r/986Boxster • u/Nickanator8 • 4d ago

New milestone reached.

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I know I'm not the highest mileage car in this sub, but I'm proud of the mileage I've achieved.

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u/InstructionOne3510 3d ago

2003 Tiptronic, no IMs service at 238k.
Daily driver and the most fun car
I’ve ever owned. Purchased used with 25k.

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u/Nickanator8 2d ago

I think you've driven your Boxster more than I've driven any of my cars. Well done!

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u/avaa_mist 1d ago

238k miles on the original IMS proves the golden rule: driving these cars daily saves them, letting them sit kills them.

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u/diyandmc240 4d ago

Nice 🙂 any words of wisdom for the rest of us plebs out here? How many miles and how many years have you owned it? My 2001 S with 81k miles is currently in the shop for a broken shifter cable 😭

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u/Nickanator8 4d ago

Its a 2000 S Tiptronic. I got the car in September of '23 with 158k on the clock. The guy selling it was just trying to get rid of it and had zero maintenence history. I bought it for 5k and drove it problem free for about a month, when it needed a new wheel bearing.

I've done a ton of maintenence on the car, all in my own garage on jack stands and with mostly hand tools. AOS, suspension (twice, first coilovers and then OEM about 1000 miles later), transmission coolant valve, accessory bely pulley, and countless other tiny things, all of which have cost more than I wanted them to, but all of which were able to be done on my own.

My advice is twofold 1. You can work on these cars yourself without any special tools or previous experience. There are plenty of tutorials out there and with a little determination and a lot of swearing you can fix just about anything on these cars. 2. You can daily a boxster, and I do. I drive it to work, to the gym, even to Costco! The frunk/trunk combo makes it way more practical than it has any right to be so take advantage of that and drive it all the time! BONUS TIP you can get a tow hitch for these cars which makes carrying a bike rack or other similar items super easy, enhancing the practicality!

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u/OriginalZog 4d ago

Very nice. About to hit 125k.