90,000 miles feels a huge milestone to me. As a car approaches this position I wonder what awaits me (and the wallet) and over 100,000 miles the car will be worthless..maybe.
We bought the 987.2 from PCT in Coventry in March 2016 @ 33,000 miles. We went there to view a 996 Targa which was simply grey. Everywhere you looked, Grey.
The Boxster was sitting next to it in the showroom in bright white so quite a contrast and looked far more interesting esp when I read it was a Gen2 car, no ims etc, looking good.
Eventually we did a deal over the phone after a short test drive where my only interest was how well it drove over rough tarmac. The BMW Z3 we had bought just 2 months before was simply shocking, it had to go.
The BMW was the only car I bought (from a main dealer) un-driven, lesson learnt.
The 987.2, 2009 and 2.9 seemed really nice by comparison, £20K less £10K for the BMW which they sold within 10 days!
As the Boxster was started for the test drive a plume of smoke (white) erupted, not a good start, but assured it would be sorted before it was sold.
That didn't happen but more on that later.
Week later we were in the Boxster and departed shortly after on a big road trip to 5 European countries, ran great and only engulfed 3 hotel car park early cold starts with white smoke. Those who have suffered this embarrassment with fully understand what it is like.
So, what is the point of this post?
Yesterday I sat down with my thick A4 folder with all the car's details to tot-up the costs of owning this car, keeping it together and really looking at if we can justify keeping it.
A Sports Car is nice to have, hard to Justify.
Here we go with the details by year, Service, miles, and parts
2017
Service £696 Major and a shot to fix the smoke issue.
39,000
Parts in the service cost. (PCT)
2018
Service £199 Minor @ Zuffenhaus
49,000
OPC investigation into smoke, no actual result, £110
Parts: AOS diy fit
2019
Service £328 minor with plugs etc @ Zuffenhaus
59,000
Wipers £38, Clutch pedal switch £27
Action: Zuffenhaus replace the AOS, exhaust bolts and clamps and MoT £335
2 Bridgestone tyres, £468
Spare coil pack in the boot (and then used in Austria, saved the holiday)
Action: Zuffenhaus replace all coil packs, £320
2020
Service £165 @ Zuffenhaus
65.000
Replace front discs and pads (was on originals) £360 diy
Chassis geo reset and MoT £199
Carbon impregnated cabin filter £52 (!)
2021
69,000
Service £597 major with brake fluids etc @ Zuffenhaus
Front coolant hoses to stem local leaks, £130 from OPC, diy fit
2022
71,000
£199 @ Zuffenhaus
71,000
2 tyres £500
Drivers window regulator £117 diy fit
2023
78,000
Service £350 Minor with other parts @ Zuffenhaus
Engine air filter £39 diy
2024
83,000
Service £219 minor @ Zuffenhaus
Actions: Refurbish 19" wheels locally £360
2 tyres £507
2025
87,000
Service £613 major service and belt etc @ Zuffenhaus and car check before a Euro road trip...advised coolant cross pipes failing.
Replace rear discs and pads (was still on the originals) £306 diy
Replace all the front cooling pipes, £1119 @ Zuffenhaus.
Summary:
1
Smoke issues fixed by Laura on here and have the oil level at 2 segments down from maximum! Works.
2
About £8000 over the last 9.5 years
3
I fall in love and out of love regularly, but when in love this car is great.
We bought it to use it, forget the miles, get the experiences and that is what it has really delivered.
4
Find a good indie specialist and stick with them; Zuffenhaus have been great, trustworthy and 100% reliable. Lots of regular stamps in the service book!
5
My wife actually thought this was a reasonable cost for the experiences!
Hope this has not been too boring, but thought some would like to see my real world experiences.
Graham.
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