วีดีโอ

Nice, clear presentation bro. thanks

What’s the point of having any car and not putting miles on it. Cars are meant to be driven!!!

I have a 99 I picked up to replace an '84 944 that I bought as a birthday present to myself and sold a few years later. The 944 was a solid foot into the Porsche world but the '80s cars I could afford just didn't have enough grunt. The 99 feels like everything I could ever want in a car and even though mine is high mileage, it's worn it well and I never want to let this one go. I've been hunting down original parts and am aiming for as close to a new feeling original car as I can get. Looking forward to many more years and miles, cheers!

I upgraded to the same after market glass window you have but in hindsight I should have paid the extra and gone with Porsche OEM from 2003/2004 instead. The Porsche one has a much bigger glass window plus the fourth frame for more compactness in a variety of colour choices that imo is worth the extra money.

Thanks for sharing. I bought a 2001 S two months ago, and I love it. I'm soaking in all the info.

You must own the book that details the development of the Boxster, and every other Porsche-“Excellence Was Expected” It gives you every single detail about the vehicle. Welcome to the “50 Years of the 550 Spyder Edition Boxster S” ownership club. I love mine. Will never sell her.

This has been my quest for the last five years either going new OEM Litronic at $2153 per side or new halogen with clear lenses for a lot less...😟

I have not read this and I thought I was well informed. Thanks!

Thank you for sharing!

Is this the same for 996.2?

Thanks for the link! I'm looking forward to reading the article.

Thanks for sharing! Very nice and informative read indeed!

Grab a magic eraser to remove the stain behind the driver’s seat

Yep, I’m in the classic car camp. This is my 2nd Boxster which bookend’s trips through 964 & 996 ownership. Have travelled throughout Europe in it, including Le Mans 24H. Work on it myself, easy to maintain as well. What’s not to like. 👍🏻🔴

I saw it after I did it😂 Thought I was so DYI. Liking your short and poignant videos.

I made my own grill radiator protectors. I used plastic mesh for rain gutters. I made traced a pattern of the opening then cut the mesh to fit. I then hit glued and used some small zip ties as well to secure the mesh. Unless you look closely you can’t see all of this. So far after two years they have worked.

I think that the key thing is not to lug the engine (Trying to accelerate in too high a gear) and to use the full rev range regularly. The car is really on song between 4.2k and 6.5k RPM but it's happy cruising at 1.5k. Just change down if you are going to accelerate.

Cool video! I ordered the plugs for my heater fix as it's starting to get cool here. I like the idea better than the tape

Not a clue! But 3500-3800 sounds right!

Super helpful thanks for making a video on this

I warm the car up staying at the 3000rpm through the gears. Once it’s been warmed up I try to shift in higher rpm particularly if I’m getting on the freeway merging into traffic. Again depending on the conditions and etc.

Greeting from Poland! I’m owner of 986 S 3.2 2002 Silver + black interior, + crab wheels from 987 model, approx 60miles. I love this car I have it in veeery good shape but of course there are some issue to address: vents foams/blends were blown away straight in my face😂Definitely your POB is very catchy! Nice to found you here! Thumb up a s subscrbe button submitted!🎉

Get a plastic welder and learn to plastic weld. Helps you save some money on all the plastic parts that will break on the 986.

Yes a new 986 channel showed up in my flow and you Chris takes it to another level. Myself as normal expecting ordinary photoshootage about the car/ handling value etc and whatsoever and you are just sitting there and telling us about whats going on and happened to your car and the journey you started. Fantastic! (896 S 2000)

I bought my S new in 2003. It started as a daily driver/Nurburgring car while I was living in Germany and clocked up 60k miles with at least 10k of that done on track. I then moved countries, had a kid and was given company cars so the 986 ended up neglected in my garage for 8 years. I got it back on the road 3 years ago and it's now a Sunday/project car which I'm working through on my drive. It'll never be sold. Along with maintenance and restoration work, I'm just doing some light styling mods to freshen it up a bit (spacers, side stripes, black bits etc). It's now 21 years old, has 75k miles and is in great shape on the whole.

Dude, you are in Seattle? Join any car clubs? I hoping to find one for 986s.

Thanks for sharing from another 986 owner with just two years of ownership so far and still learning about the maintenance

Timely video. Just got my car back after getting the roof fixed and now that I understand how the roof works I noticed I could see the actual parts themselves. Couldn't remember if that was how it was before so when I checked a few videos on TH-cam and noticed people were the same I figured that was how it was. A lot of words to say "I'm missing mine too!"

I got these things in a box of "extras" when I purchased the car and didn't know what they were!

Is a roof?

Of course I had to check my 2000 968 and my car has both sides. Thanks for bringing these “mysterious” pieces to my attention.👍🏻

Great job! NOBODY has ever covered this in a video that I'm aware. I need them too!

Wow. I never noticed that on mine. Do you have any idea why these are missing on most Boxsters?

One more group: dumbs who convert it to GT3 991 etc

Got a 2006 boxster s in 2019, and is 100 % stock, and will keep it that way, did some repairs to the usual wear and tear of a 18 year old ca, and. nothing major ! No reason to modify something beautiful, special already, its a PORSCHE and Pinky L design and save the company with this car! Aloha from Hawaii

**Update** Wanted to add an update here. Just the other day I did experience the blue smoke again but only once. Here is my theory. I had washed the car and then started it for 2 min and only drove it 20 feet into the garage and it never warmed up. The next time I started it 3 days later is when the blue smoke occurred. My theory is if you start it for only 2 min, the next time you start it you may get some oil burn off. I’ve since started it after it’s been sitting for 7-8 days and no blue smoke. Just a theory. But all is still good, no blue smoke since. (and even if there is some every so often, it’s all good nothing to worry about)

As a very recent fellow 986 owner I look forward to future vids and wish you many happy (read: worry-less)miles!

Hey dude my name is Kurt also! I have a 97 in Australia. I always wanted a Porsche and I stumbled on mine parked in the Street. I got it cheapnfor here butjad to get a few things sorted. Tue main one was the electrical connection in the door jam which are vulnerable to rusting out. Love mine and do as much work on it as I can it came with a Porsche cover! Been tossing up about going for a 996 but I love mine so much I can't find a good reason to. Keep up the content. I like your format.

Hey man, just found your channel and I really like the content. Thanks for creating it. I owned two air cooled 911s prior to owning my 2000 Boxster S. I thought my 911s were the shit until I drove the 2000 S. There’s just no comparison. The Boxster is superior in every way except for the nostalgia of an air cooled engine. Those are classic. But my Boxster will be a classic someday too because it’s what saved Porsche plus it really is a fantastic car.

Great, clear video! Where can I get those plugs and what are they called? Thanks!

I guess we are in the same camp. My 24 year old Boxster still is basically stock. Owning it now three years I’ve done the necessary maintenance at 67,000 miles. The only mod is the dual exhaust which was on the car when I purchased it. I just finished installing a short throw shifter.

I’m the fourth type - I’ve sold mine so someone else is looking after it

My glass rear window makes it very hard to access the engine from the top. It doesn't "fold" out of the way.

Apart from basic mechanical sympathy re warming a combustion engine up and then not having it sitting at the limiter while you're cruising along in too low a gear, etc, my advice for maximum enjoyment is to not sweat it. Drive how you enjoy. Getting hung up on this is a recipe for stress, not enjoyment and in terms of longevity, there are so many factors, you're not going to get a clear answer. I mean, you could decide that you don't want to sit at / around the Variocam changeover point because then you'll probably be actuating Variocam a lot and that could wear it out. Or you could decide that sitting at the same revs all the time is a bad idea. Or worry about stretching the rods at high rpm. Or whatever. That line of thinking is a waste of time. Just enjoy the car.

I have the original vinyl window and very annoying getting out and doing the karate chop to fold vinyl in correct place to avoid splitting. Have been wanting to upgrade to glass window, Are there any issues with folding down?

Awesome!

'PromoSM' 🌟

Porsche had it broken down to 7 types of owners for their cars. Had it taught to me a brand ambassador training. All of it was very interesting.

Great! Very helpful as I have been contemplating this fix. The clear pictures were clear as were the directions.

No car guy has ever stated “ I don’t drive much at night “ you are a TH-camr not a driving enthusiast 😂