My Journey to Obtaining a Porsche Boxster - New Owner

[JayG]

Great story

You dodged a bullet.

You may have some recourse with the "mechanic" you went to. IIRC if the shop was AAA approved, I think that AAA has some sort of guarantee on the quality of work.. Check with AAA to find out

You should still get a PPI, just now it will be a Post Purchase Inspection.

Also be very wary of big red pickups, they like to kiss Boxsters in school parking lots

Enjoy you new car and be safe

[Davev]

A loose connection to the overflow tank may not turn up in a PPI- just something to consider.

I'm not saying you shouldn't do a PPI- you SHOULD if possible. But they will not always discover every possible item, and a hose could come loose 5 minutes after you left the PPI! Buy old cars- fix old cars.

And thanks for the story- best of luck.

[Reddy Head]

Originally Posted by Davev

Buy old cars- fix old cars.

Hahahaha, I like that - fixing an old car I shall be doing!

[Reddy Head]

Originally Posted by JayG

Great story

You dodged a bullet.

You may have some recourse with the "mechanic" you went to. IIRC if the shop was AAA approved, I think that AAA has some sort of guarantee on the quality of work.. Check with AAA to find out

It might be something I'll look into. Honestly after putting my story out there I feel a whole lot better, I just needed to vent somehow. I'm completely happy now, and I don't want to re-visit that chapter again - and it will probably be stressful communicating with AAA and the shop as I am now in a different city.

Also be very wary of big red pickups, they like to kiss Boxsters in school parking lots

Enjoy you new car and be safe

Yes, that is the thing I am nervous about.

I'll just have to park towards the back of the parking lot and trust that people are good and won't leave "surprises" for me.

[BYprodriver]

Originally Posted by Reddy Head

It might be something I'll look into. Honestly after putting my story out there I feel a whole lot better, I just needed to vent somehow. I'm completely happy now, and I don't want to re-visit that chapter again - and it will probably be stressful communicating with AAA and the shop as I am now in a different city.

Congratulations on acheiving your goal. You should have just added distilled/filtered water to the coolant, in El Paso the only thing you need from antifreeze is the anti- corrosion & lubricating additives.

Yes, that is the thing I am nervous about.

I'll just have to park towards the back of the parking lot and trust that people are good and won't leave "surprises" for me.

Boxster will attract lot's of attention in El Paso. I've been there many times & never saw a Porsche.

[BIGJake111]

Originally Posted by Reddy Head

Yes, that is the thing I am nervous about.



I'll just have to park towards the back of the parking lot and trust that people are good and won't leave "surprises" for me.

Nice read redhead! Coming from one of the other high school commuters with one of these machines, corner spots are your friend, wait for all the traffic to leave out before you. And surprises do happen for sure.



(P.s. I try to be a respectful guy, but I will share an observation that one of my idiot friends made,. Whenever any young gal bends over to look in the car it's the perfect angle for her top to stop covering her body.)

[Jinx]

Welcome, and the best of luck. Bill