Yearly repairs? Thinking of selling

[thstone]

Old (10 yrs +) sports cars are notorious for high maintenance costs and the Boxster is no different. I have spent half of the purchase price in repairs for my car in 18 months (and double that in upgrades). There are no cheap Porsche's.

[MileHighBoxster]

If you're worried about the money you've put out so far, don't even think about taking it to the track. I would advise that you've probably spent most of what you are going to. Once you get it "right" you will likely be done. If you like the car, stick it out. If not sell as soon as you're ready. I have driven over 180,000 miles on my 3-in-a-row Porsches with only one coolant reservoir, one water pump and the requisite tires.

[SoK]

when i first bought my car with 42k on the odometer, i took it to porsche for the RMS to be replaced. while in there, i told them to fix anything else they saw an issue with. Final tally was about $1500 with a 2 year warranty on the work and a car that had been inspected thoroughly inside and out.

since then, i've done brake pads in the front, 3 oil changes, and charged the AC (all done myself except for the first oil change, learned my lesson about going to the dealer for that...). that's all.

my car's driven every day and runs like a dream. have yet to see a check engine light and everything works as new. almost to 60k miles. come april/may 2013 i'll have the 60k tune up and prob spring for the waterpump/thermostat/AOS.

bought the car for 14,500 in 2010, spent about $1700 in repairs and have a car that is, in my opinion, in excellent condition for the year and mileage. I do not anticipate any problems and plan on preventing some of the more common issues before they even present themselves. after april/may next year, i plan on hitting 100k with ONLY maintainance items to complete.