To keep or sell, serious maintenance problems

[ReallyDirtyThirty]

Originally Posted by truegearhead

I bought my Boxster 6 months ago, had a Porsche 60,000 mile check up, she's always been dealer maintained and I have the records. Everything looked great. Since then the following has failed(as in physically left the car stranded or running very poorly condition, non of this is preventative)
-Engine mount
-ignition switch
-water pump
-fuel pump
-shift linkage shaped(this pissed me off)
-thermostat
-mass airflow sensor

"Small" things that failed
-Convertible top
-air oil separator
-Driver's seat



I love the car, but part of me says sell this poorly made piece of sht now, and buy one of those Corvettes that you hate or go back to BMWs! And the other half says you've already replaced everything that's going to fail why sell it now. What would you guys do?

I really don't see what you're complaining about here, chief. I've known your cars for sometime and this one isn't any further off base than the others. For instance:

1999 Z3 Coupe- failed seat bracket bushings, window regulator required significant structural reinforcement, air vents get sucked out of the windows, hood cable which required the removal of the front end of the car, rear hatch rattles, strut bushings. You had that car for eight months.

1995 BMW 540/6: Head gasket, valve cover gaskets, $432 key replacement, head light ballasts that blew up, seat cables snapped and locked in position, OBC fan that sounded like a miniature weed wacker in the dash, door rust even though it lived inside, clutch slave, clutch master, idler pulley, glove box latches failed, steering box failure. You had that car for a year...

Should we talk about the E46 M3 or even the M52 swap car you had before that or have I been able to make my point??

[truegearhead]

Originally Posted by ReallyDirtyThirty

I really don't see what you're complaining about here, chief. I've known your cars for sometime and this one isn't any further off base than the others. For instance:

1999 Z3 Coupe- failed seat bracket bushings, window regulator required significant structural reinforcement, air vents get sucked out of the windows, hood cable which required the removal of the front end of the car, rear hatch rattles, strut bushings. You had that car for eight months.

1995 BMW 540/6: Head gasket, valve cover gaskets, $432 key replacement, head light ballasts that blew up, seat cables snapped and locked in position, OBC fan that sounded like a miniature weed wacker in the dash, door rust even though it lived inside, clutch slave, clutch master, idler pulley, glove box latches failed, steering box failure. You had that car for a year...

Should we talk about the E46 M3 or even the M52 swap car you had before that or have I been able to make my point??

The internet is a great place...right up to the point that you run into someone you know.



It's a little reassuring that some of you have experienced the same thing when you first purchased the car. Maybe I'm almost out of the woods. I will say that the car is very easy to work on, and yes far simpler then the M3 which was a complete nightmare. There were several jobs on that thing that took days to finish!

Cheers,
Stu

[ProjectM96]

I am at 86,000 miles in my 2000 2.7 and the only things I have replaced are Water Pump and Rear plastic window and 1 inner tie rod and a few light bulbs. Starter is starting to go bad, but still has at least 1 year left in it. My rough idle was fixed by cleaning the throttle body.

Thats it, as far as I know from previous maintenance records, everything else is original except brake pads, tires, and air filter.

I expect your Boxster to last a while without any major problems since you just fixed the problem areas. IMS does not happen to every engine. Get the "IMS Guardian" to be safe.

[MileHighBoxster]

Sounds like routine maintenance to me. Other than being stranded, which is horrible, nothing sounds out of bounds - not enough to call the car a poorly designed.....