Good video man. Straight to the point while still being thorough enough. The bloopers even gave me a laugh too. Definitely am looking at a 987 thanks for the review 🙏🏻
I see you had a dashcam installed. If you had it installed to the 12V outlet, do you remember if the camera was always recording or if it turned off with the car?
Hello! So on this car the camera was always recording, it was plugged into the 12v socket on the left hand side of the passanger compartment and ran up below the glove box and ran up the passanger A piller. Great little camera. I am recording a new video on my 2006 Cayman S soon and have a similer camera setup in that vehicle as well, I will highlight it in the video for you. Hope this helps!
I am fully aware. This car did not have the optional speaker package so 4 speakers is all it came with. Even without the upgrade the sound system in the car is amazing.
So from what I have researched only 6% of cars have the failure and most of the failures are on cars that sit and are not driven. So far only the typical mechanical problems like the Air Oil Separator and I replaced the breaks and break pads.
This car has an after market radio in it but when I first got the car it did not have the touch screen. Also on some later 987 Boxster base and 987 Boxster s cars had the oem screen radio
@@andresmadrid5017 not all models are auto this car is fitted with the tiptronic gearbox but a majority of boxsters and caymans have the 5 speed manual gearbox 👍
I recommend check the stage of use on ims I know for sure between 65k to 90k miles breaks and bye motor have to remplace and it's expensive it's just an advice
@@abcplumbing5883 We change the oil every 5 thousand miles and always check for signs of medal or plastic. Most IMS fails happen on low miles cars and only really happens to 6% of cars.
@@MissallsCarLife so far. So good, 2006 boxster s, 130 k miles! Second owner,2019, and check oil change, clean!! Next oil change 2021FALL! Hope alls good! No metal or anything!! Thinking positive!
Thinking about buying one how's maintenance been cost wise etc. I'm just going to be commuting with it prolly will only put about 8k miles on it annually
Hey that's a great idea! Mechanically it has been amazing and when I have had to do stuff its easy to work on small things, and relatively inexpensive. These cars are amazing to drive and are super fun.
Well, the long term update isn’t what you’d expect 😅 my beloved boxster was crashed into earlier in the year. If you’d like to see other reviews I’ve done, go to the star motor cars preowned RU-vid channel
The Boxster overall was a fantastic car and I can’t recommend one more, I drove it to almost 100k miles before it was in it accident. Even in the accident it truly saved my life and took it like a badass. That car is one hell of a machine and there are many more in my future.
Lol! We bought this car for an awesome price back before the car market went crazy. Don't get me wrong this is a super awesome and amazing car for some one as young as I am, but I don't think this vehicle is as expensive as you would think.
I’ve been looking at my first car, and I’ve seen some of these at around 15k, should I get a cheap little Toyota or pull the trigger on one of these? Are the repair costs high?
15k in this market seems a little to good to be true, I would recommend checking them out though because you never know. If you do see a boxster that you think is nice go have it checked out by either a Porsche dealer or a trusted mechanic. Porsche will be more expensive but you can bet that thye know what to look for and will probably save you money in the long run. The Toyota would probably be a safer bet and that’s probably what I would go for because of gas and you won’t have to constantly be worrying about it, but it doesn’t hurt to go check out the boxsters. I love my car and it has been great and I have had no huge issues just the regular stuff like the oil ail separator. I have a trusted mechanic who does services and I haven’t had it serviced by Porsche and I do most things in reason my self like breaks, oil changes and simple things like that.
