Maintenance on the Boxster
 

Hahaha...Really?

Video doesn't exist :-/

fixed?

Moved to the right section.

It's this sort of thing that makes my porsche boner shrink.

It's not all that bad. Service intervals for Porsches are quite long. And it's pretty easy to get to critical items. No ore time than pulling under tray off a Z

Didn't seem to bad to me. I was surprised at the size of the air filters. Huge!

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Looks easy enough to DIY routine maintenance should you so desire.

i think it would only be a pain in the *** because you need to look up how to do everything on the car.

I can figure out where the air filter is in my car and how to change it in less than 5 minutes. In the boxster I'd prod around and stare at it for 20 minutes, finally decide to look up how to do it, then take me another 20 minutes to get the tools and try not to break anything.

Good intel. I'm thinking of going to the 2014 Porsche Cayman S. but just thinking about it. I like to be able to do most of my own regular maintenance...

Why? Premium you pay for some of the higher end marks...why not let someone do the relatively infrequent regular maintenance? Is the $100 once a year going to break you? If so...wrong car.

I think I have posted here on this already...I've wrenched my own cars for the past 20 years. While under warranty...no reason not to let dealer do the basic stuff. This goes for the Z and the CPO Cayman :)

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Whoa, that's a cool-shaped air filter. Pretty quirky locations for things on the car. It's kinda nice to have a front-engined car for logical & well thought-out placement of the drivetrain/etc. :rolleyes:

German's philosophy on serviceability is very different that Japanese. On German cars you often have to move several things to get to basic items. Having to remove a cover and the ECU to get to the air filter is very much inline with that.

Looks moronic to me. I guess that's why we have opinions, so mine can be different from yours.

In most cars, "replace air filter" means pop hood, open air box, replace, close airbox, done. In here, it's popping off plastic crap, pulling back some lining, popping off the ECU, pulling off an oil filler line, and then access to the filter via bolts.

I'm not saying that's hard, it's just not seemingly as convenient. I'm sure it's not just the filter swap that is like that.

It's not convenient because it's a mid-engine roadster. Sacrifices need to be made. But either way it's not hard. Think of it like replacing/cleaning filters on a G3 or Injen intake... you have to pull the bumper off the Z to do that... whoopty doo.







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