12-04-2006, 06:04 PM
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Location: Houston, Texas
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Congrats! Sounds like a beautiful car and a great price too.
Do you have a rear storage compartment behind the seats and above the engine comparment?
Last edited by RandallNeighbour; 12-04-2006 at 06:07 PM.
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12-04-2006, 06:15 PM
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Location: San Jose, CA.
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SOUNDS A GREAT BUY/DEAL! welcome to the forum...don't feel bad about tip tranny...i have he same thing and i love using it on turns and stoplights 
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12-04-2006, 06:20 PM
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Location: Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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Hi,
Congrats! It sounds like a great car and I wish you all the luck! There is a lot of myth about '99s and engine problems. I think many people either aren't fully knowledgeable or are just parroting what they've heard. A small % of late '98 and early '99 Boxsters had their engines sleeved (16% of Worldwide production between late '98 and early '99) and not all of these ever reached our shores. These failures all occurred in under 14k mi. avg. so if your car never suffered from it by now the odds are that it won't.
RMS possible failure is inherent in all model years, but again, most likely to occur before 24k mi. While you may not be 100% out of the woods, the odds are beginning to swing in your favor. Also, the Tiptronic S cars are more immune to the issue, also in your favor.
Intermediate Shaft failure is almost the exclusive domain of the Gen II cars as the shaft was redesigned and this redesign seems to have caused the issue. With a '99, I wouldn't worry about it at all.
MAF, OČ Sensors, Cracked Coolant Tank, 1st Gen Fuel Cap, 1st Gen. Coolant Cap, and potentially leaky coolant hose joints (due to spring-type clamps which s/b replaced with Worm Clamps on an as needed basis) are about the only things to watch out for. None of them catastrophic, and none of them guaranteed to be a problem...
Happy Motoring!... Jim'99
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02-12-2007, 04:41 AM
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" Intermediate Shaft failure is almost the exclusive domain of the Gen II cars as the shaft was redesigned and this redesign seems to have caused the issue. With a '99, I wouldn't worry about it at all. "
Is this the general opinion? I was looking originally at a 98-99 Box, but talked myself into looking for a 2000, because I thought the engine failures were most prevelent on the Gen I models. I'm really close to making an offer on a 2000 with 55k miles... wish I hadn't read this!
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02-12-2007, 05:37 AM
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Originally Posted by HIFI
" Intermediate Shaft failure is almost the exclusive domain of the Gen II cars as the shaft was redesigned and this redesign seems to have caused the issue. With a '99, I wouldn't worry about it at all. "
Is this the general opinion? I was looking originally at a 98-99 Box, but talked myself into looking for a 2000, because I thought the engine failures were most prevelent on the Gen I models. I'm really close to making an offer on a 2000 with 55k miles... wish I hadn't read this!
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Hi,
It is true, see: http://www.pca.org/tech/tech_qa_question.asp?id={A3C182A8-EB9F-4BBD-99AF-3802E8F67CD7} Now, this is just one of several engine issues which can be severe. But, the majority (just not a vast majority) of engines do not experience these problems. Still, they cannot be ignored. If you're buying one of these cars, you need to be prepared that any of these issues may occur. The leading candidate remains RMS failure, and it still plagues the M96 engine today in all it itinerations. No year is more/less immune, it's a design failure which the various newly designed seals can only Band-Aid. Hope this helps...
Happy Motoring!... Jim'99
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02-12-2007, 06:24 AM
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Originally Posted by MNBoxster
Hi,
It is true, see: http://www.pca.org/tech/tech_qa_question.asp?id={A3C182A8-EB9F-4BBD-99AF-3802E8F67CD7} Now, this is just one of several engine issues which can be severe. But, the majority (just not a vast majority) of engines do not experience these problems. Still, they cannot be ignored. If you're buying one of these cars, you need to be prepared that any of these issues may occur. The leading candidate remains RMS failure, and it still plagues the M96 engine today in all it itinerations. No year is more/less immune, it's a design failure which the various newly designed seals can only Band-Aid. Hope this helps...
Happy Motoring!... Jim'99 |
Ugg... thanks for the info, Jim. I can't believe I am going to take a gamble on this engine; I love the car, I just hope I don't worry myself to death after I get one!
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