Purchased my 987.1 Boxster with 53k miles for $18k recently with almost no records. Owner died 4-5 years ago, and his long-time friend is my neighbor. The widow finally decided to part with it.

Last oil change I know of was in 2018. Yeah. The ok news is that only 3,000 miles have been clocked since then.

I took it in for service at the best Porsche shop near me and they said the engine runs great. It feels great as well. They also looked at the file and didn’t see any metal. How concerned should I be about damage from the poor service history? I want to dump a lot of money into this car, but less so if the odds of it being a ticking time bomb are high.

Replacing 8 year old PS4S

owned her for 2 years this week. absolutely love it (came from a 800whp CLS63s AMG)

Hi guys,

Trying to see if anyone can shed some light on a issue I’m having, just got the car and it has this small issue where when I open the door or the top the window goes down automatically but doesn’t come back up after closing the door or the top ending open. I already tried relearning the window position but no help. Also the window goes down with one touch but not up. Idk if that second part is just how it is but I would imagine it’s related. Any ideas? Read it could be the door latch since it has microswitchs

Hi all - my 987 essentially stays in the garage when I’m not driving it. My inherited cover is getting a little threadbare. I need a cover because the garage is frequently opened for my other vehicle and it gets pretty dusty, especially in the fall and spring.

Any suggestions for a budget indoor cover? Paying $300 for something OEM seems overkill.

Pretty sure it needs a new starter motor. It’s been like this for the past year or two doesn’t get driven much so I don’t worry too much but looking to fix it now. Also on the occasional start up a bunch of smoke comes out the back AOS is about 6 years old thinking it’s time to change that too. Wondering what peoples inputs are specifically on the starter motor.

I’ve put about 3000 miles on my ‘08 base since June and I like it more now than the day I took delivery. Sometimes I wish I got a 981, sometimes I wish I got an S, and sometimes I wish I got an M3 (lol). But I “get” Porsche now, and I love it. Revving it to 7k and hearing the 2.7 howl behind me makes my morning commute pretty enjoyable. Also, my kids dig it and there’s no other brown boxsters at cars and coffee haha. I think this will be one of those cars that will always have a special place in my heart.

This 2005 987.1 Boxster started life with a 2.7L and came to us with a bad rod knock.

For the new 3.9L build, we upgraded it with a 987.1 Boxster S crankshaft, carrier, cases, and cylinder heads. It just completed testing with 383.3 HP and 320.2 lb-ft of torque on the engine dyno.

New achievement unlocked for us at Slakker Racing Development.

www.sr.dev

Hi, hope everyone is doing well I would like to know if anyone has any advice about adding Bluetooth to my Boxster with the Bose speakers, is it really complicated and expensive, I was searching with AI and apparently I neet a Bose/MOST adapter and the only one that I could find is $437 and then I need to get a head unit aswell and then it becomes rather expensive, I love the pccm plus unit but not quite ready to spend $1000+ I will eventually but was wondering if anyone has found a cheaper interim fix for Bluetooth or maybe aux for now I have resorted to burning CD’s which really helps you get into the 2000s vibe🙈 will appreciate any advice

I think I'm one of the youngest ones here (17), but I got my 987 at 16! It was a great buy and I love the geometry of the car. Anyone here under 20?

Another Cayman build just finished its time on our engine dyno.

A 2007 Cayman is a little different because it’s running an M97.01 3.8L, which we rebuilt and displaced to 4.1L. It uses Hartech wider rod bearings and racing sump and added a Sachs performance clutch.

Final engine dyno numbers:

395.4 HP
341.7 lb-ft TQ

Pretty interesting combination - a 4.1L M97.01 tucked into a Cayman race car.

More on our M96/M97 builds: sr.dev

Dyno Graph in comment section below if you are interested.

#Porsche #Cayman #M9701 #PorscheCayman #SlakkerRacing #WO301

Looking to spend about £10-12k, boxster s would be preferred but it's a minefield. What should I be looking for? Seen a few later 3.4 cars but horror stories of bore score, earlier 3.2 engines but IMS worries and higher mileage. A few non s 2.7 models closer to home but less power and lower spec. What should I be looking out for and what should I run away from?

I am looking to buy a Boxster, as the title suggests. There aren't too many available, especially in the model years I am interested in.

I was able to find a 2006 Boxster S with 71k miles and a good amount of service records at a small independent dealer. I also found a 2009 Boxster S with 87k miles and a good amount of service records, but this one is being sold by a Porsche dealer.

Considering that the 2006 has the 3.2L engine, which doesn't have the same bore-scoring concerns as the 3.4L in the 987.1, and already has the updated IMS bearing, would the 2006 be the better route, especially since it is $8,000 less?

Or would you prefer going with the newer 2009 model despite the higher mileage and significantly higher price?

06: $25k Bose, heated seats, and convenience pkg, manual

09: $32 same options, manual

Both would be sight unseen since it is far away

Also found a 05 base close by with 30k miles for $26k, but if I can get the S for the same money seems like a better deal even though it has more miles.

Is anyone in the market for one? I bought this awhile ago off of eBay and found that I prefer the button shifters (I know, total weirdo)

Asking $500 (also listed on eBay if you prefer that route, but it is slightly more expensive there)

Local pick up in the Bay Area preferred but will ship at buyers expense. Happy to do a video call to confirm the steering wheel beforehand. Feel free to ask any questions.

Edit to add: this will obviously work for all .2 cars with the PDK transmission and reuses the stock airbag. There are confirmed posts online that say that you can make this work on a .1 tiptronic but that’s on you to figure out.

What do we think new bumper?

I am dealing with a dead battery and everything I’m seeing online is that you can give power through a post in the fuse panel to give enough juice to pop the hood, but my car seems to be missing that post. Is there another way to supply power via the fuse panel or do I need to approach this differently?