986s.
And I am waffling! I'm looking again at 986s.
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Boxster General Discussions
03-29-2023, 01:51 PM
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Months of Water in a Parked 986
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craigkeen
Yeah, it's the old Spyder (and 356s) that I've...
Yeah, it's the old Spyder (and 356s) that I've loved all these years, not the Boxster. I think the Boxster is the closest I could get to one of those, especially with the features I want.
Thanks...
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Boxster General Discussions
03-23-2023, 10:46 PM
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Months of Water in a Parked 986
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craigkeen
78F350, thank you for that link! I am really...
78F350, thank you for that link! I am really impressed by your work and the beautiful Boxster you now have! And it is encouraging to read that such a thing is possible. I may yet make an offer!
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Boxster General Discussions
03-23-2023, 06:13 PM
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Months of Water in a Parked 986
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That is a thread that I started, of course. I...
That is a thread that I started, of course. I appreciate responses I received there, but none of them addressed at any length this particular question. It struck me as specific enough to ask it as a...
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Boxster General Discussions
03-23-2023, 05:46 PM
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Months of Water in a Parked 986
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craigkeen
Months of Water in a Parked 986
My next door neighbor has a 50th Anniversary Spyder 986 that she is considering selling. It has fairly low miles and seems to have been treated pretty well—until recently. I'm trying to decide if I...
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Boxster General Discussions
03-12-2023, 09:52 AM
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986 Spyder Seldom Driven the Last 5 Years
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craigkeen
JZeke, thank you so much for this very helpful...
JZeke, thank you so much for this very helpful response. It is exactly what I'd hoped to be given here. I will take all of this to heart.
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Boxster General Discussions
03-07-2023, 06:57 PM
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986 Spyder Seldom Driven the Last 5 Years
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craigkeen
I have no expertise at all. I'm sorry if my...
I have no expertise at all. I'm sorry if my questions came across as naive. I thought I understood the dangers of disuse. I guess I did not. Thank y'all for responding nonetheless.
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Boxster General Discussions
03-07-2023, 04:32 PM
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986 Spyder Seldom Driven the Last 5 Years
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craigkeen
I've been reading Adrian Streather's *The...
I've been reading Adrian Streather's *The Essential Buyer's Guide: Porsche 986 Boxster*. He warns of very serious damage after prolonged disuse.
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Boxster General Discussions
03-07-2023, 03:57 PM
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986 Spyder Seldom Driven the Last 5 Years
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craigkeen
986 Spyder Seldom Driven the Last 5 Years
I have lived next-door to the owner of a 2004 Boxster 50th Anniversary Spyder for five years. She bought it new. For the past 20 years, when not in use, it has been parked in the open air (not in a...
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New Member Introductions
03-06-2023, 06:42 PM
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Old, Tall, and Gimpy
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craigkeen
That's good to hear. Thank you. I will!
That's good to hear. Thank you. I will!
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New Member Introductions
03-04-2023, 10:45 PM
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Old, Tall, and Gimpy
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craigkeen
I have always had a problem with my left and...
I have always had a problem with my left and right. And so, I misspoke. It is actually my right leg that is gimpy. I think I can manage a clutch pretty well. My gimpy right leg does okay driving an...
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New Member Introductions
03-04-2023, 11:26 AM
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Old, Tall, and Gimpy
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craigkeen
Old, Tall, and Gimpy
I first fell in love with the styling of a 586 Porsche my freshman year. I can still remember when I saw one for the first time. It pulled beside me into the left turn lane at a city intersection,...
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