I think I'm ready to sell my Boxster..

[jakekit]

Note to self. Never make a list of work you've done on a car you've owned less than 6 months.

[rdougan]

Originally Posted by Lil bastard

That tire has delaminated and must be thrown out. Usually a tire delaminates after a fairly severe impact with say a pothole or speedbump. It is unsafe and you will never eliminate the shimmy shakes running on it.

Also, the same impact that delam'd the tire is likely to have bent your control arm too, so have them checked to spec. Again, with bent control arms, the car will never balance or align properly.

Cheers!

Yeah, it is pretty bad. I will be getting 2 new rear tyres now. I'll have a look at the control arms..

Originally Posted by pompous

The gap there is normal. Mine looks the same.

Excellent, that helps.

Originally Posted by jakekit

Note to self. Never make a list of work you've done on a car you've owned less than 6 months.

hah! Yeah, it is crazy when you make a list. But it's good to know exactly what needs fixed, and what is priority.

I replaced the handbrake sensor yesterday and it fixed the problem! 1 thing down, 9721387 more to go.

[Overdrive]

Originally Posted by rdougan

...I replaced the handbrake sensor yesterday and it fixed the problem! 1 thing down, 9721387 more to go.

[Mark_T]

Originally Posted by jakekit

Note to self. Never make a list of work you've done on a car you've owned less than 6 months.

Along those lines, I keep all the receipts for everything I've ever spent on the car. I will never, ever make the mistake of adding them up to see what the total is!

As far as the list of stuff to do, I organized it into phases with a timeline on each phase, all spread over three years. Made the whole thing seem much more manageable. It also keeps me focused on what's important.

[rdougan]

I replaced a pipe which went from AOS -> throttle body today and it seems to have fixed any idle/hesitation issues. Yay!

Things are actually looking up...