Jonttt

Another one has hit pistonheads for sale......I'll get chance to update the register table at some point lol.......but as a reminder to myself from the sales blurb (nb no pics up yet to check spec)....

We are offering the market a stunning limited edition 2011 Porsche Boxster 3.4 S Black Edition. Finished gloss black with black sports seats. The vehicle is supplied with a full Porsche service history, owners manuals and leather book pack. This vehicle comes fitted with £10089 worth of optional extras from factory which include: Porsche Doppelkupplung (PDK), Porsche communications management with extended navigation module, bi-xenon headlights with dynamic cornering lights, wheels painted in exterior colour, sport chrono plus package, telephone module, sports package plus inc CD storage box, automatically dimming interior and exterior mirrors with integrated rain sensor, fully auto climate control, park assist, cruise control, seat heating, PDK 3 spoke sports steering wheel with shift paddles, wind deflector, door entry guards in stainless steel, seat belts in silver grey, Porsche crest embossed on head restraints, universal audio interface, floor mats with nubuck edging and embroidered Porsche logo, top tinted windscreen. An impressive list of optional extras and this particular Black Edition is number 674 of 987 ever made

A private sale has hit autotrader.........

No731

PDK

Sport Seats Yes

Seat heating Yes

full leather No

Chrono Yes

PASM no

PSE no

Park assist Yes

BOSE Yes

red seat belts

Another has come up on autotrader......details for me to add to the table when I get chance....

No754

PDK

Sport Seats Yes

Seat heating Yes

full leather ?

Chrono Yes

PASM no

PSE Yes

Park assist Yes

BOSE Yes

No260 first posted above is showing as deposit taken on £30k advertised price, 15k miles

PDK

Sport Seats Yes

Seat heating Yes

full leather No

Chrono Yes

PASM no

PSE No

Park assist Yes

BOSE Yes

First one for a while has come up on Pistonheads, one owner 15k miles £30k no260, spec listed:

Basalt Black Metallic paint.
*Full Black leather interior (hard to tell from pics but I don’t think it has the full leather option fitted)
*PDK 7 Speed Transmission.
*19 inch Boxster Spyder Alloy wheel upgrade.
*PCM 3 Touchscreen Navigation / SAT NAV.
*Bluetooth Phone connectivity.
*ASK Sound System.
*Universal Audio Interface.
*Sports Chrono Package Plus.
*Electric Sports Seats. 
*Heated Front Seats.
*Sports / PDK Steering Wheel.
*Adaptive Bi-Xenon headlights with wash.
*PSM (Porsche Stability Management).
*Wind Deflector.
*Cruise Control.
*Electronic Climate Control (High).
*Porsche Crested Headrests.
*Porsche Crested Colour Centre Caps.
*Black Edition Gloss black interior trim.
*Gloss Black Roll Over bars.
*Sports Tailpipes in Black.
*Front and side air Intakes in Black.
*Instrument Dials in Black.
*Black Edition Door Entry Guards in stainless steel. 
*LED Daytime Driving lights.
*LED Rear Brake lights.
*Rain Sensor.
*Windscreen with top tint.
*VTS Tracker.
*Fitted Matts.

It also has rear parking sensors

I’ll update the register when I get a chance 😉

PSE gives it a lovely burble, not as many cracks and pops or emotive as a 981 GTS but nice never the less 😉

2 hours ago, TonyR said:

Will take pics when she is back. I took the DSC off my 997.2RS before J sold it. It made a material difference to that car on and off circuit. That had more carbon and Alcantara on it than one could imagine. Desperately resisting the spend on the Boxster!

Believe me I can imagine a lot of carbon lol

9 hours ago, TonyR said:

Hi all

I am another Black Edition owner. Car has 19k miles, PDK, PASM and is absolutely mint with full PPF. Was my wife’s car, she has upgraded so I have taken it as a hobby car. Just waiting for it to come back from 9e where it has been treated to front lower arms, rear toe kit, full geo, IPD competition plenum with 82mm TB, Carnewal manifold mod with 200 cell cats, DSC suspension controller, BMC air filter and a custom map. They are just finishing the map but looks like the car has picked up around 30 hp and reduced the 60 to 100 time by half a second, plus sounding much better and planted handling wise. Can’t wait!

Sounds good, can you confirm the number on the plaque if you want it adding to the register ? Also full spec eg

- PSE, PASM, Sport Chrono, BOSE, parking sensors, full leather, sports seats, climate, parking sensors, sports/multi function wheel and any addons eg carbon, painted console, etc.... ? Pics would be good as we can pick most spec up from them. 

Interested to see how you get on with the TB/manifold/plenum mods after a remap. You will find the DSC makes a massive difference to the PASM, especially in sport mode 😉

On 11/11/2019 at 7:05 PM, hopz121 said:

Very cheap one for sale on eBay at the moment which looks a good buy for someone.... looks like prices are dropping if that is HPI clear

 

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F133236482337

That one has been for sale since July, slowly drifting down in price, I think it was c£24 originally ie it was very similar in mileage to the one I bought at the time but lower spec and slightly more expensive. Priced about right now with the mileage IMHO 

Nothing exciting but an original Porsche Frunk Liner popped up on eBay for a very reasoanble price so I snapped it up.

I've been surprised how rarely these seem to come up for sale second hand, probably due to them also fitting the 997's and I'm led to believe they will also (unofficially) fit 991's ie owners have been keeping hold of them as they change from 997 to 991  :?: 

Thats why I asked, generally people want the shorter throw as that is the biggest change to the gearchange feel. The GT3 part is both more expensive and does not really shorten the throw. I was just worried that people where chosing the GT3 version as it "must be better" when if you actually want a shorter throw it will not give that. The GT3 version is designed for hard track use not to give a shorter "sweeter" throw 😉

I’m intrigued why people prefer the GT3 shifter over the SSK ? Is it based on personal experience of using both ?

Carbon Update !  

I managed to track down some carbon interior grab handles from german ebay....... it helped that they where mis described as being for a 997.1 when they are clearly .2 ie completely different 😁

A bit of a faff over payment as the seller did not do paypal and did not really want to post overseas but a great deal was eventually done

.....they arrived in pristine condition

.......not the best of pics fitted as I fitted whilst the car is in winter storage but......

I was unsure weather to get these as the car has the full leather option and so it meant replacing a leather part rather than plastic but these are so rare I took the chance. They match the centre console perfectly so I'm pleased I got them in the end  :thumb:

Yep Porsche are infamous for having under assisted brakes compared to other marques so if your new to the brand they don’t “feel” as good but they are with the added advantage of actually having much better “feel” once you get used to them. The infamous “big reds” on my 993 are 24 years old now and still stop as well as anything on the market (granted the car is lighter than a modern car).

People normally get the seals done with a paint refurb of the calipers but like any seal they can simply degrade in performance with age even on a relatively low mileage car where the caliper paint is in good condition.

Anyway the Brembo discs just look the business lol

20 minutes ago, MIkeyv60 said:

Must be either carpartsfor less or eurocarparts?  I dont believe their discounts actually mean anything. I wanted a new battery from Eurocarparts and used the latest MID60 code , but the same battery was £21 cheaper ( after mid60 applied) on their Ebay shop with no discount code!!

Yes generally I think you are right but on this occasion they where actually cheaper than anywhere else I could find. I had to mix and match from various websites to get the best overall price. Agree it's all about shopping around and take discount codes with a pinch of salt.

11 hours ago, Mattman42 said:

Ah that’s right, you can have a dig at others but god forbid someone has a joke back to you 🙄🙄🙄

hardly trolling

And a classic troll response “it wasn’t me, they started it” are you really that immature ?

anyway I asked my mum and she said ignore you 

So you have a choice, I’ll play nice if you do

2 hours ago, Mattman42 said:

this one is better suited 

Now that’s........predictable sigh 

you want to troll, go for it !

2 hours ago, Menoporsche said:

I bought one.  It's hell to iron

Now that’s funny lol

On 10/14/2019 at 10:08 AM, Patt said:

I need that Tee shirt lol

So for no good reason other than a bargain to be had......

Some of the well known online car part suppliers had attractive sales on brakes recently (I'm convinced they are all the same company) .....combined with the fact that the none OEM rusty hats fitted to the car do my head in (yes I know I could paint them) .....I splurged out on some totally unneeded replacements ........lurvely Brembo discs to be fitted .....sometime in the future 

To clarify the words “your missing out big style” where said with irony ie you are obvious not 😉

ps at no point did I say or imply the plastic was cheap just that I don’t like it, two different things

Wow no one does irony do they lol

Your missing out big style but I’ll give you a clue..........I like carbon, always have..........I like making hobby cars my own, a little different but I like using OEM or at least OEM quality and always make sure that whatever I do can easily be retrofitted back to stock............if you prefer the plastic bits in the standard car then that’s fine, its how Porsche made it but .......they also offered some unique exclusive parts for those who like to be a little bit more different, who really don;t like plastic and who want to just go that little bit further, to add just that little bit extra to what is already a very nice place to be..........I guess its no coincidence that you don’t like the carbon in my 993, that you did not like the carbon pack in the 981 ie as you have said many times but at least you are consistent lol

On 10/5/2019 at 10:59 PM, Lonewolfgjp said:

I m trying to keep an open mind about the 718 and I like the styling. But the engine noise is awful, I’ve heard various ones driving around at different speeds and I just think it sounds wrong. I have a feeling the 4 pot turbo will be short lived now they have that new particulate filter for the petrol engines. I think you will find detuned  na 6 pots out of the GT4 and the Spyder in the 718.

lol I had a closed mind about them after having one for 3 days, simply aweful engine for a Porsche. I think your comments about the 4 pot being short lived are spot on now that it has been established that the 6 cylinder will actually fit. The problem with those currently is that the DPF filter seems to significantly muted the noise they make which is such a large part of the experience of driving a true sports car to me but at least they address the shortcoming of the power delivery and noise of the small capacity FI engine in a porsche. The full effects of the DPF technology which has been forced onto manufacturers following the emissions scandal is yet to be fully understood, after all other manufacturers are now having their own problems with oil dilution etc.... but thats a whole new subject (ie the very reason behind the emissions scandal may well come home to roost ie the cost of being compliant and yet retain reliability and performance etc... is very high with its own technological problems which have not been fully resolved yet). Ultimately it will be a combination of market forces (especially the chinese market which the 2 litre turbo engine was undoubtedly aimed at) and emmissions legislation which drive future product configurations. I remain convinced that small engine hybrid petrol engines will be the default solution for most manufacturers in the near future and it will be interesting to see how Porsche will fit into that solution, a 2 litre hybrid cayster I can see in the next generation. Either way that will make the current 4 pot FI engines an enigma.

On 8/11/2019 at 5:11 PM, MIkeyv60 said:

Not that rare then

On 8/11/2019 at 5:08 PM, Mattman42 said:

There are 2 on eBay at the moment for £600 or best offer

hope you are keeping all the original stuff you remove to put back when you sell, being a limited edition, modifications will de value it for people who know what they are looking at

On 8/11/2019 at 5:11 PM, MIkeyv60 said:

Not that rare then

On 8/11/2019 at 5:12 PM, Mattman42 said:

Edit - make that 3.... 😂😂

On 8/11/2019 at 5:15 PM, MIkeyv60 said:

1 sold last week as well 🤣🤣

On 8/11/2019 at 6:47 PM, Jonttt said:

The ones on Ebay are all damaged, pretty badly in some cases and/or not off a 987 (so have the airbag warning light) and been for sale for ages on and off. They are offered for sale around Europe (same ones on Italian, German, etc ebay) as they are rare and people even try to sell them damaged....

As I said in my post, find me a mint one ......

I always retain original parts which are sold with the car.

I'm impressed you guys took the trouble to look though lol

I thought I would update on the above comments re the OEM 987 Carbon Centre console I sourced / fitted a couple of months ago......mainly as I thought the comments quoted where misleading to others who are potentially looking to purchase one of these in the future........

I have continued reviewing various ebays sites every day over the past 2 months for carbon parts (UK, Germany, Italy, Holland, etc.........) and there has been zero equivalent items for sale. There has been one for sale for a 997 in Germany which would fit however it would require the carbon to be cutout to make a hole for the converatble roof switch which would be a risk. The item was also damaged / cracked on the top. It sold for more than I paid for the mint original 987 item I bought.

The only items which I have seen for sale in the past 3 months of daily searches have all been 997 fitment, cracked / damaged and significantly more expensive than I paid. That was for 3 items, 2 in the UK (referred to in the comments above, nb one was advertised twice at the same time as the cracks where identical) and one in Germany. The 4th item which was advertised is the one I purchased ..... ironically referred to above as "1 sold last week as well" ie it was not "as well" as it was the same item. For the avoidance of any further doubt I paid £450 for a mint OEM 987 specific Carbon Fibre Centre console. The cost from Porsche was/is >£2000 for that part. The 3 damaged ones advertised over the past 3 months have all been considerably more.

So evidence, rather than ill informed comments, continue to show that this part is rare even if you accept items which are clearly damaged / cracked as being suitable (which I don't given how hard carbon fibre is to repair). If your in the market for one of these (which I accept is a limited market given the market value of the cars and relative costs) and you see one for a reasonable price then snap it up. They are not "common", far from it, they are like hens teeth 😉

Same applies, I have never heard a 993 compared to a 986 or 996 before in any shape or form, strange.....