hopefuly a boxster owner

why do you want them to delete the thread?

[fatmike]

1 - I don't know.

2 - Sounds like your referring to the "amber" which is a bright yellow light. The newer cars don't have amber and they have "clear" lenses instead. Do a search for "de-amber", or "amberdectemy". Litronics are a type of headlight that put our more power and they tend to be "clear".

3 - The yellowing is very common. There are a lot of products that will help -- such as Novus plastic cleaner. Its $20 in the US.

Good luck with your decision. Whether you get this car, or another -- the Boxster is a great car.



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[baseball]

I have a new Boxster and mine ticks on startup as well. The ticking goes away as soon as the car reaches operating temperature. Everyone who has looked at the car tells me it's normal..... hopefully they're right

[ahmed18881]

i am going 2day to finalize the deal and have a thorough test drive , and i am taking an independent Porsche mechanic with me, i hope everything goes well, keeping my fingers crossed ... i am really looking forward for owing a Porsche... its like a dream coming true... i come back from a benz car background (81 230E,97 C230 ,98 clk 320, and 00 e320 4matic)

[ahmed18881]

i just came back from the dealership, i test drove the car... it runs GREAT but i feel it needs a bit of more power on the acceleration but other than that its perfect.... well after really having fun test driving it... i jacked it up in the service center and found out it needs an RMS... so the dealer offered to clean it up saying that this is probably an old thing... i told him to quote me how much it costs and i ll probably remove it from the price he is saying about? what do u guys think ? would you buy a box with rms?

[timothy]

What do you mean exactly by clean up the RMS? You want a full RMS replacement, not just wiping it down with a wet rag. My 03 daily driver had a small leak when I bought it, had the RMS changed under warranty, and it's been perfect ever since. Like you said, make sure to account for this repair cost in the final purchase price.

A '97 with 57000km (35000 miles) is pretty low annual milage. Any Boxster can develop an RMS leak but it seems low milage examples have it more than others.

[Jeph]

Originally Posted by ahmed18881

i just came back from the dealership, i test drove the car... it runs GREAT but i feel it needs a bit of more power on the acceleration but other than that its perfect....

For more power, you'll probably have to bump up to a model year 2000. You'll have your choice of 2 bigger engines. The 2.7 or the 3.2 liters.

However, it's a finesse car -not about drag races. Throw some turns in its path and you won't think about a lack of power at all.

Good-bye Mercedes. Hello Porsche!

[husker boxster]

Ahmed18881,

Be careful of the seductive powers of the Boxster. You don't have to marry the first girl you meet. I'm seeing some red flags / contradictions you need to think about.

What did your mechanic think of this Box? Other than the RMS issue, was he happy with it?

You also mentioned in your original post you were concerned about buying a Boxster because of the RMS and IMS issues that are discussed frequently on the forum. Now you're willing to buy one with this as a know "problem" and not have it fixed. I agree with Timothy's post, if the dealer is going to actually fix it (not clean it) as part of the purchase price, then I would take them up on it. Then you shouldn't have worry about RMS issues in the future.

Also, there's the horse power issue you mention. If you feel it's a little short on HP, maybe a newer model would take care of this. If you think it's short by quite a lot, then the Boxster is probably not the car for you. You'll find lots of thread here about guys wanting to tweak more HP out their engines. There are ways to do it but all of them get expensive. Might as well spend that money on a newer model with more HP already baked in, especially since you haven't purchased anything yet.

I'm not saying you shouldn't buy this car, but you need to be sure it is the right one. Don't know how many Boxsters are in your neck of the woods, so maybe there aren't a lot to choose from. Just be sure you're happy with what you purchase and it meets your requirements.

Best of luck.