Sounded good last night. This morning, not so much, lol. Sounds kinda pervy.
The car! The car! not ladies of the night.

Better put a clean towel in her for wiping her off!:D

Few years back I had the same thing. My insurance covers crack repair a no charge, so I went that route. Wasn't really happy with the result...the crack didn't spread and was unnoticeable at arms length BUT from inside the repair caused light to become somewhat prismatic and driving with the sun on the windshield was just distracting. After a few months, I called my insurance back and asked about options. They said I could have the window replaced, but I would have to pay the deductible....a whopping $100. Wish I knew this before I even dealt with a repair. As an FYI, the shop doing the work will probably want to use an aftermarket windshield, but when I asked how much an OEM would cost, it was the same (out of pocket) price...umm, that was a no-brainier. Just FYI.

Just put on another set of rims and tires on my boxster. The old turbo twists date the car and new ones make it a bit more modern. I’d upload a picture but don’t know how to from my iPhone and everything seems bigger then 2mb

You need to convert from iphone format to a gif or jpeg.

Replaced the oil and filter on the Tiptronic. Stil no worky

Did you follow the fluid fill steps exactly? It requires a fill, get to temp, check again, top-off, get to temp, check again and so forth.

Thanks, I’m getting a new windshield for a $50 deductible. The company I’m going to use is the shop that my independent Porsche garage uses. I’ll ask him about a Porsche windshield, is there a big difference in quality between OEM and aftermarket? How many manufacturers of Boxster glass are there?

or you can upload pics from iPhone/iPad directly via Tapatalk.

I upload directly from my iPhone. The forum automatically resizes (even says so in the upload window).

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Converted the broken saggy seat bottom on a 2003 to the more durable 1997-2000 metal spring bottom.

Took a nice spirited drive through the Spanish back roads.

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There is a thread somewhere that discussed this. Indications are that the OEM is somewhat 'softer' glass than some after market. I had mine replaced 2 years ago under insurance and the installer went with Pilkington. So far the windshield is holding up well even with the horrible rock strewn roads I drive on here in Manitoba. My old windshield was 'sand blasted' with all kinds of pits and chips but then again it was 13 years old.

I found through experience that there is a HUGE range in quality in aftermarket windshields. Many (many, many) years ago I had replacement that was like looking through wavy fish tank glass...it was horrid. I can't speak to what quality replacements are, but the way I saw it, I knew what I would get with OEM. Also, I was told (and might be incorrect) the OEM is Saint-Gobain Sekurit.

Thanks, I’m going to ask my glass guy what he plans to use on Monday when I schedule it. He comes recommended from my independent Porsche specialist so
I feel comfortable with his recommendations. Also, the “star” I had In my windshield Thursday night becas a 6 inch horizontal crack all on its own while the car was parked on Friday. I went out for a drive in it today and the crack didn’t get any longer, but I’m curious to see if it grows some more tonight.

I stood outside my car again and looked at the windshield where a rock came from a truck heading the opposite direction and caused a chip in the glass. It's about the size of a nickel. When I heard the noise I did not see anything in my vision. However after looking the windshield over I found the spot. It's about 1" above the windshield wiper far left on the drivers side.

The new Trim Frame and Seal along with the OEM Windshield from Porsche cost 692.10. My insurance company says "No deductible!"

I now have to drive 80 miles to the Dealership for the install. I might also mention the Glass company said I could not drive the car for two hours. This is the second Windshield claim. The other was a rock 5 years ago on the wife's VW.

I'm getting my new windshield on Tuesday. I went to the dealership and bought the 2 piece windshield trim exterior seal for the Boxster S with the titanium plastic and the black rubber. My windshield guy only had a one piece black rubber seal and I didn't want to do that, since my hardtop has the same 2 piece seal with black and titanium on the back window.

Degrease / Wash / clay / wax, then vacuumed the roof and cleaned the inside. Long overdue for this season, but it looks new-ish. I need to do a real polishing sometime soon, and refinish (replace) my wheels.

Rotella T6 has been my go-to oil for a last decade on my turbo Saabs and no issues with my Boxster for 2+ years of my entire ownership. I trust that my IMS bearing is thanking for splash of oil with higher zinc content when I keep the rev above 3,000 rpm for most driving once warmed up.

A Nice Day For a Wash
 

She looked so good after that I shot a few pics

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Looks good! So does your yard, looks like you live on a golf course!:D

Nice looking car. The only thing I don't like is Tags on the front bumper.

Thanks, now that I'm retired I spend a fair bit of time on my yard . . . . and my Boxster

Yeah, me too. The issue is it is the law here in Manitoba. Our neighbours to the west, Saskatchewan and Alberta don't need them from what I remember but here they are required. Something about photo radar according to my ex cop Bro in law.

They really do ruin the front end of 99% of vehicles.

Went to the bottle bank, it’s about 15 mins walk there and back. Unfortunately I drove so it took about 2 hours. The car just wanted to go the opposite direction???

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Several have said it's the DMF. One said, when you press in the clutch and don't hear the rattle when shutting down the engine, it's the flywheel. Someone said a spring is broken in the flywheel. One said it's the transmission.

I just cannot believe this rattle is the DMF, or Transmission. The other day after starting the engine, and the car sat in the garage for a few minutes, I started to back out with the engine at idle rpm's around 6 to 7 hundred. When slowly letting out the clutch I hear this rattle. At that engine speed is when things may vibrate, thus rattles might be heard. I don't hear this noise backing up with the engine up to temperature. My thoughts are it's the darn muffler. I have rubber hammered on it several times but don't hear or see anything loose. Dr. Know around?

Don’t know if this helps as my experience is with the euro system exhaust but you never know.

It was easy to identify the large ones on top of the cats but there are others before the cats around the O2 sensor. These are spot welded on but on mine the welds has rotted away. Real annoying little rattle at a certain rev / resonance.

I cut them off when I had the cats out which is another story. Hasn’t had any effect on anything that I can tell and passed the emmisons test with excellent results.

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Thanks, I'll take a closer look, and hammer some more.

Was yesterday, but fell asleep before editing the pic size. :o

Did an autocross with the local PCA region. My second for the year (or ever), and turned in better times than before. :)

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Changed the spark plug tubes and cleaned up the mess the old ones made :D

I devised a simple tube removal tool from some strip aluminum that I had lying around. The benefit of this one is that it can be used without removing the spark plugs. It works great ;)

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And a before and after of the mess...

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Well done sir. Does having the plugs in make it easier to get the new tubes and o-rings inserted?

Rennline
 

Bored waiting for our 4th of July cookout to start, so I ordered the Rennline pedals/deadpedal and HT extensions (silver pedals, black rubber dots, red HT) with the 10% 4th of July discount code directly from Rennline.

I don't think so, but it was easy, anyway. They came out and went in with no trouble.

I didn't want to take my plugs out because I just replaced them (that was when I discovered the leaking tubes) and taking them back out just seemed like extra work.

I have been thinking about some different pedals....What are the part #'s or item # you ordered....There are a number of pedals to choose from.....:)


Thanks!

Those are nice pedals! Happy 4th I opted to work today!

I hope I can make it to the next one!

Sold it, after 10 years. Great car!
Bought a 2003 996 Cab from a neighbor.

Hi Lew, I ordered the accelator pedal cover rather than the mechanical pedal unit. The brake and clutch pedals require that you remove the oem rubber pads. I think the dead pedal just fits over the existing plastic piece. Mainly I wanted the look and I needed the toe extension for the throttle.

The part numbers I ordered are:

P71.60.59 SILVER Rennline Aluminum Pedal Set - 4 Piece
PE70_71HT RED Rennline Throttle Extension - Heel/Toe

I’ll post some comments and pics after install.

Not sure this goes here or the funny story thread.

I did not close my top when I arrived at work, as it was still cool out was going to make a coffee run before I closed the top. Well ended up 3 people for coffee, so forgot to close the top.

Upon my return to my car when I was going to another location to install an internet connection I had MILLIONS of very small bugs on my car in my car friggin everywhere. So had to go take a short spirted drive to try and blow them out of the car!!!!! Will have to vacuum this afternoon now.:D