New fleet arrival

[Delphi]

As I've mentioned before the 928 isn't going to be ready in time for my Germany TIPEC trip, so I decided initially to get a cheap 986 Boxster to go in and then sell it when I got back. Most of them were pretty tatty and I realised that a gen 1 987 would be a better bet. All the sub-£10k ones were either sheds or had led hard lives. I upped my budget again and found this late 2008 (December) 64K mile gen 1 with FSH. It was due a minor service which the garage got done at a local specialist. I've ordered some ZunSport grills to protect the rads/A/C condensers and a Bluetooth FM transmitter (it's got the factory CD player) and should be good to go.

[240PP]

Nice purchase. It has the correct wheels too.

Are the gen 1s the 2.7?

[Delphi]

Nice purchase. It has the correct wheels too.

Are the gen 1s the 2.7?

Yeah, regular ones are 2.7 and the S were 3.2 then 3.4. Non-S is definitely the way to go, IMO - IMS issues were fixed in post 2006 cars, no bore score issues and not £600 per year VED either. The 2.7 is plenty quick enough in the real world and it's more about the handling than outright performance.

[mik]

Nice

[Jobbo]

I like that. After seeing it on FaceyB I was waiting for your post here. More photos required though!

[Delphi]

I like that. After seeing it on FaceyB I was waiting for your post here. More photos required though!

I'll get round to taking some more soon. It's a bit dirty now as I took it up to The Motorist for the 928.org meet up and it was raining on the way up. It's currently parked in my garage. I was curious about the size difference between the Boxster and the 928. Turns out the 928 is a mere 20cm longer and a whopping 37mm wider than the Boxster.

[Jimmy Choo]

She sits so nicely.

[Explosive Newt]

Memories of my own! (Except you don't seem to be suffering from that annoying issue of the hood overlapping the plastic around the windows)

Still a bargain at the price, even though you had to up the budget. Perfect for a European trip.

[Delphi]

Memories of my own! (Except you don't seem to be suffering from that annoying issue of the hood overlapping the plastic around the windows)

Hood straps. £2 bit of elastic from Hobbycraft and a stapler and it's fixed in 10 minutes.

[Matty]

FaceyB

[GG.]

Good purchase - he 2.7s make a glorious howl on the overrun.

58 plate must be pretty late for a .1 as well I would have thought.

[Broccers]

Hope you enjoy your trip.

[Jobbo]

FaceyB

You won’t get me posting a Shmee video so hold off on the ban.

[Explosive Newt]

Memories of my own! (Except you don't seem to be suffering from that annoying issue of the hood overlapping the plastic around the windows)

Hood straps. £2 bit of elastic from Hobbycraft and a stapler and it's fixed in 10 minutes.

Are hood straps like ghetto straps?

[Carlos]

I like that. 2.7 would be my choice as the sweet spot as well.

[Delphi]

Good purchase - he 2.7s make a glorious howl on the overrun.

58 plate must be pretty late for a .1 as well I would have thought.

It does make a rather nice noise once you get above 4k.

It was registered December 2008 so it's almost a 2009 car. Probably one of the last before the 2.9 Gen 2s came out.

[GG.]

Good purchase - he 2.7s make a glorious howl on the overrun.

58 plate must be pretty late for a .1 as well I would have thought.

It does make a rather nice noise once you get above 4k.

It was registered December 2008 so it's almost a 2009 car. Probably one of the last before the 2.9 Gen 2s came out.

Had a great time in ours - my parents gave me a few grand for my 21st and instead of me buying a really ratty Porsche with it, my dad 'kindly offered' to take the money back, put in some of his own and buy a Boxster we could both use. Was a no brainer.

Parked at my parent's place next to my £1,200 Alfa 156 with L322 in the background



Pit stop in the Alps on the way to Italy with my girlfriend of the time - shortly after a tunnel blast with two new f430s and shortly before a race down the mountain with an Italian Subaru



Annoyingly facebook has made the photos look like they were from a potatocam - though admittedly the album was uploaded 15 years ago

[jamcg]

Off topic but those 156’s still look great

[GG.]

They do, particularly in pre-facelift IMO - sadly it didn't often drive as good as it looked.

I did fit some GTA suspension to it though which improved the handling (at the detriment of ride quality...)

[Explosive Newt]

I would add at this point that I bought the 3.2S over the 2.7 specifically on @GG. ’s advice! While I test drove the 2.7 I probably didn’t know enough to get into the nitty gritty of the differences.