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Too much shifting, too little benefit. The fun in a manual is the first 4 gears, after that it's just overdrive. You can already accelerate to 60 or 70 using 3 gears at most. With a 7 speed manual, you will either get slower acceleration due to time lost in shifting a whole bunch of tiny gears, or more likely you will get a normal acceleration through the first 4 speeds plus 3 super-over-overdby paulwdenton - Main Forum
Sometimes it's out of your control. I have had typesetters "correct" my ads and make them wrong, and even though this guy may have typed it himself, it is possible some kind of auto-correct feature in the computer may have changed what he typed. This guy may well be an idiot, but there is insufficient evidence to convict.by paulwdenton - Main Forum
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This really sounds like a one-time glitch in a car that otherwise is great. An 01 Acura TL with only 70K miles and a working transmission ought to be a really good car, especially since you are so good at maintaining vehicles. Anyway, wouldn't you still have to fix the Acura transmission even if you bought a new car? Otherwise, how would you sell or trade it? Once you have fixed the Acura traby paulwdenton - Main Forum
Well, I guess Boxster prices are a lot higher in California than in the rest of the country. There are dozens under $12K nationwide. If, e.g., you were to search in the Dallas area, you could find a couple with less miles than those you mentioned, and with asking prices under $12,000. Your arguments for not selling the Box and just driving the Turbo don't convince me. Your expense for tires aby paulwdenton - Main Forum
It seems crazy to keep pouring money into your old car that you'll never get back. Not only that, but it seems likely that getting the repairs done is taking time that could be better spent on other pursuits, such as actually driving the car. If it was me, I'd definitely sell. However, I don't think I'd suggest a Mini Cooper. They are cute and all, but they don't enjoy a very good reliabilityby paulwdenton - Main Forum
Got the granny Camry out tonight and went down a quiet street with no houses or anything on it, went up to 30 mph and slammed on the brakes. ABS worked just fine, and car stopped quickly in a straight line (it's no Cayman, but not bad for what it is). Went home, checked the brake fluid, and it's both crystal clear and has a bright yellow tint. Isn't that the way it's supposed to look when new?by paulwdenton - Main Forum
I inherited my parents' 1997 Toyota Camry and since it only had 68,000 miles and I knew it was meticulously cared for, I decided to spruce it up and check it out mechanically to use as a daily driver. I have all the maintenance records for this car since it was new; all work has been done through their Toyota dealer, and there was no record of ANY prior brake work although the brakes work just fby paulwdenton - Main Forum
Took my car in for the 2-year service today, part of which is replacing the brake fluid. I want to preserve my warranty so I'm having it done, and I understand that the fluid absorbs water which may affect the boiling point of the fluid and thereby affect the brakes ... but my brakes see very light use. My car sits in a garage during the week and is only driven 5000 miles a year on the streetsby paulwdenton - Main Forum
The PS-2s were OEM on my Cayman, which now has 9500 miles on it. I am getting really good wear out of both front and back. Even in back, the wear is almost undetectable. At this rate the back tires will be good for at least 30,000 miles. They stick like glue on the big high-speed sweeping turns, twisty roads, and highway ramps, that performance has been tested frequently. However, I find thaby paulwdenton - Main Forum
Yeah, Marc, I know ALL about Lone Jack. That "city" experienced a bonanza last year when MODoT rebuilt the highway through there and put a long construction zone with a 45 mph limit. Saw the bear every trip through there. Surprised they haven't built a new City Hall and Police Station yet. Now that MoDOT is finished, the Lone Jack cop seems to have found other things to do and Lone Jack may nby paulwdenton - Main Forum
Is this just Missouri drivers or are all American drivers this nutty? I'm driving the Cayman from Jefferson City to Lee's Summit (KC area), a distance of 110 miles, starting at 6:30 tonight, which I presume is well before most of the drunks get on the road. I'm on U.S. Hwy 50, and all these incidents occurred on the improved 4-lane part of that road within 2 hours or less. I'd hate to see theby paulwdenton - Main Forum
Quotesteve on hhi " I have personally seen more than one year in which CR showed big black marks for the "Engine Major" category for Boxsters." So we're to assume that IMS failure rates vary greatly from year to year (between changes in the equipment itself) and only effects Boxsters in a given year and not 911s equipped with M96 engines made the same year? How's that possible? At the end of theby paulwdenton - Main Forum
Actually, longislander's original statement was, "Also, Subaru is one manufacturer that appears to stop the assembly line and recall all potentially affected models when an engine glitch arises. Too bad we can't say the same for Porsche at more than twice the price per car." Factually, that is hard to argue with. A number of Boxsters have suffered IMS failure. We don't know how many, but we knby paulwdenton - Main Forum
I have an 08 Cayman that I bought in April 09, and had a 99 Boxster immediately before that. My guess is that the biggest factor in noise is how sensitive your hearing is. For me, the noise differential between the two is too slight for me to notice. Seems to me that it is hard to generalize about noise unless you have some sort of measuring device other than your own ears. Noise level is goiby paulwdenton - Main Forum
I never owned a car before that I had any fear of major engine failure, nor have I ever known anyone who had an engine failure. That engine failure is even a remote possibility is a significant concern, but I could deal with it if I had to. What really annoys me is that every person who has reported an engine failure has had a different response from Porsche. Some people seem to get new engineby paulwdenton - Main Forum
Well, I owned a Yamaha SUV-1200 jetski with a 135 HP 2-stroke engine for several years. Engine had direct oil injection so it was pretty convenient; start and ran every time like a scalded dog. Really a fun machine and I loved it, but holy camoley, that thing would smoke. If you were wakeboarding or tubing behind it, you made a good effort not to be inside the wake where most of the smoke was.by paulwdenton - Main Forum
Maybe $2-3K would cover the parts cost for an engine from a junker, but not the labor. And if you are just going to replace an old worn out engine with another old worn-out engine, what is the point? I was referring to a good rebuilt engine with labor and everywhere I've read, this is a $10-15K job including all the parts and labor, or even more if you try to upgrade to one of Raby's best enginby paulwdenton - Main Forum
Generally I agree that a used but well-maintained car is a better buy, however, you are forgetting that time is money. I don't buy a car so I can spend hours and hours repairing it and chasing after other people to repair it. For one's daily driver, if your entire livelihood depends on the car, you want the most reliable car possible so you are always on-time to work without fail. If in busineby paulwdenton - Main Forum
QuoteBoxsterra My primary objection is that the LN part is a much higher risk than the OEM part. As the bearing engineer that posts here has stated, engine oil is not suitable for lubricating a bearing. And as I (and others) have stated, even if engine oil was suitable, splash lubrication is not enough to keep a fast-spinning bearing lubricated. This may be a stupid question, but doesn't the cby paulwdenton - Main Forum
I'm talking about negligence, not warranty and not fraud. As for warranty, the express warranty is expired or we wouldn't be talking about it. There is an implied warranty of merchantability and an implied warranty of fitness for a particular purpose, but those are routinely disclaimed at the time of purchase, and there simply is no evidence of fraud, period. However, I really think that givenby paulwdenton - Main Forum
I have represented banks before, and with those you are right, but that's because there really is no issue. With "corporations" it's difficult to generalize, usually those are cut and dried, too. You know as well as I do that a lot of small claims cases are frivolous and the plaintiff isn't very keen on the idea in the first place, and those are certainly going to go away quickly. I'm just sayby paulwdenton - Main Forum
Actually your chances might not be that bad. Of course, it would be extremely difficult in terms of what entity to sue, how to serve summons, a legal theory of the case, and lining up expert witnesses who would actually be willing to testify. I'm thinking that an engine that prematurely blows up may indicate negligent manufacture or design under a theory of res ipsa loquitur (thing speaks for iby paulwdenton - Main Forum