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Re:New motor
Reply #15 on: January 24, 2009, 10:27:03 AM
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nice - the only prob is if you need some parts some are permanently out of production!

well thatll be a royal pain in the rump. hopefully ill not need any that are, surely some other parts manufacturers are rolling out pattern parts tho? can already get the rads and brakes from eurocarparts
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Reply #16 on: January 24, 2009, 17:54:04 PM
Boxters have been in production for a long time so there should be good availability of most parts. Dont expect originals to be cheap though.
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Reply #17 on: January 24, 2009, 18:10:31 PM
I recall something with the 2.5 - Ill find out later - I do remember an incident a friend had a while ago involving having to buy a complete engine

I think as long as youre well under 100k miles on the 2.5 its grand

Is that the 2.5 or the 2.7?

Im sure you wont have any issues though as theyll likely have been sorted by now - there were a load of recalls and failures on the 2.5 - but - again - its likely been seen to already.

Great handling cars though - much better than a Calibra!!


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Reply #18 on: January 24, 2009, 18:50:59 PM
its a 2.5 and the cars on 106k miles

They suffered from:

RMS failure
IMS failure
D chunking (cylinder lining collapse)

to name but a few, im well aware of what im getting into, if the engine fails the car will either be stripped or laid up till an engine can be sourced from salvage or something, or if im feeling very brave ill drop it and tear it down myself to rebuild.. that would be a hell of a job though.

Since its old and seen many miles i expect as you say its been sorted for most things.

Certainly very different to the calibra, its amazing how much feedback there is through the steering, how confident it is in the bends and how easily it just winds up the speedo without feeling like its really trying, and all the while its sounding amazing.
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Reply #19 on: January 24, 2009, 20:46:27 PM
I have a 2.7 engine - except for manifolds and injection with 65k on it, so drop me a line if it ever goes pear shaped!
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Reply #20 on: January 24, 2009, 22:54:13 PM
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I have a 2.7 engine - except for manifolds and injection with 65k on it, so drop me a line if it ever goes pear shaped!


Cheers ill keep that in mind
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Reply #21 on: January 25, 2009, 00:35:56 AM
Tidy, looks good in Silver. Try not to crash this one cos youll probably be doing enough speed to do some real damage :p

Jaimz :rock:
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Reply #22 on: January 25, 2009, 15:25:51 PM
Smart car. But how old are you now? Must be making a fair wack working or just taking out silly loans for the amount of money you spend on motors. (Im just jealous of you being able to spend that kind of cash)
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Reply #23 on: January 25, 2009, 20:28:15 PM
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Smart car. But how old are you now? Must be making a fair wack working or just taking out silly loans for the amount of money you spend on motors. (Im just jealous of you being able to spend that kind of cash)


Go back a bit more than 2000 and you should be able to pick one up easily for well under £10K. OK, a good bit more than the average tightwad on here wants to spend, but affordable. What might be a killer is the insurance group, 19?...
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Reply #24 on: January 25, 2009, 20:31:33 PM
I would imagine its because he trades up - not dear to do that.
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Reply #25 on: January 25, 2009, 23:38:10 PM
the honest truth? i took a loan out to buy a range rover when things were good, and have dropped down a couple of times with trade ins. Got a few ££ back on one and had to pay a few ££ on top of the part ex to get the boxster, they are group 17 or 18 insurance depending on where you ask and can be hard for not much over £7k

overall i have lost in depreciation but if i had hung onto the range rover id be in the same place anyway

oh and im 24
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Reply #26 on: January 26, 2009, 00:20:03 AM
Thats not bad going at all really.

At 24 the Insurance is going to be a stinger and a half I guess.

Still nice car :)
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