Who beats on their car? - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

JAAY · 08-30-2011, 04:32 PM

I beat the hell out of mine. In a good way. No over revs on the counter, no miss shifts etc. I just love to drive it the way it was designed to handle. Oil gets changed every 1000 miles for me

. Just want to see if you are a mary with your car or how you drive?

Jake D · 08-30-2011, 05:21 PM

I'm right there with you. I drive it pretty hard. I've made some snotty comments on the forum before about being too over protective of their car or babying them too much. I guess to each his own.

I owned the car for just under 2 years and I'm ready for my 3rd set of rear tires.

And I've noticed the car likes being ran harder better. I use to have this pesky CEL come on every couple of days and then go off after a few starts, but it drove me nuts. It was an O2 sensor and I opted to not throw $ at it because it'd always go away within a day. Since I've been running the car a little harder I've only seen the light once in almost 3 months. It went out again 2 starts later and I've yet to see it again.

Frodo · 08-30-2011, 05:27 PM

Yeah, me too. Ever since I started reading about how IMS problems are seen, seemingly, in direct proportion to people 'babying' their Boxster, I've started gettin' a lot more aggressive with her. Not that I wasn't before...I just make more of a point of it these days. I've discovered something in the process: It's wonderful to have an excuse to run the heck out of a machine that's (as we all know) REALLY FUN to to do exactly that with.

Do I "beat the hell out of mine"? Maybe not quite...but I come a lot closer to it than I used to.

You really change your oil every 1K???

Johnny Danger · 08-30-2011, 06:12 PM

Even gunfire is known to occur during some of my "drives" !

AndyA6 · 08-30-2011, 06:17 PM

Sensible warm up, no over revving, good maintenance. With that we totaly enjoy our canyon runs (best driving roads in Utah!). After a good workout the engine runs so much better compared to babying in the city......

With my Durametric I checked that I am sometimes at the revlimiter but the engine was never over.

Same for brakes, use them good and they work just fine!

Respect the mechanics and they will thank you.

Later,
Andy

Paul · 08-30-2011, 07:01 PM

My signature says it all.

stateofidleness · 08-30-2011, 07:48 PM

Since the realization set in that most major repairs on the car (even the IMS upgrade) are worth almost close to my car's value, I drive it like it's the last time I will every time.

It's my DD, so I don't know how smart that is, but it puts a smile on my face at least twice a day, more on weekends!

Johnny,
i'd love to have that as a full-size poster

Topless · 08-30-2011, 08:04 PM

I don't beat on my car... but I do use all of her. She is a track rat and a canyon carver. Not once has she been to the grocery store.

(careful warmup, monthly periodic and preventative maintenance, no fast and furious gear changes, few rev limits, lots of fresh tires, two Boxster Spec X Time Trial championships, 6 PCA track records.)