3,000 mile boxster

[Jake Raby]

I've seen a 2,000 mile 986 before.. That was a couple years ago.

It failed pre- qualification for an IMS Retrofit by a mile. The owner would not address the underlying issues that we found, because he insisted that there was no way the engine could be in poor health with 2,000 miles. Because of this we parted ways and he didn't move forward with repairs and the IMSR.

3 months later the engine failed.

[pjv]

All this reminds me of my wife's brother. He has a 2002 M3 which has done only about 1000 km in the 7 years he has owned it. A '79 911SC which has used one tank of fuel in about 10 years, and not been driven more than 20 km at a time. Also has about 24 motorcycles, a few of which are classics but about 8 are brand new bikes which have never been used at all, just sitting under covers. And not really collectable bikes at all. I can't fathom his logic, I keep telling him that all of this stuff needs to be used, since motor vehicles are not designed to just sit there. I think a lot of it could end up being of little value. His DD is a commuter bike. I suppose he thinks that one day all of this will be a desirable collection, but not in our lifetimes in my opinion.