At what mileage do Boxsters start breaking down?
Obviously, there will be a lot of variance.....but I've noticed that you don't see too many porsches around near the 200k mark.
What's the most mileage you all have gotten out of your cars? |
That really is too broad of a question. You will find many members here have well over 100k even some up to 200k on their cars.
+ I think we already have a mileage thread around here some where... |
Considering the broad range of use gor these cars, it's really difficult to say. Most Boxsters seem to be occasional use cars but there are many that are DD also. Lack of use seem to destroy these cars more than anything.
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by luck, how well maintained, how driven.
I know of 2 cars at 200k plus. Both very well maintained since new. One by a dealer, one by the owner. One driven daily and on many multi-k-mile-long road trips. One driven in many AX events and on the track by an instructor. Many cars suffer from neglect and so it isn't seen as worthwhile to maintain them. Many over a 10 year life get in accidents. Some pass into the hands of people without the smarts or the $ to maintain them. And so eventually they become parts cars. Mine at the 9+ years mark is still more reliable than my Honda, or Acura. So I'm not sure we can say for sure...except you hear more about cars that are having troubles than you do about problem free cars that are probably being driven rather than being written about. |
well you don't see many Boxsters in the first place. Outside a car club or autocross club, how many people do you know or have you known who have one?
I would venture to say that the vast majority I've known have a second or third car and use the Boxster only for occasional weekend use. You're never going to get the limited numbers of Boxsters that are indeed out there into high miles with that kind of limited usage. But that said, the first 50K miles of my Boxster have been more reliable than any Japanese car I've ever owned. Certainly more reliable than past American and German cars. The only caveat if you will, is that when the car does need repair it costs three times as much to fix. "Major maintenance" which you do once ever 100K miles like the clutch, IMS upgrade, shocks/springs, brakes/rotors, can easily run over $7,000 all in. Tires at $1,000 a set are also not cheap, but those are the same tires that go on any other sports car of this quality. At any rate if you buy this car you have to put money aside every month for big ticket repairs and maintenance. And you'd be wise to do one big preventative repair every year or so rather than to put them all off because you could be faced with two big repairs to do at the same time and that can catch you off guard. |
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Or the simple answer. A car will last you as long as you care for it. |
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