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Forum: Boxster General Discussions

01-19-2017, 04:17 PM

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Posted By mikefocke

Speculation is that spun hard once warm is better...

Speculation is that spun hard once warm is better as it forces more oil, and the owners tend to more frequently change the oil.

Good oil, and no less than half the recommended interval.

Forum: Boxster General Discussions

12-09-2014, 04:27 PM

Replies: 314

Shortlived Boxster engines survey

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Posted By mikefocke

Ah but there are official figures that Porsche...

Ah but there are official figures that Porsche admitted to in settling a lawsuit. The single row bearing ('00-'04.5) was the subject of the lawsuit and the admitted figure was ~1% per car year.
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Forum: Boxster General Discussions

05-13-2011, 01:06 PM

Replies: 314

Shortlived Boxster engines survey

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Posted By mikefocke

Do it

if it makes the car please you more and worry you less...then maintenance and continued ownership makes sense.

When it doesn't, sell (just did..age of driver and health of wife). EJ got a great...

Forum: Boxster General Discussions

05-13-2011, 01:04 PM

Replies: 314

Shortlived Boxster engines survey

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Posted By mikefocke

You worry too much

any car can go boom. Just got quoted $7800 to replace the trans in my wife's Acura. 7/70 warranty on a known defective trans and mine went at 10/72. So AAMCO fixed it for $4k less with a 3/36...

Forum: Boxster General Discussions

03-26-2011, 10:30 AM

Replies: 314

Shortlived Boxster engines survey

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Posted By mikefocke

Nothing I've read supports that language

Could it happen, yes. Likely to happen, no. I read 6 forums daily and the number of failures that are showing up is small compared to the number of total M86 engines on the road. So I see little...

Forum: Boxster General Discussions

05-05-2010, 08:17 AM

Replies: 314

Shortlived Boxster engines survey

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Posted By mikefocke

Mike is

a defender of the notion that we are responsible for our decisions. We choose the brand, model, model year, car and either did or did not do the in advance of purchase research to support that...

Forum: Boxster General Discussions

05-04-2010, 05:12 PM

Replies: 314

Shortlived Boxster engines survey

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Posted By mikefocke

I've been in cars with blown engines....

Ford didn't pay for the Model A engine that was 30 years old.

Chrysler didn't pay for the Mitsubishi engine they used that had 100k miles.

Alfa didn't pay for the Giulietta engine that was 5...

Forum: Boxster General Discussions

04-06-2010, 02:59 PM

Replies: 314

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Posted By mikefocke

No warranty

will prevent a problem, they only pay to fix after the fact...if in fact they do pay off at all.

Porsche does not sell any warranty that Porsche backs and sells through a dealer for a car out of...

Forum: Boxster General Discussions

01-30-2010, 08:59 AM

Replies: 314

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Posted By mikefocke

I tend to think the Porsche owners

may be a bit more involved with their cars than the average brand owners. So they tend to be connected to each other and the way we do that these days is on the net.

You also see lots of postings...

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