It is very disheartening checking new posts

[sd_boxster]

Jake, maybe you can engineer a shift lockout that will not allow upshifts below 6000 RPM. A "You're driving like a pansy" indicator on the instrument cluster might also work as a preventative measure for engine failure...

As much as the "Drive it like you stole it - it's good for it!" sounds counterintuitive, it does make me feel even better about two autocrosses next weekend.

[stephen wilson]

I love my Boxster, but the engine has a design flaw, end of story. It's not because of hard usage, or because it's a "high performance" engine. . The specific output is not that high, a VTEC gets 10-12% more, and will do it for 200k miles.

I will feel better when I can afford a 2010, but worry doesn't detract from the fun I have with this otherwise fantastic car!

[Mark_T]

I'm not a wealthy man - far from it, and I couldn't just snap my fingers and produce 15 grand for a fresh engine. But this is the coolest car I have ever owned (and I'm 52) and no matter what happens, I'm really glad I bought it. If the engine blew tomorrow it would probably take me about a year to save up the money for a new one, and in the meantime I would just have to sit in it, in my garage, with my hands on the wheel, saying "vroom vroom" and that would still be more fun than driving anything else.

My name is Mark, and I own a Porsche.

[Brucelee]

I had two customers with IMS failure (as far as I know). The first drove his like a madman. The second, not.

Same outcome.

Go figure.

[Tranlm]

LMAO!

Definitely plus one on that Mark! I'd "vroom vroom" all day long until I got another one!

Originally Posted by Mark_T

I'm not a wealthy man - far from it, and I couldn't just snap my fingers and produce 15 grand for a fresh engine. But this is the coolest car I have ever owned (and I'm 52) and no matter what happens, I'm really glad I bought it. If the engine blew tomorrow it would probably take me about a year to save up the money for a new one, and in the meantime I would just have to sit in it, in my garage, with my hands on the wheel, saying "vroom vroom" and that would still be more fun than driving anything else.

My name is Mark, and I own a Porsche.

[S3adrag0n]

Definitely a car that is so part of you.... When I'm away from home, I miss my car more than the wife!

[coreseller]

Originally Posted by S3adrag0n

Definitely a car that is so part of you.... When I'm away from home, I miss my car more than the wife!

I take it your wife does not have internet access? If she does, you have some serious attachments.

[Mark_T]

If she sees this, he's going to have a serious de-tachment!