enjoyed this wee read,,I sold my coop and bike and bought a little 2.0l Z3 and totally enjoying it so far. Looking at replacing it next year and thinking seriously about a Boxter S,,just feel the Z is a couple of inches to small and playing up my back!
I do like the look of the Z and was considering a Z3M for the performance,,but if the Porker is that wee bit more spacious then it will win I think.

I have had the pleasure of spending a bit more time with the Boxster the past couple of weeks.
This is the first mid engined car we've owned and I was worried about the level of extra difficulty that maintenance may present. So far, with the help of a guidebook (101 projects) we have changed all four CV boots plus changed brake fluid, gearbox oil and the coolant. Access is straightforward from underneath and even things like the plugs and belts don't look too bad.
We did a last minute cheapie trackday at Keevil on Monday in both cars. As expected the Boxster is a bit soft and understeer biased in the dry, but still pretty quick and happy to be hussled. Considering it's a completely standard car on road rubber it was pleasing to drive and gave Beth a lot of confidence (compared to the twitchy Caterham).
It rained heavily twice through the day and on both occasions the Boxster came alive and was the fastest car on track bar non, which was impressive considering some of the other cars there (Imprezza, new M3, hordes of Caterhams, Elises and other track fare). The back tyres had amazing traction, the only way to get the rears to spin was to change to first at the hairpin, but that proved unrewarding as it would spin up just one wheel.
With a few mods such as reducing the final drive, adding a limited slip diff and as recommended above the M030 suspension.
Sadly right at the end of the day (whilst chasing a mate in his CSR260) the Caterham has had some sort of transmission issue, probably clutch or spigot bearing so I'll be taking the engine out next week, fun! Still out of almost 100 trackdays this is only the second time I've had a mechanical

As a positive Beth wants to do more trackdays now, brilliant.

Hey Dave - so its a Boxter now - have you changed your trade to 'Hair Dresser'

Blimey, Hanny! What are YOU driving these days? Or is it strictly boats in the North Sea?

lol - hi matey - afraid got all sensible ......... well sort of..... Im in a R32 (not modded :D) and misses is in a cooper S which I have had a play with but she caught me out when I sneaked it over to AMD and got it re-mapped - for the life of me cant work out why I would think that she would not notice...maybe it was the Miltek that was also fitted

Still miss the Coupe though

Hi Hanny, It's been a while mate.

I still have the Caterham as well, until this weekend that is, and then it's time for a change after 6 1/2 years.

I'm really enjoying the Boxster on road and track, it's a great all round car, honestly.

Dave you madman, your really did get the racing bug. I think you should look into the Mini's that are super charged, easy to mod and there is a big track cult with them, no substitute for weight to power ratio.

I'm having a rest from racing (I just organise it now) for a couple of years, but will keep up with trackdays. I'm excited about a potential new purchase that I'm going to see on Sunday.....

Dave you know you’re not allowed to go and see cars unsupervised - how ever my previous government training has resulted in knowing what your look for:



Your progression to the London to Brighton race Run

Time to drag this thread up again, nothing to do with the fact that I might have the money to spend on a 2 seat roadster soon ;-)

How are you guys getting on with the porkers almost a year on?

We've covered just over 20k miles in our 3.2S during the last 12 months! It is a brilliant car and is suited to almost every journey with the exception of being a car of choice for weekend thrashing/trackdays.
We have only needed one set of tyres replaced (Eagle F1s), I've serviced it 3 times myself, and it went through two drivers side window regulators, CV boots and an interior fan (bought used on ebay for £18).
We have averaged 31.4mpg over the last 20k running on super, this includes a couple of trackdays.
We can't think of anything else to replace it with for the money, Beth loves it.

Did you have the IMS upgrade Dave?

No, for now I'm changing the oil every 7000miles in the hope that if the seal does break down the bearing will be fed with cleaner oil. When the clutch wears out I will change the IMS at the same time, oh what a fun job that will be.
General maintenance is pretty good for a mid engined car with access from most angles.

I'm not in a position to choose yet and so far I've bounced between all the current crop of 2 seat roadsters but I think of them all the Boxster fits my bill better than all the others.
It's just that pesky IMS issue you have to get past.

The IMS is no big thing to do (especially compared to a Coupe timing belt) and I've got the full set of tools to do it.

The Boxster's an ace piece of kit.