11-19-2016, 02:22 PM
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Location: Stow, MA
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Funtoy
Earlier this fall the local used car dealer in our town had a somewhat sad looking 2002 Boxster S sitting in his lot for $8999. After driving by it for several weeks my wife and I decided to take it for a test drive. First time in a Porsche for both of us, but we weren't back at the dealer before my wife said "I want it".
Back home I checked out Boxsters on the Web and read all the scary stuff, but also a lot of enthusiasm for the car. So we decided to have a PPI done. Found a Porsche specialist right here in town and went down to schedule a PPI. Turns out he had a much nicer 2004 S with a DOF IMS retrofit, but for $14000. After a test drive I decided that this was a much better deal and called my wife to come over for a test drive. To make a long story short we decided to make the leap.
We have now had the car for 2 months and not regretted making the purchase for one moment.
It does have a few things that need to be done. The worst is that the rear trailing arm bushings are shot. They rattle badly when going over bumps. If I accelerate the rattle goes away so I'm confident its the trailing arms.
So what do we plan to do with it? Its the first toy car we have ever owned, so its not a daily driver. Driving on the back roads with the top down has been a delight and the occasional full throttle acceleration on highway on-ramps have been thrilling. I just can't get tired of the sound it makes and am amazed at how smooth it is all the way up to red-line.
So this is another thing for the two of us to enjoy together. My wife still isn't comfortable with the clutch and manual transmission, so I am doing most of the driving, but I am sure that will change.
I and a mechanic friend of mine will be doing autocrosses and I do want to do a track day or two, but most of the driving will be back roads with the top down.
Life is good and retirement is the best, especially with a Boxster S! Hopefully we will be able to enjoy it for a long time.
Anker
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2004 Boxster S Silver - FUNTOY
2002 Boxster Base Guardsy Red - FUNBOX
1987 Caterham Super 7 1700 Supersprint
2009 Mercedes Benz CLK 350 convertible
1941 Dodge Luxury Liner Coupe
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11-19-2016, 02:36 PM
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Location: Stow, MA
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Purchases
My plan is to do as much maintenance as I can do myself, so my first purchases were the Bentley service manual and 101 Projects. I also purchased a CD with the Porsche service manuals and downloaded the Porsche original parts manuals. Have been through them by now and am really impressed with the amount of detail and fairly confident that I can handle most of the simpler tasks.
I also joined PCA as soon as I had a VIN in hand. SCCA was next.
I only have a two car garage and the Boxster is the third car, so where to store it in winter? The answer is a ShelterLogic garage in the back yard. It has been erected, but I still need to put a floor with a vapor barrier in it.
Finally a full tool set. I have a pretty comprehensive tool collection, but decided that the Boxster deserves its own dedicated tool box. Still not complete, but getting there.
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2004 Boxster S Silver - FUNTOY
2002 Boxster Base Guardsy Red - FUNBOX
1987 Caterham Super 7 1700 Supersprint
2009 Mercedes Benz CLK 350 convertible
1941 Dodge Luxury Liner Coupe
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11-19-2016, 02:47 PM
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Registered User
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Location: Stow, MA
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Winter projects
Yesterday the brake pad wear warning came up, so I broke out the new tools to check all pads and disks. I am waiting for Harbor Freight's Black Friday sale to purchase a shop jack, so I had to use the puny jack in the frunk. Hopefully this will be the last time I have to use it. The front brake pads are worn down, but the disks still have about .5 mm left on them before they have to be replaced. The rears pads have lots of wear left. Rear disks also have about .5 mm before they have to be replaced. Placed my first Pelican order for brake pads, wear sensors and brake brake pad dampers for the front. They will be installed just before she goes into winter hibernation.
My spring project is replacing the rear trailing arms. Will be ordered in the late February time frame and installed as soon as its warm enough to work on the car in the garage.
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2004 Boxster S Silver - FUNTOY
2002 Boxster Base Guardsy Red - FUNBOX
1987 Caterham Super 7 1700 Supersprint
2009 Mercedes Benz CLK 350 convertible
1941 Dodge Luxury Liner Coupe
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11-19-2016, 03:17 PM
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Artist, 986S tinkerer
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Montreal, Canada
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Excellent choice with the '04 with IMS solution.
On your tools and books: half the fun is getting your hands dirty!
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James now has: 2008 987S 6 speed
Crashed: 2010 987.2 pdk in speed yellow!
Sold to a cool racer chick: 2004 986 S
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11-19-2016, 04:45 PM
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1999 base
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Coral Springs FL
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Congratulations on your purchase.
Brake pads and trailing arms are grate first projects.
You will be surprised to see how relatively easy these cars are to work on.
a specially with the help of the forum.
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11-19-2016, 05:44 PM
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1997 Tip, 2018 Macan
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Upland, CA
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Welcome and congrats. Please post a picture of your car, when you get a chance.
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11-19-2016, 06:45 PM
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Certified Boxster Addict
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 7,669
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Congratulations!
We'd all love to see your new car, post up a few pics!
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1999 996 C2 - sold - bought back - sold for more
1997 Spec Boxster BSR #254
1979 911 SC
POC Licensed DE/TT Instructor
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11-20-2016, 04:38 AM
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Registered User
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Location: Stow, MA
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Here she is:
Not having the mirror doors on the sun visors bugs me. Looking for a pair. The lights don't work either but that's less important.
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2004 Boxster S Silver - FUNTOY
2002 Boxster Base Guardsy Red - FUNBOX
1987 Caterham Super 7 1700 Supersprint
2009 Mercedes Benz CLK 350 convertible
1941 Dodge Luxury Liner Coupe
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11-20-2016, 04:41 AM
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Registered User
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Location: Stow, MA
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Today's project - emergency brake
While reading the brake pad and disk replacement instructions I noticed that a properly adjusted hand brake should lock at 4 clicks. Mine goes up about 10 or 11, so if the weather cooperates today I'll adjust the shoes and the linkage in the console. If not, it will go on the list!
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2004 Boxster S Silver - FUNTOY
2002 Boxster Base Guardsy Red - FUNBOX
1987 Caterham Super 7 1700 Supersprint
2009 Mercedes Benz CLK 350 convertible
1941 Dodge Luxury Liner Coupe
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11-20-2016, 04:48 AM
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still plays with cars...
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Baden, ON, Canada
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Sun visor R&R...
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Six speed 2000 Boxster S
Arctic Silver on Metropol Blue | LN Dual Row IMSR | Arctic Silver console, spoiler frame & bumperettes | Crios mod | Technobrace | RoboTop module & modified convertible top relay for one-touch roof operation
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11-20-2016, 05:29 AM
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Certified Boxster Addict
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Location: Los Angeles
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Great looking car!
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1999 996 C2 - sold - bought back - sold for more
1997 Spec Boxster BSR #254
1979 911 SC
POC Licensed DE/TT Instructor
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11-20-2016, 05:33 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BoxsterSteve
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Thank you, BoxsterSteve!
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2004 Boxster S Silver - FUNTOY
2002 Boxster Base Guardsy Red - FUNBOX
1987 Caterham Super 7 1700 Supersprint
2009 Mercedes Benz CLK 350 convertible
1941 Dodge Luxury Liner Coupe
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11-20-2016, 07:25 AM
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Registered User
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Location: NJ
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Congrats. Great choice with the 04 S.
Although it's Boxster, not 'boxter'.
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11-20-2016, 08:42 AM
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Originally Posted by tomonomics
Congrats. Great choice with the 04 S.
Although it's Boxster, not 'boxter'.
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Thanks! :-) That was embarrassing.
Funny how your brain wants to type one thing and your fingers type something else.
Edit all my posts and my signature.
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2004 Boxster S Silver - FUNTOY
2002 Boxster Base Guardsy Red - FUNBOX
1987 Caterham Super 7 1700 Supersprint
2009 Mercedes Benz CLK 350 convertible
1941 Dodge Luxury Liner Coupe
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11-20-2016, 11:22 AM
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Project Addicted
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Location: Eastern Shore, MD
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I has 2 shelter logics in NY and the both collapsed under show. No, not Buffalo, the Poughkeepsie area. So be very careful of your Box.
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1966 912, 1976 911
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11-20-2016, 12:31 PM
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I have a mechanic friend who has a lot of experience with them. It is a domed garage and I will put straps between the verticals to increase the strength. But thanks for the warning!
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2004 Boxster S Silver - FUNTOY
2002 Boxster Base Guardsy Red - FUNBOX
1987 Caterham Super 7 1700 Supersprint
2009 Mercedes Benz CLK 350 convertible
1941 Dodge Luxury Liner Coupe
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11-21-2016, 06:45 PM
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1999 base
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Coral Springs FL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Anker
Thanks! :-) That was embarrassing.
Funny how your brain wants to type one thing and your fingers type something else.
Edit all my posts and my signature.
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Ok. Now we need to teach you how to resize your picture
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11-22-2016, 05:14 AM
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Registered User
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Location: FL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Anker
While reading the brake pad and disk replacement instructions I noticed that a properly adjusted hand brake should lock at 4 clicks. Mine goes up about 10 or 11, so if the weather cooperates today I'll adjust the shoes and the linkage in the console. If not, it will go on the list!
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If you haven't replaced the shoes you should be able to do everything by adjusting the linkage behind the console under the cubby. The adjustment on the shoes themselves with the toothed gear adjuster is just for when you change shoes. (I believe ) Dealing with the shoes is a pain so I would start with the linkage first
Last edited by steved0x; 11-22-2016 at 05:33 AM.
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11-22-2016, 11:17 AM
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Thanks for the advice, steved0x! Will do the linkage adjustment and skip the shoe adjustments!
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2004 Boxster S Silver - FUNTOY
2002 Boxster Base Guardsy Red - FUNBOX
1987 Caterham Super 7 1700 Supersprint
2009 Mercedes Benz CLK 350 convertible
1941 Dodge Luxury Liner Coupe
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11-24-2016, 09:02 AM
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Registered User
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Took my 10 year old grand daughter round the neighborhood and then gave the keys to my son in law so he and my daughter could catch the Boxster bug.
Top down, of course, even though the temps were around 40.
Next week she will be prepped for hibernation, sob!
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2004 Boxster S Silver - FUNTOY
2002 Boxster Base Guardsy Red - FUNBOX
1987 Caterham Super 7 1700 Supersprint
2009 Mercedes Benz CLK 350 convertible
1941 Dodge Luxury Liner Coupe
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