Are there really this many blown engines

[Brucelee]

The problem is that we have no official data to go on. Even the issues with the first Boxster engines was kept very quiet until the news got out on forums such as this.

It is also true that later models have engines crater on them. My neighbors 04 Box blew with 12K on the odometer and several have been reported here. To be fair, in the case of my neighbor, they had a new engine in there in 5 days.

Having said that, I have no BMW data to relate for you either.

Hope my BMW 328I holds up!!!!!!!!!!

first of all the z4 is no race car. the m3 is a race car. the boxster is a race car.

the m3 has engine problems also. every month we had a new m3 come back needing a new engine. bmw hides all these stats very well, as well as porsche.

actually with the m3 they would send back the black box to germany to find out at what speeds you were driving. if they found that you were driving the car hard, at high speeds or tracking the car, they would not warranty the engine.

z4 who cares about a z4, this is a boxster forum. might as well buy a pontiac solice, which is a far more popular car these days then a z4.

sorry i hate bmw's with a passion, and will forever hate bmw's. my mom drives a bmw, my sister drives a bmw, my girlfriend drives a bmw. i live in a part of toronto that is i swear owned by bmw. i worked at bmw, i hate bmw.

buy a honda, then a benz and finish life off witha a porsche in that order.

[Brucelee]

"the boxster is a race car"

You are kidding, right?

lol...well it is built closer to a race car then a z4. okay its not a race car...well for me its a race car...i love it.

[hdpt73]

i have a boxster and i got beat by a honda, i also got beat by a chevy, so truthfully, a boxster is a race car, but you will lose almost every race you have unless you have an S. Boxster also belongs to small company that won't claim their screwup on bad engines w/ pores that leak. BMW takes care of their consumers. if i had it to do all over again, i'd by a honda s2000. Germans make good handling cars that break too easy. I have a toyota corolla that i drive like a smaller scale boxster that never breaks. screw the handling, you can handle all day long but if you accelerate and can't keep up with hondas and chevys, why buy a sports car.

[Dr. Kill]

Originally Posted by hdpt73

i have a boxster and i got beat by a honda, i also got beat by a chevy, so truthfully, a boxster is a race car, but you will lose almost every race you have unless you have an S. Boxster also belongs to small company that won't claim their screwup on bad engines w/ pores that leak. BMW takes care of their consumers. if i had it to do all over again, i'd by a honda s2000. Germans make good handling cars that break too easy. I have a toyota corolla that i drive like a smaller scale boxster that never breaks. screw the handling, you can handle all day long but if you accelerate and can't keep up with hondas and chevys, why buy a sports car.

Wow, you sound very unhappy - why do you still have your Porsche then?