The Boxster is awesome at....

[HardDrive]

Hauling groceries!!! lol. The front trunk on this thing is huge.

Its also got all kinds of futuristic technologies, like 'defrosters'.

[island911]

yeah, but the Lexus . . .

[nostatic]

100 miiiilllllliiiooonnnnn doooollllllaaarrrrrsssssssss

[HardDrive]

Originally posted by SoCal911SC
This isn't Boxster specific, but my friend took his boxster to a dealership to have it serviced. Got an estimate but didn't do it (duh!).

Guess how much for:

Clutch
brake service (not rebuilding calipers, just basic brakes)
60,000 mile service

Car has 70K on it.

I'm thinkin' $4000?

[Mulhollanddose]

It is Bush...er, I mean, it is Hitler's fault (same thing really)!!!

[s_wilwerding]

Figure about $1500 for the clutch, $700 for the brake service, and $600 for the 60K = around $3000.

None of these things is particularly difficult to do yourself on the Boxster, and you're talking about $900 for all the parts. I did the 30K maintenance myself, and it cost me around $130 in parts. The 60K requires a new fuel filter and poly-rib belt, which add maybe another $100.

Brakes are as easy to do as old 911s - pop out the pads, pull off the rotors, etc. Clutch is a little tricky, but all you really have to do is take off the rear bumper, the muffler, and drop the transmission.

[djmcmath]

That's encouraging news -- glad to hear that "normal" guys can maintain their own Boxsters.

HardDrive, you're awesome. I had to laugh when I read your post. Tell me, are you really that domesticated?

[SlowToady]

Dealership quote:

(This is true!)

$8900.

Better be one hell of a blow job while you wait.

Harddrive, how about some pics? I saw the couple you had posted over in the Boxter forum, but more is always better

[HardDrive]

Originally posted by SoCal911SC
Dealership quote:

(This is true!)

$8900.

I hope he told them fffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuccccccccccckkkkkkkk yyyyyyyyyyyyoooooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuu.

[pwd72s]

Originally posted by SoCal911SC
Dealership quote:

(This is true!)

$8900.

More than 1/3 the car's value for a service...if it's an early years Boxster. Yessir..."these cars are great investments". Just ask any dealership salesman.

[s_wilwerding]

I don't have any idea how you can itemize $8900. Any decent shop could do all of this work in a day, day and half tops, and even at $200 an hour, that's only $2400 for labor. With dealer markup, I don't know how they could ethically charge more than $1500 for parts. That's four grand - which is really on the high side. And they charge double that!

I wouldn't walk into that shop again.

[rrsrsr]

I wonder how much the same dealer would quote for a 1965-1989 911 30k mile service plus clutch?

i.e. I'm sure they are equal opportunity rapists.

[HardDrive]

What dealership are we talking about here? I think we need to name names here.....

[jorian]

"What dealership are we talking about here? I think we need to name names here....."

Motormeister?