2009 Boxster or an 08? - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

blue2000s · 03-25-2008, 08:26 AM

Does anyone actually have confirmation that the Boxsters in the spy shots will be coming in 2009? They were originally supposed to be 2008 model cars, but that didn't happen.

Also, isn't the RS60 officially a 2009 model? It doesn't have the droopy tail lights of the spy photo cars. It wouldn't make sense to have the two different body panel generations on cars of the same model year. Especially if the RS60 is supposed to be a special model.

I agree with Perfectlap, the best financial decision is to not blow your money on the high initial depreciation.

jk335 · 03-25-2008, 09:03 AM

I am obviously a notice on the detailing end. I have seen "wet sanding" by a body shop. Had no idea I could do soemthing about swirlmarks at home. I will take a look at your video and educate myself on the process. Funny how every used car out there has swirls, and just for alittle money, I bet the dealer would have gotten a sale from me had they been in better shape.

GREAT question about 2009. I have been reading the Net for 5 months and all I can come up with are spy photos of the new tailights and headlight. Maybe it's 2010? The Cayman gets the same treatment. Funny how the RS is a 2009. Makes you believe early 2009 the 2010 may debut. I am gun ho about learning about the process to remove swirl marks. I think it's given me more desire to buy a used CPO.

I'll keep everyone updated. Thanks for the ideas this morning. Much appreciated, excellent forum and members thus far.

joe

Perfectlap · 03-25-2008, 09:24 AM

Don't tell the dealer that you know how to remove the swirls. Chances are he might know either and maybe you can use that as leverage about "not being so crazy" about the particular car up for sale. The great thing about being able to remove your swirls is that you keep your car looking brand new the whole time you own it. As hard as you might try, especially if you buy a dark colored car, car washing will always lead to swirls making it look old. I de-swirl once a year and my new neighbohr last year thought my car was an 07.
Don't worry about the learning curve. I'm an idiot when it comes to working with my hands, everything takes me three times as long as the manual and even I figured out de-swirling in one morning. If the internet were around back then I probably could have sold previous cars for more money. Novice buyers always fall for that. You just have to rememeber to use only a small dime size amount of product and move slowly with buffer. If you can paint a wall in a house you can de-swirl your paint. It's that easy.

1JB · 03-25-2008, 10:23 AM

2009 boxster will start being built in September '08 after the factory shuts down in August I believe.

jk335 · 03-25-2008, 12:19 PM

Perfect lap, could you point me in the direction of a place to buy the orbital and product. I watched the videos on your link, and it really can be fixed. You learn something new every day. I only own silver cars for the reason that I cannot stand looking at a car with scratches all over it. Call me anal, but I like to be able to say I bought a car and maintained it well. Maybe it's half ego, but pride myself on a neat efficent car. It's been enjoyable speakign with you and the gang about CPO's and the 09. It will definetely help when decison time comes around soon...

blue2000s · 03-25-2008, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by jk335

Perfect lap, could you point me in the direction of a place to buy the orbital and product. I watched the videos on your link, and it really can be fixed. You learn something new every day. I only own silver cars for the reason that I cannot stand looking at a car with scratches all over it. Call me anal, but I like to be able to say I bought a car and maintained it well. Maybe it's half ego, but pride myself on a neat efficent car. It's been enjoyable speakign with you and the gang about CPO's and the 09. It will definetely help when decison time comes around soon...

http://www.autogeek.net/

Perfectlap · 03-25-2008, 02:35 PM

Yup Autogeek or detailcity.com, there's tons of sites now.

Use the Menzerma kit and Porter Cable 7424. Thy Cyclo polisher is a much better orbital buffer but costs $100 more. Well worth it though. A set of lamps from Home Depot or Sears are very inexpensive and let you see if you missed a spot.