Your most expensive Boxster lesson?

[johnappleby]

@Ckrikos - that's a great deal at least. My coolant tank needed replacing due to a crack and it cost me about $1000 including parts and labor. It's what comes from being in a cold climate.

@Gforrest2 - reminds me of a former colleague that this happened to in a TVR. It cost him the car, his job and his marriage - the car rolled into the MD's car and his wife didn't want him to have a TVR in the first place. Reckon you got off lightly ;-)

@juicepro - moral of the story, take every CEL seriously and invest in a $12 BlueTooth OBD-II adapter?

@timco - that sucks. Someone hit my GF's Boxster and caused similar damage. It's never been the same since.

John

[Timco]

Originally Posted by johnappleby

@Ckrikos - that's a great deal at least. My coolant tank needed replacing due to a crack and it cost me about $1000 including parts and labor. It's what comes from being in a cold climate.

@Gforrest2 - reminds me of a former colleague that this happened to in a TVR. It cost him the car, his job and his marriage - the car rolled into the MD's car and his wife didn't want him to have a TVR in the first place. Reckon you got off lightly ;-)

@juicepro - moral of the story, take every CEL seriously and invest in a $12 BlueTooth OBD-II adapter?

@timco - that sucks. Someone hit my GF's Boxster and caused similar damage. It's never been the same since.

John

Total re-paint (my tab minus fender). Paint rims. New wheel well assy to fix skirt, pass side. Windshield. New headlight. Will sue to have both match like they did before.

Very low speed bump. It will be like new!

[urban]

Originally Posted by juicepro

Mine was buying a Boxster 2 years back with a flashing CEL thinking it would be a minor fault, maybe a sensor or something.
Ended up being a spun bearing so I had a shop replace the motor, clutch, flywheel and do the LNE Bearing upgrade. The bill was nearly $10k, needless to say I learnt the value of a PPI.

I second that. Was told that was a spark plug and ignition coil, and it was a worn chain pad. 4K repair.

Originally Posted by johnappleby

@juicepro - moral of the story, take every CEL seriously and invest in a $12 BlueTooth OBD-II adapter?

Nope, the moral of the story is - no matter how well preserved the car is (I had every little paperwork the car had, almost since new, every invoice, every mot), no matter how many miles it has (mine had 25K miles) you should **always** make a **good** PPI. Even if you think there's absolutely nothing wrong with the car.