what color combo is your Boxster?
Tiptronic, or manual?
Wheels?
Year, purchase price, miles?
post photos of it online somewhere!
"jerry" <ifreeley@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Update:
>
> OK, I got her. Oh boy what a blast! Everything I hoped for and then a
> great big bunch more. I'll give my impressions, then I have a couple
> of questions.
>
> I drove all weekend... no really ALL WEEKEND. My best friend is a SCCA
> club racer in Spec Miata class, he owns a 996, he put me on his crew
> list this Saturday at Daytona, so I drove out to the track. Even for a
> Boxster, it seems to draw a lot of looks even among race car drivers.
> I watched the race and my friend came in third, which I guess requires
> a tech inspection. I was able to take my car literally into the tech/
> pit area a Daytona. I was told "Porsches are allowed in the tech
> area". My only regret there is I had no camera, I would have liked to
> get a couple pics with the Nextel tower as a backdrop.
>
> OK, lets see, driving down AIA in Daytona at night, top down, stop and
> go traffic, I overheard a pedestrian say "nice Porsche.." to his wife.
> Every Civic with a fart can has to speed by me. And that is pretty
> much it, the car seems to demand attention everywhere it goes.
>
> Now driving, it is PLENTY fast for me, and the exhaust note is like
> car guy porn! I would pay 5.99 a minute to listen to that any day :)
>
> Somebody asked me if I had opened it up, truth is, only once or twice,
> just to quickly get to the speed limit. I usually find I get passed
> more than anything, I tend to baby my cars around, I might sign up for
> a track day at chinmotorsports.com though. I just like to keep if off
> the street. BTW, I got over 25mpg with mixed city/highway, I couldn't
> be more happy about that, that is on par with the Civic I bought for
> my daughter.
>
> Now the questions... my top seems to want to go outside the outer
> frame when putting it up at the corner bend of the window. If I stop
> halfway up and guide it inside the frame then finish going up it is
> fine.. any trick here?
>
> My remote does not work, this is a problem with the remote, I opened
> it and the button on the circuit board is broken, however, unlocking
> with the key does not alway turn the alarm off, more often than not,
> it just opens the drivers door, I need to then quickly put the key in
> the ignition to keep the alarm from going off, then open the passenger
> door by hand for my wife.
>
> Happily, the bottom is bone dry with no leaks on the garage at all. My
> clear rear windscreen vibrates and makes noise, driving me crazy.
>
> when the top is down, I hear some clicking when going over bumps right
> in my left ear. When the top is up, is hear some very faint rattling
> type noise when going over very bumpy roads at low speed, this sounds
> like it is coming from directly behind me in the rear deck, I looked
> at strut towers and all looks tight and secure. Seems still like it
> might be something top related.
>
> I have to give front trunk a shove to get it to lock closed.
>
> This morning while sitting at a light, I noticed the most minor little
> hint of a miss or a rough idle, an engine rev seemed to make it go
> away, I am wondering if a cylinder might have some carbon or a if a
> plug is getting a bit fouled.
>
> Other than these couple of very minor annoyances, the car is perfect,
> smooth, and fun.
>
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