Hi everyone. I just put a down payment on a '99 boxster with low miles (48k). I test drove it and ran nice and had great handling. However, the throttle pedal was strange. The pedal felt normal for the first 1/3 of the range then it was very stiff for the rest of the range. It seemed to go to Wide open but I had had to press quite hard. After thinking it over I thought there must be something wrong with. It was just to stiff for comfort.
Anyone have any thoughts on this accel pedal situation. Is this normal?
Boxsters had cable operated throttles until 2000MY when Porsche went to E-gas that opens the throttle electronically even though the gas pedal is connected by a short cable to the sensor that sends input to the ECM. Sounds like the OP's 99 may have a misrouted cable which should be a easy enough fix but makes you wonder if a major repair was being done & the cable was misrouted then. Could be a good thing (New Engine ) or amatuer maintenence.