r/986Boxster

Promised myself a Carrera for my 50th next year. Found this 2001 Boxster S at my favourite modern classics dealership - 50,000 miles on the clock, serviced every year st Porsche till 2015 and then the top Porsche specialist in my part of the world for the next 10. Even the 25 year Airbag check was done last year. Paid around USD13,000 and the car is immaculate. Been driving it on Sundays through the Financial district (no potholes and beautiful hills and curves) and I finally get the Porsche hype. I am stunned - I don’t know why I didn’t get one 10 years ago. Joining our country’s Porsche club this week, and overall just having a blast. I love my 986!

Well after a year of saving and being very smart with my money, I have decided to pick up a 2000 Boxter with 75k miles..paid cash for it a few days ago. I paid $9500. This is my first manual car and sports car. I smile every time I look at it. I am not the best manual driver yet. I’ve heard boxters are hard to learn on. Any tips for smoother shifts? Also any upgrades I should do off the bat?

Looking at a new wheel an tire set up, so I’m getting rid of my stock wheels haven’t found these wheels for sale on line in my area. I know the twists are more sought after. But what are these worth on fb marketplace?

They’re in good shape, could use some refinishing to make them look nicer.
Selling with tires although they are good for daily use but would not use on a track or hard driving.

When jacking up your car, make sure you pick the right spot. Otherwise you’ll end up like me.

As you can see the passenger side headlights blinker has turned yellow over the years. I've seen a couple of Boxsters with similar issues so I was wondering how people tried to fix that. Buying a new headlight is near impossible without paying a whole lot of money and used ones are usually in similar condition.

Has anyone tried my idea of using a transparent orange spray paint? Other ideas?

Hey all! Love to be apart of this community, and have my first project, I've got a question for current owners, or those who know about the car. After replacing the engine air filter housing with a friend (that was previously missing, with evidence that it was destroyed) I've noticed with some spirited driving it starts smelling like there is an oil leak, however there is no evidence that there is one upon inspection. I did a little research and found this could be due to IMS bearing failure, but that seems to be the most on the extreme side. what would be some other possible causes, is this something to seriously worry about?

Roof down and tunes playing... What song would you play in the moment?

New to me 04 S with 176k miles. Car makes this metal like rattle at low speeds under 3k rpms. I have already checked all heat shields and catalytic converters. Has anyone dealt with this noise before? Thanks!

This is the ottocast cabin care CarPlay/ baby monitor device on my 21 polestar 2 so far its been good but I’ve only had it for a day.

Is this a decent deal? It’s a 1998 in arctic silver with metropol blue interior and roof; it has 62,000 miles and has significant work done in 2022 (per the photos). My main purpose will be weekend driving in the summer and car will be garaged.

My main concerns are whether I am overpaying for a Base or should spend another $3-4k to get a similar S. I’ve been looking for comparable cars with similar service records and haven’t seen much significantly cheaper in my area.

Apologies for the wind noise as the noise only happens when driving, but if you listen you can hear some kind of airy whining/squealing noise coming from the driver side rear wheel/engine area. It seems to change with the acceleration and go alay at idle speeds. I joke that it sounds kind of like seagulls but I’m not sure what it could be. Any help is appreciated.

02 Boxster Base model. I checked all the pulleys and none are squeaky (dont recall if I was able to check the water pump though) if that helps.

Hi all! I'll be at the Nurburgring next week (19-5-26) if anyone else on here is there and fancies meeting up lmk!

I had to remove the fuel rail so I wanted to change the orings, but the injectors do not fit back in the rail. What am I doing wrong? The pictures show the maximum amount they will go in, but it's not far enough to get the clips on. I think I may have to tow it to a shop if there isn't something obvious I'm missing because I have pretty much reached the end of my ability and had no luck.

My 04 one owner base with less than 33k on the odometer. Full records, but with such low mileage damn near everything is ORIGINAL including the entire suspension and brakes. I’ve already had to put new rubber on due to the age, refurbished the CV boots, replaced the water pump and thermostat and I have the brakes and rotors for the front ready to slap on. I’ll be planning on refreshing the suspension next summer.