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[KevinH1990]

If you are in Northern VA, a tiptronic isn't all bad.

I bought my Boxster from a seller who lived in Columbia, MD and used it to commute to Tyson's Corner - at least initially. The car was 7-years old when I purchased it, and had only 30,000 miles on it. He told me he was using it on weekends. My theory is that he got tired of shifting all the time while commuting.

The downside for me was that I had to replace the clutch at 80,000 miles. He probably put 100,000 miles of wear on the clutch during his 30,000 miles of ownership.

[mikefocke]

Agree, for NOVA my 2 TIP Boxsters were great, and I had driven many stick cars but that was before the traffic got bad in NOVA, when my house in Oakton to Westpark Drive in Tysons was an 8 minute no lights dash down 66 to the beltway. When I left it was 50 minutes and still growing and that was 15 years and another half million people ago and I using back roads. I know from visits it is many times worse now. Why I moved away. And taxes, house prices, etc. I still read the Post and can hardly believe the Nationals...I go back to the Senators, street cars and Griffith Stadium futility.

[JayG]

Originally Posted by mikefocke

Agree, for NOVA my 2 TIP Boxsters were great, and I had driven many stick cars but that was before the traffic got bad in NOVA, when my house in Oakton to Westpark Drive in Tysons was an 8 minute no lights dash down 66 to the beltway. When I left it was 50 minutes and still growing and that was 15 years and another half million people ago and I using back roads. I know from visits it is many times worse now. Why I moved away. And taxes, house prices, etc. I still read the Post and can hardly believe the Nationals...I go back to the Senators, street cars and Griffith Stadium futility.

Mike,

I grew up in Silver Spring and also remember the Senators, street cars and Griffith Stadium. I was at the stadium when Frank Howard hit the longest HR ever hit there. Hondo also lived around the corner from me. He was a gentle giant and always had time for the neighborhood kids

[Aynsley683]

So all spark plugs and ignition coils changed -one spark plug came out in two pieces , just top bit thankfully so nothing in cylinder. Air filters done, oil plus filter today.

Runs a lot smoother, cleared codes haven’t come back in a week. Got my VA inspection sticker, now just going to get it into a Porsche specialist type-Coho in Manassas I’ve been told are the closest reputable place to go. Will do a pre purchase type thing there.

Then brakes bled, coolant changed etc.

But have a question , this car had been sitting mostly for 5 years , I drained fuel put fresh in, the tires have the flat spotting thing going on , was horrible feeling for a few miles but is getting better.

How long will it take to get rid of that? I’m planning on a wheel alignment as well to make sure but weather here not warm enough yet or been checked over enough to,take for a longer drive to get the tires warm enough to get much done for the problem.

Is there a point where tires have sat for too long and keep the memory of the flat spot that can’t be fixed or not, no obvious signs of dry rot or anything of that nature, tires look reasonably healthy?