Just put 1,945 miles on my 01 since last Tuesday. Took the twisty way from Milwaukee to Watkins Glen for the vintage festival. Took express ways home....

Odometer now reads 95,359.

We've had ours for exactly 1 year yesterday, so on Friday we left St. Louis and drove to Indianapolis to visit friends for the weekend. Today we drove back home. Both ways we stayed off the interstate as much as possible, found some really cool roads and except for 15 minutes of rain, we were top down the whole way!

Picked mine up from paint shop after total respray!

Just returned from a 1,000 mile trip down to Reno. To much interstate driving . But the drive over the Sierra Nevada Mt's makes the trip fun. Hwy 70 is pretty amazing.

Drove my Boxster up to meet my mom, and we took delivery of her "new" 2006 Boxster in Carmon Red over Sand Beige with a manual. Damn it looks sharp! Pics coming. :D

We need pics of that!

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Now my mom has joined the Porsche fold as well as my dad. So far, she loves her 987.

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Dad digs his 964.

Think we're going to have a small cruise this weekend. :cool:

I got a license plate finally! I also made my first of many payments. And drove her to work.

Transaxle fluid change using the Porsche fluid (shifts much better), and a brake fluid flush with ATE gold (it had the blue stuff in it).

Also discovered a torn passenger side inboard CV boot, and a few other minor issues that I will take care of in the next week or so. Leaving for a road trip to California and back in two weeks.

Went to get gas yesterday, and 190 miles later we were home.

After breakfast I gotta get gas...again ;)

My boxster got its weekly rinse, wash, drying and this time my chamois was leaving some smears.

I made the mistake of leaving the chamois out in the sun to dry and forgot it there for a couple days. I think the sun broke down the fibers or something because it seems to be leaving chamois particles when I wipe, like the material has broken down.

I could not stand the smears so I got out the Mothers carnuba wax and rewaxed the trunk and frunk where the chamois got streaky....much better now.

Is there any special care for a chamois? I seem to recall when I was a younster my dads chamois lasted for probably 10 years and mine is only 4 months old and seems to be failing (Picked it up from autozone)

Should I switch to microfiber towels or just get a better quality chamois?

Maybe I'm just a little too new to Porsches but washing and waxing a Boxster is like foreplay with a sexy woman, caressing her smooth curving lines with a foamy sponge, seeing her skin glisten with the water beading up on her, rubbing the wax gently on her with long languid stokes and polishing her up to a deep glowing sheen.
Im afraid Im enjoying it just a little too much. Have I gone mad or do others feel this way about their Boxsters too? :D

Best product for after wash water removal.

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Thanks for the tip, ordered one from Amazon along with the Turtle Black Box system for black cars and some microfiber washing and polishing cloths. (To continue the theme ;) its like buying lingerie and cosmetics from "Victoria Secret" for your girl.)

And no circular rubbing or rotary tools, only in straight lines on a black car, thanks to these forums and all the handy tips.

I read that wax is always supposed to be applied in the direction of wind over the body, straight. However, porter cable is random orbital and I would have no qualms about using it on black.

Local guy was selling clear side markers for $15 and a like new sport exhaust dual tip for $100. I already have the dual tip option on my 2007 Base (they are kind of oval shaped) so I switched them out for the fun of it to see if I like the round ones. Oh and I cleaned out my cabin filter. If the new dual tips don't work out I'll sell them here and someone with get an awesome deal too (they listed for $430). I'll post pics at some point.

SE Wisconsin Drive
 

Yesterday I took my daughter on a 150 mile back-roads trip. Up the original WI HWY 57 thru Cedarburg and Saukville up to Plymouth. Ate lunch at a local eatery selected at random, then on the Greenbush for the northernmost end of the Kettle Moraine Scenic Drive.

The Drive

There are many better twisties and sights to experience in many other places, but for SE Wisconsin, this is the one of the best. Our Friendly Illinois Brothers have to at least come to WI for the southern route for anything close to this.

Broke off the drive at the turn to Holy Hill, (map 9 on the URL) took a road called "St. Augustine Rd." which turned into "Hogsback Rd." :) Yes, "Hogsback". Then straight shot to USH 41 and back home. 5 hours with the top down.

Bad:
1) Loose gravel strewn on some corners due to people taking the corners on the shoulder instead of the road.
2) 80 degree September Sunday afternoons bring out minivans and trucks towing horse trailers. Irritating to get stuck behind them with no opportunity to safely pass.

Neutral:
Saw numerous Miatas, Vette and Mustang convertibles, four 60's vintage Triumphs in a group, some Sebring convertibles, even a 4G Firebird convertible and a 930 Whale Tail, but not a single fellow Boxster.

Good:
1) Taking numerous twisties level, uphill, down hill, at 20 MPH over posted turn caution.
2) Finding a few turns posted at 15 or 20 mph that could not be taken at 20 MPH over, and being able to brake through them without loss of control.
3) Five hours of top-down driving on what could be the last warm Sunday of the year in WI.
4) Turning onto a new road and immediately accelerating up a steep hill. After cresting, daughter says, "That felt like being in a jet accelerating at take off from the runway." :D

Priceless:
1) Actually driving on low-speed back-to-back twisties for first time since my May purchase and drive home through the Sierras.
2) After we got home, my daughter (25 y-o) says, "I thought 5 hours in your car would be too long, become boring and uncomfortable. That was a FUN drive!"


Washed and chamoised the car, used the Meguilar's plastic restore kit on the rear window, drove another 10 miles to the gorcery store 2 miles away for steaks.

Today it rained, :( but my GB Packers "G" logo license plate screw caps and tire valve stem covers arrived, so I have new accessories installed on my Forest (Packer) Green Boxster. Even my Bears fan neighbor gave me props on them. :)

DBear

Took it in to the shop today for fresh fluids and alignment. WSIR this weekend. WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Drove up to lake Michigan and back to Indianapolis . Had sun, rain and got to see my spoiler for the first time while passing a church van.

Changed the oil and filter. Much better.

Thanks Dbear(not sure why you have that name as a Packer fan!) I'm originally from the Madison area so your drive brought back some old memories. I took those roads several times. Would love to take my Boxster up to Wisconsin one of these summers. Trouble is, you blink and summer is gone!

Departed from about I-110 and US-90 in Biloxi, right along the Gulf Coast. Drove out West along US-90. Looking much better since Katrina.

I was out here the week before Katrina. Luckily, I was able to depart right before the storm hit. The area was devestated, to say the least. Those large floating barge casinos were washed miles down the road, and several hundred yards up onto land!

A year later, I find myself back in Biloxi. I decide to take a drive around to see how well the place recovered over the past year. Businesses and homes up and down US-90 were just gone. Nothing left but foundations. A YEAR LATER! Some of the lots just had a pile of bricks stacked up. Some in nice neat stacks. Some just a large pile.

Four years after Katrina, I'm back in Biloxi again. MUCH better. Lots of new businesses. Lots of businesses rebuilt. Quite a few beautiful homes built, this time on stilts.

Now, seven years after Katrina, this place looks awesome. So, back to my story...

Took a drive from Biloxi, at about there the Beau Rivage is, and drove westbound along US-90. Nice and slow, top down, high 80F degrees, mostly clear skies. Went all the way across to Bay St. Louis. Used to be one of my favorite spots to grab some wings and a beer or two. Used to have a nice place called the Firedog Saloon. Katrina left nothing but the walls standing. Everything else gone. And, that was on the land side of the road. All the buildings on the bay side was completely gone. So today, driving down that road, hoping to see the Firedog rebuilt, I found an empty lot. Oh well. However, a few new restaurants and pubs opened up in the surrounding lots. Looks very nice! I didn't have time to stop. Maybe this weekend I'll find my way back over in that part of town and will check out some of those new places.

After my quick "tour" got back on US-90 and proceeded eastbound, back to Biloxi. Another beautiful drive. Fall/spring is definitely a nice part of year to own a convertible...

I drove it... Drove it hard!

DBear61: First name begins with "D", first syllable of surname is pronounced "Bear", born in 1961. Nickname in school was, "The Bear."

What's a Packer fan to do?

Regarding WI summers, remember if they come on a weekend we have a picnic. ;)

Put new PS2 tires on the car! My 2002S had original tires on it with 37K miles. The change noticed immediately. Not afraid to watch the speedo climb anymore!

Time for a new nickname! Just kidding. 1961 was a very good year;)

I took off the front bumper and cleaned the radiators! What a mess in there. Lots of debris. Also painted the grey grills black. Much better now!

Enjoyed a nice lunch to talk cars with Deserion who started this thread...

I will take mine out to go get Italian Greek whatever dinner.

Igot new Yokohama tires today. Woo Hoo!

New set of (used) upgrade (18") wheels. Car handles so differently than the 17s.

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Got new Balo rotors. Back installed with fresh paint for calipers. Front rotors, calipe paint and lug nuts next.


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Good different or bad different? They look sharp! Need to paint my calipers as well. Looks sharp!

Good different. Set the pressure to 29F/35R then increased to 35F/40R. I like lower pressure better as it feels nice and grippy. Will have to wait and see a few other combos.

The Porsche shop that balanced my 17s had set the pressure in the front to 40. No wonder I was feeling a steering shake.

For the caliper, used Dupli color engine enamel with few coats of clear. It is better to paint it in place. And I dont think you need to bake it. After a few days the paint is very hard.

Napa Valley
 

Spent the day in the valley, top down, celebrating my wife's birthday. Even with heavy traffic because of harvest and great weather- it was a perfect day.

Got it up on jack stands and started on the passenger side inner CV joint replacement. Taking it easy, I'm letting the exhaust bolts soak in penetrating fluid overnight.

The next morning ...

Hallelujah! All 6 header bolts came off without breaking! **THAT** was an adventure I was hoping to avoid. :-)

Took the Box with the Doc to Yellowstone NP.

Took it where every car wants to go, the kart lounge.
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and to get apples

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Great pics, Ghost. The weather there looks fantastic. :)

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