Does the rear trunk really get that Hot - Page 2 - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

eqs · 05-01-2008, 02:28 PM

Just came back from a 2 hour hwy drive and surprisingly the rear trunk wasn't hot at all, not even warm. When I opened the trunk it felt just very, very slightly warm, but after a couple of seconds the heat dissipated and was the same as ambient. Air temp is/was 58. I was driving the posted speed limit.

Maybe the 987 has different heat shielding?

Anyways, just my 2bits to the thread.

Cheers

RandallNeighbour · 05-01-2008, 03:35 PM

My bet is that Porsche fixed this issue in the 987 redesign. Probably has to do with airflow as well as more/more efficient heat shields.

tboyer · 05-01-2008, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Tool Pants

Not only do you have the muffler below the trunk, you have the coolant tank in the trunk.

I had a plastic toy Boxster police car in the trunk for a long time. When I took it out it had started to melt.

LOL....What are you doing with a plastic Porsche police car in your trunk?

super66 · 05-01-2008, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by RandallNeighbour

My bet is that Porsche fixed this issue in the 987 redesign. Probably has to do with airflow as well as more/more efficient heat shields.

hmmm....well if you're right Randall...I'll have to keep this mind for the next mind numbing....."should I get an 04 986 S or 05 987 base" thread

987 pros:
ice cream can go in the rear....

for the record, my 987 gets warm in the back, I don't think it gets blazing hot tho

eqs · 05-01-2008, 04:49 PM

Here, let me clarify, in our Benz it would have been cool, in the 987 it was warm in comparison. Probably warm enough to be like watching Survivor under a blanket with your wife and kids

Put it this way, I wouldn't have wanted to leave my ice cream in the rear trunk

Maybe that thermometer thing is a good idea

Cheers

Tool Pants · 05-01-2008, 05:02 PM

Us 986 owners can start a cooking show about the versatile Boxster. What have you cooked in the trunk of your 986.

For the 987 in 2007 the plastic coolant tank in the trunk got moved to the engine compartment, just like the Cayman.

LoveBunny · 05-01-2008, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Tool Pants

Us 986 owners can start a cooking show about the versatile Boxster. What have you cooked in the trunk of your 986.

For the 987 in 2007 the plastic coolant tank in the trunk got moved to the engine compartment, just like the Cayman.

If this means mine is a lot cooler than a pre-2007 car, I think I really lucked out by waiting to get mine because it would be a real pain not to be able to put my bag in the back trunk. I'm still going to check the temp tomorrow out of curiousity though. I borrowed a cooking thermometer from my mom and I'm going to stick it in my laptop compartment.

I did just go for a very short drive and when I got home I felt in the trunk with my hand. Under the furniture pad that I keep back there when I felt towards the engine with my hand it felt warm. My cold Red Bull I'd just bought was still cold in the bag with my other stuff though. We get such warm weather here that even a car with the engine in the front could get a pretty hot trunk in the summer.

gmboxster · 05-02-2008, 11:20 AM

I have a neighbor who wants to lose weight. I told him he can ride in my truck tomorrow when I go to Greensboro ( 1 hr. one way ). We will settle this issue once and for all. I'll keep you posted.

Tool Pants · 05-02-2008, 12:25 PM

Better put a bowl of water in the trunk for your friend....

LoveBunny · 05-02-2008, 12:30 PM

I had to drive for a little over an hour this morning. I took the meat thermometer out of my purse in my house and it read 80 degrees. I stuck the needle in my bag right up next to my laptop in the trunk. When I got where I was going and took it out it read right at about 80 degrees.

I left my car parked for about three hours and left the thermometer in the trunk. Today wasn't a particularly hot day since it was overcast and getting ready to get some light rain. When I went back to my car the thermometer read 100 degrees.

I then put my bag back in the car and put the thermometer under my bag and towards the engine. I drove back to New Orleans, parked for about 15 minutes, and then drove home which took about 30 minutes. When I got home the thermometer read 100 degrees. I felt the bottom of my bag with my hand. It felt warm but not hot.

My car is a 2008.

eqs · 05-02-2008, 12:54 PM

Excellent experiment w/ good data LB - you are so proficient and expedient it is amazing.
I bet you were good in chem or physics in school - and I really mean that as a compliment. I can't believe that you're single - you're so smart. Very useful data then guys/girls. That's pretty close to ambient I'd say, but too warm for ice cream - d_amn it. Confirmed, ice cream goes in the front trunk.

This is kind of like that TV show "Mythbusters". A show that is very interesting and informative too, also entertaining btw ..... and fun too ...... just like this forum.

Then I declare this .... "Confirmed" Ice Cream will melt in the rear trunk of a 987!

Cheers LB and great job

LoveBunny · 05-02-2008, 12:59 PM

Well, keep in mind that if things changed 2007 and after my data may not apply to other cars.

Amazingly I did really well in the one physics class I took in college, because science was never my thing. All of my other sciences were biology, which I bombed. I really was scared I wouldn't graduate because I had a biology class last semester. I think they gave me a D out of pity. Good thing I didn't try to become a doctor.

So maybe for a better experiment someone with a pre-2007 Boxster could put a roast in their trunk with a meat thermometer and see if it cooks or try to heat up a pizza. I'd love that Myth Busters show. That would be such a cool job.

gmboxster · 05-03-2008, 08:32 PM

Hehe we really should write to mythbusters. They do shows on almost anything. Such a great, interesting show.

LoveBunny · 05-03-2008, 09:39 PM

I wonder how you get a myth submitted. I would think that baking a pizza in a Boxster trunk might not be widespread enough to qualify, but you never know. I've seen them do some pretty silly things.

gmboxster · 05-07-2008, 02:36 PM

Well I tried my own experiment today. I went for a long drive today and when I got home I immediately opened the rear trunk to feel it. To my surprise it was NOT hot at all !!!! Not even warm !! I'm not saying it doesn't get hot but it didnt today, that's for sure.. I know this is not scientific but it is real world results.

kabel · 05-07-2008, 02:59 PM

If I remember I'll grab my remote probe thermometer one of these days and monitor trunk then frunk temps for a few days. It's already beginning to feel a lot like summer here in FL...

tracke30m3 · 05-07-2008, 03:15 PM

My wife put her purse in the rear trunk of our 986 a few weeks ago for a 20+ mile trip.

She got her purse out as soon as we reached our destination and suddenly let out an "Ouch!" and almost flung the purse unto the ground. Apparently the metal buckles on the bag had gotten quite hot, not hot enough to burn you but hot enough to give you a nasty surprise.

Can't really say how hot the buckles were since I declined her offer to feel how hot they were.

LoveBunny · 05-07-2008, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by tracke30m3

My wife put her purse in the rear trunk of our 986 a few weeks ago for a 20+ mile trip.

She got her purse out as soon as we reached our destination and suddenly let out an "Ouch!" and almost flung the purse unto the ground. Apparently the metal buckles on the bag had gotten quite hot, not hot enough to burn you but hot enough to give you a nasty surprise.

Can't really say how hot the buckles were since I declined her offer to feel how hot they were.

It really must have to do with something that was changed in a certain year then. I have put my purse in the trunk for much longer than 20 minutes and it wasn't hot at all, nor was my laptop or Coke or anything else. Warm a little bit, yes, but no more so than the trunk on any car gets when in the heat we have here.

skip_168 · 05-08-2008, 03:20 AM

mmm... mine is a 2000 so I will check it out with a temperature monitoring system..

and of course, since I'm an Electrical Engineer, my set up will be rediculously complex, confusing, and expensive...

Muh trunk is HAWT!

LoveBunny · 05-08-2008, 04:14 AM

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Originally Posted by skip_168

mmm... mine is a 2000 so I will check it out with a temperature monitoring system..

and of course, since I'm an Electrical Engineer, my set up will be rediculously complex, confusing, and expensive...

Muh trunk is HAWT!

I'm sure your results will be more accurate than my meat thermometer experiment.