New Bosxter Owner... With problems.

[teacher]

Originally Posted by RandallNeighbour

Trust me on this piece of advice:

Don't mod the car for a couple of years. You will need the cash for repairs... unless the PO replaced the struts, wheel bearings, control arms, brake disks, coolant tank reservoir, primary radiator fan, and the list goes on.

If I were you, I'd get the car picked over very very carefully every two months by an experienced Boxster mechanic (not just a porsche guy, but someone who knows boxsters) to drain that warranty for all its worth.

100k boxsters are really expensive to keep running. I know. I own one.

Now that I paid off the car, I was thinking about mods...now, I serviced my car big time and all that...when can I expect the next failure? *lol* half funny, half serious, my 2001 Boxster has 57,000 miles...and I even had all leaks addressed. Tell us all about your experience in your car. My car? I would not trade it for the world, esp. given that I put all the $ into it...just curious
BTW, I put in a half quart of oil after 500 miles, is this normal? what is the normal time between adding oil? Thanks

[Jaxonalden]

Originally Posted by teacher

"...BTW, I put in a half quart of oil after 500 miles, is this normal? what is the normal time between adding oil? Thanks

The rule of thumb is 1 qt in 1000 miles, your good to go.

[FTD]

Congrats on your great car and welcome to the forum.

Regarding oil, I have never needed to add oil between changes, but I have an '04 and that may be a difference. Dunno. However, one tip I learned is to keep the oil level about .5 quart below full, especially if you are tracking it. I concluded this on my own after 'an experience', and discussed it with a driver in Porsche Club Racing and he said he did the same thing.

Have fun!

[Paul]

In regards to the window, if after you force the door open, you can then push the window down an 1/2 inch by hand, you need a new window regulator.

Here's a great how to:

http://www.bombaydigital.com/boxster/projects/window/

[jcsaus]

Thanks all for your help, I sent the car in, and as expected, 'Burg Boxster' you were right with the passenger door window. However I didn't have time to check out the top, tho when I asked which switch was the culprit, and apparently it was the rely in the footwell.

In terms of the boot (rear trunk) all that was wrong was the trunk release cable was a little bit tight, and caused the boot to open with any bump. So problem was fixed for $55 aus.

Randall, thanks for the advice, the dyno was done for me free of charge so i'll have a look, cant hurt. But I will take the advice given and hold out for a little while, but I'm not to sure i'll be able to with stand the urges for that little bit of extra hp...

I have asked my mechanic (who came highly recommended from Porsche) to go over the car as finely as possible and grab everything that can be covered under the warranty and let me know what else needs to be done or could be done before anything escalates to far.


All up, including a service, it cost me $645aus Including an AirCon leak fix, and top up, minor service, brakes shaved back a bit (to stop squealing) and all problems spoken about previously.

The service was $375aus

The roof wasn't covered in the warranty.

So all in all, not to bad... Little bit scared to see how much anything on the dyno is going to cost hahaha.