Hi from Manila

[Pedrof]

Hi all,

My name is mike and im a businessman from Manila Philippines

I bought a 2004 silver boxster base last february from the president of PGA, the philippine porsche exclusive distributor. The car is in great physical shape, this guy has tons of vehicles including a carrera gt, so the boxster has been sitting in his garage which explains the very low 6800km odometer when i acquired it. (Will post pictures later)

PGA performed its basic yearly maintenance before handing the car over to me. And my golly the car runs great which makes my weekends in the last 4 months something to look forward to as i dont use it as my DD.

Upon lurking in the this forum i learned that low mileage is not a "full advantage" for buying a used vehicle because of the "sitting" factor; and a lot more else in terms of boxster maintenance and modification.

I dont know if i got worked up by reading the forums everyday hehe but i feel/see little things to improve in the car (non normal vibration, a little rattle in the suspension in uneven roads, moisting of the trunk on top of coolant reservoir cap etc) thus i want to replace parts (suspension, engine mounts, water pump) etc to restore it to its standard performance.

I dont want to course everything to PGA because they charge an arm and a leg for parts and labor so i want to import the supplies myself since i already found a reliable porsche mechanic to save on cost.

Can you guys recommend an online porsche parts supplier in asia? Pelican and suncoast seems great but the shipping price is very high because of their location.

Thank you so much! This forum makes owning a boxster more fun.

PS: my neighbor bought a 2013 toyota GT86 and keeps b*tching at my car. I think its a nice car also but way out of the league of even a base boxtser. Can you fill me with reasons why our car is better than the gt86 so i can shut him up hehehe.