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How reliable are new (2020-21) Boxsters?
A friend wants to buy a new Boxster but she is afraid it will be as unreliable as her new Mercedes SUV which has apparently suffered a ton of electrical gremlins in the last 6 months for every conceivable system on the car.
Anyone know if a new Boxster will be better? It will be a weekend car. She wants to be able to drive to Jersey so see friends for a weekend, trouble free. I recommended she look at a low mileage 993 being still fairly analog. She was open to it. |
I look forward to the replies. As much as I don’t want to, I’m always concerned about the engines and cylinder bore durability/ materials they use in these newer engines.
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Porsche has had top rating for reliability across the brand.
My wife has a 2017 Macan we ordered to fit her wants. Just routine maintenance. She loves her Macan more than any vehicle he has ever owned. |
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Obviously, she would be giving up quite a bit of the "U" there, so depends on what her priorities/needs are. As G mentioned, maybe have her look at a newer Macan (GTS/Turbo if she has the means and wants something sporty/fast). Of course with any newer car, maintenance costs are probably going to pale in comparison to the depreciation hit. |
I bought my 2014 Cayman S in June 2013. Besides normal maintenance, I've had door panels warp a year or so ago and got replaced and last week replaced the headliner. A couple of times I've turned the key to start it and nothing happened, then tried again and it started just fine. A couple of times the dash lit up weird and then never did it again. So my opinion is it's pretty darn reliable.
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All good to hear, thanks for posting.
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Hard to compare a newer Boxster to a car like a 993. I drove a newer Cayman for a few days last year (on loan as a pace car for a local Club Race) and I was impressed, but it was only for a couple of days. I am sure I'd be similarly impressed with a newer Boxster.
I have owned a 993 (a cabriolet) and it was generally reliable. It was a '95 and I had the wiring harness replaced (right before the recall) and I had the motors for the top replaced. If you really want to dig deep, one possible resource is the PCA tech group. https://www.pca.org/technical-committee I see a gentleman named Pedro Bonilla is the contact for Boxster. I do not know him. But I know Peter Smith really well. He is local and highly trained and experienced. He works at a local dealer. If I wanted to know about such cars he'd be my first call. He used to run the tech group for PCA and I think was the contact for Boxster for a number of years. I have known him for 20 years or more. He worked with PCNA to get my 993 wiring harness replacement done before the recall and has been a tech and PCA member for a really, really long time. He is my #1 contact for things related to the newer cars. He is also a very talented and accomplished racing driver (though not active for a while). |
Jeez, one would hope a brand new Porsche would be more reliable than at the newest a 22 year old air cooled 911.
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She just doesn't want to see the car in the dealership as much as the Mercedes has been. And she appreciates my addiction to the older cars. |
In my experience they are super good reliable cars
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I purchased 2 CPO Porsche. A 2002 Boxster, and a 2005 911. The only issue I had was a rattle in the sport exhaust on the 911. I took it to the dealership 2 months outside of the CPO warranty, and they replaced both mufflers at not cost. I would not hesitate to buy a new Porsche product.
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I have both. Not a new Cayman but an 2010 S with 0 issues pushing 85,000 miles. Its my daily driver between that and the 4runner. I am told by my mechanic, family friend in Downtown Porsche, they last a long time with little issues if maintenance is kept up. He thinks the new ones are pretty good too. I hardly drive the 993T. The Cayman S (PDK, baby) is more fun (? and easier to live with daily).
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My son in law has had snow 3 year old MB GLE 250diesel from new and my daughter a base 4 cylinder Cayman with PDK. No issues with either so far.
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Porsche do not top the most reliable car list in Britain. Hyundai does
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Porsches in general seem to be pretty reliable, but I think it's probably a little early to tell with the 2020/2021 crop. None of those are even a year old. But then I guess if her Merc had been in the shop several times in <1 year, then maybe that is long enough. Of course, I think there's also the matter of consistency. Any time I see threads about BMW, I see a solid mix of "no problems" and "nothing but problems" which has led me to form the opinion that BMW has bad QC and is 50/50 whether you get a good one or a bad one. With any manufacturer, there's always the possibility that you get a bad one whether it was made on a Friday after lunch or there were problems with batches of parts that just happened to affect that one.
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In a Swedish survey Porsche is at the top of number of engine damage/breakdowns. Lexus, Kia and Toyota are 1,2,3.
Linked doc in Swedish: https://www.lansforsakringar.se/globalassets/aa-global/dokument/ovrigt/aa-om-oss/rapporter-och-undersokningar/lf_maskinskaderapport_2020.pdf |
As I mentioned, my wife has the 2017 Base Macan. She loves it. Ladies of um, well "middle age" seem to buy SUVs only. Most of her lady friends have a form of SUV. From Caddies to Land Rovers. All of them are impressed with the overall ride, and performance and driveability of the Macan.
Have her go for a test drive. Many guys seem to think the just have to have the Macan S or Turbo or whatever. The base Macan is faster to 60 than my 85 911. https://www.caranddriver.com/porsche/macan The S is really fast. With her base model she can get up to speed to merge onto any interstate with ease. The S and Turbo just add expense and complexity. While she is there at the dealer test driving have her test drive a Cayenne. Those were just too big for our needs. |
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