New ride is here!!! Battery died after 3 days =( - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

aBsOlUt · 02-28-2006, 05:31 PM

Well its here and it rocks!!! The 2004 986 BoxsterS is a fantastic car! I kind of understand now why Porsche costs about 10k more than the Z4.

Anyway, bad news, battery died after 3 days, I think it is because it was sitting at the parking lot all this time. In a way this is good news as the car has not been driven recently. It had 7000 miles on it and I got it for 43k.

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This is my first Porsche and I have fallen in love with the performance and looks!

02-28-2006, 05:40 PM

Very nice car! Congrats!!

There was a very good post here a few days back about batteries. Sounds like you can buy one at Costco. Do a search.

mach schnell · 02-28-2006, 05:50 PM

Congrats! Don't won't to burst the bubble, but love to brag bout this, since not only did I finally buy my first Porsche, but it was an 05, new and I got if for $41800!!!!!!

Perfectlap · 02-28-2006, 05:55 PM

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Brucelee · 02-28-2006, 06:36 PM

Beautiful car, congratulations.

Porsche batteries are garbage!

Best of luck!

PorscheDoc · 03-01-2006, 04:30 AM

You can get a replacement battery at an autoparts store that will work just fine. Of all the brand name batteries in the United States, they come from 3 different manufacturers (One of them being Johnson Controls), which are then just labeled with the retailer's sticker. So your walmart battery and your die hard battery likely come from the same manufacturing plant. I buy all my batteries from Walmart, they are usually the cheapest, and my last one went 8 years before it died (and that was the cheapest black battery they carry).

edit: I would first try charging your battery and see if it holds. If the car sat a long time before you bought it, then sat for awhile after you bought it, it may have not had enough time to get a good charge in between.