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> I'm giving up on the Porsche, It will be gone tomorrow
Qarl
post Mar 30 2004, 03:01 PM
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My Boxster! Ha ha! Fooled you!

My lease replacement vehicle arrived today (BMW 545i), and I'm turning the leased Boxster back in tomorrow.

Thanks for playing!
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post Mar 30 2004, 03:20 PM
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The Boxster was a "good" car. Not great, not bad. I had a number of problems with it. It's a Porsche so I didn't expect mechanical perfection or lack of maintenance.

I had to have the cam cover bolts replaced 3 times due to leaks. Main seal went, requiring the engine to be dropped and the entire rear suspension realigned. I had a the HID headlight burn out after 1000 miles, the A/C expnsion valve crapped out twice, and I had a persistent vibration in the rear that could never be worked out, despite 2 sets of tires, wheel replacements, rebalancing, alignment, etc. They gave up on it after six attempts at fixing it. These were the only provlems after 3 years and 36K miles, but were not fun to deal with.

It drove nice, but it IS impracticle (no trunk space). It is actually a heavy car. It was FUN with the top down and a great cruiser. Handles nice. (It was too quiet... no great Porsche sound). Stock radio sucked.

Would I get another one... no. I'd rather get a n older 911, or a car with better bang for the buck, like a Honda S2000, or the Elise. Check out the new turbo Miata coming soon.

Or a Boxster S. A few more ponies and six speeds.

Sticker on the car was just over $50K in 2001. 12K miles per year with nothing out of pocket at signing. Payments with tax were just over $800 per month for 36 month lease.
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