Boxster as Daily Driver

[seningen]

Originally Posted by Coaster

Mine's a daily driver, covers 70 miles a work day at 85 mph or 3250 rpm. I wanted to put the low temp thermostat in and was planning on replacing the WP in the near future. During the 90K service they found the WP was leaking and they didn't have nor recommend the LTT (indy shop). I had them replace the WP and the OEM thermostat since the labor was negligible while they were there. After further research I wish I had put in the LTT, and still may. I have a friend who has a jack and I might do it myself since it gets hot here a lot.

Not a particularly hard DYI.

If you want a good Boxster mechanic at good rates check out
Danny at Silent Automotive here in Austin.

He's rebuilt probably 10 M96 engines and nows the Boxsters very well.

BTW, I DD my Boxster S for 4 years before wife said I need 4 seats :-)

mike

[WhipE350]

Don't buy a 981 Boxster with PDK if low RPMs bother you . It will run around at 43mph (69kph) in 7th gear! Mine is a 2.7L engine Base 981.

So the question is does this really hurt the engines and is Porsche more concerned about mpg or how long the engine will last. Well I know the 986 has the IMS and they clearly weren't worried about that .