Yesterday forum member white_fly picked up his 'new' 1999 Porsche Boxster. I was glad to see it go to someone who will appreciate and enjoy it. Before he drove away, I cleaned up the cars in my driveway and recorded a video of what will probably be my 'high water mark' of seven running, driving Boxsters (parts cars and rollers don't count).
In reply to AAZCD (Forum Supporter) :
You should submit the vid to Guinness World Records.
In reply to tremm :
The Element is Mrs AAZCD's Forever Car. I tried to convince her that a newer Honda Fit Sport would be a good replacement, but she had no interest in giving up the Element. It's the perfect dog car, great reliability and low repair cost, spacious and comfortable (in a basic non-luxury sense). At around 170k miles it has only needed some suspension bushings, a couple engine seals, and clutch (at about 150k). The only replacement I can imagine at this point would be a newer Element.
Chopping Block... I mentioned in the video that "THAT" is going to be for sale soon. As my daughter's daily driver for a couple years it saw lots of miles and a little neglect. Working on it, I'm still trying to reach the point where I am happy with it's condition going out the door without trying to fix every little squeak and rattle. The Sequoia is filling a gap, "Tow vehicle" until we decide on a newer one. I was sold on the idea of a newer Porsche Cayenne (our daughter now has the '04 Cayenne), but the '04 Sequoia came up as an opportunity buy right when the COVID lock-down was about to start. It is not as good a Tow vehicle as 'Pepper', but we like the third row seats and interior layout of the Toyota. ...point being this Sequoia is temporary and I'm probably going to get a newer one or another Cayenne. The hearse is so far down the list of project cars right now that I may never get to it, but it is easy to keep and serves a good function as it is.
Beyond that... Boxsters. I can live with 'just' five Boxsters. I know them well and have a good stash of parts to keep them going. I have no problem parting with one if a better one presents itself, but the '04 Special Edition stays. Once I get a 914 sorted out and on the road, I think having four Boxsters will be okay. ...no promises.
Why do you have 7 boxers anyway? The hurst is very cool to see and that would be something fun to take to car shows..with a coffin in the back.
ckosacranoid said:Why do you have 7 boxers anyway?
Because that's all that will fit.
In 2014 I was tiring of Honda Del Sols. I had been flipping and parting out 90s Hondas for a few years and wanted something 'better'.
I started looking for a Honda S2000, and I found a very affordable 2000 Porsche Boxster S. It had sold just before I contacted the seller. The quest for my first Boxster began and I bought a 1999. My wife wanted one too. I bought her a 'shallow water' flood salvaged 2001, thinking that it would just just need the immobilizer box under the driver's seat replaced. It needed an engine. I bought a collision damaged silver '01 parts car for the engine. The engine swap and IMS replacement was pretty straightforward; no harder than anything I had done on Hondas, maybe easier.
Parting out the silver car brought in enough money to buy a repairable salvage car with a hard top. It just kept growing from there. Cars that I enjoyed working on. Lots of demand and decent money when I parted them out. I was going to stop after buying 12, but then the $1,000 black one came up and was an easy decision. I don't have plans to buy more at this point, but I wouldn't rule it out either - I've had mostly black/white/silver and there are lots of interesting colors left
Cool story, thanks for sharing.
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