9 year old Boxster S 1 owner

[_Leg_]

Had it since new in September 2012. It started out as my playing out car, toured Europe once in 2013, became my daily for a short period and then became my winter sports car coming out between October and April when other stuff came along.

Just had it MOTd and driven it for a couple of days and still absolutely love it. It's just so good at everything and so easy to live with. PPF from new, garaged and cared for as well as a refurb for the wheels and it still looks like new. Epic car.

I will never sell it.

Anyone else got a long term Porker? (I've got an E92 M3 I've had from new in April 2008 as well. What can I say, I'm sentimental).

[993rsr]

Owned since 2006 so 16 years in January 48000 miles and a keeper until I can’t drive it properly.

[Royal Jelly]

Agree, 981s are fabulously easy cars to live with.

How many miles have you clocked up on her?

993rsr - 48k in a CGT is something to be admired! Is that mostly frequent driving or touring? It’s incredible to see how well they’ve aged. She looks sublime. Still my #1, without doubt.

[andy-ski]

Hi, I think we met in Scotland this summer. We were on our way to Skye and like you said the driving on the way was epic!
Relatively early (2 years) in to my planned long term ownership and still nothing to tempt me to change it.

[_Leg_]

Only 35k as I’m jumping from car to car depending on time of year and what I’m doing and I don’t have a commute.

Yeah I think we did see each other in Scotland but I would have been either in a green and yellow Exige (lads trip), Flying Spur (wife and dog trip) or my 458 Spider (another lads trip) but not the Porsche. Which trip it was I’m not sure?

Lovely looking motors above. :-)

[_Leg_]

anonymous said:

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I'm often asked 'which is your best car?'. Whilst it's not my favourite I do enjoy the look on people's faces when I tell them the Boxster is the best car I own. Daley Thomson of sports cars, does everything well.

[andy-ski]

_Leg_ said:

Only 35k as I’m jumping from car to car depending on time of year and what I’m doing and I don’t have a commute.

Yeah I think we did see each other in Scotland but I would have been either in a green and yellow Exige (lads trip), Flying Spur (wife and dog trip) or my 458 Spider (another lads trip) but not the Porsche. Which trip it was I’m not sure?

Lovely looking motors above. :-)

You were with your wife and dog in the awesome Flying Spur.
Those other trips sound like good fun!

[_Leg_]

andy-ski said:

_Leg_ said:

Only 35k as I’m jumping from car to car depending on time of year and what I’m doing and I don’t have a commute.

Yeah I think we did see each other in Scotland but I would have been either in a green and yellow Exige (lads trip), Flying Spur (wife and dog trip) or my 458 Spider (another lads trip) but not the Porsche. Which trip it was I’m not sure?

Lovely looking motors above. :-)

You were with your wife and dog in the awesome Flying Spur.
Those other trips sound like good fun!

Ahh yeah I remember. Car looks superb in that pic mate.

Yeah been visiting Scotland due to that there Covid, back to Europe now. Off to the south coast of Spain next week via the Peco Mountains. Scotland has some great roads though and the Alston Pass is a superb route to get up there.

Edited by _Leg_ on Sunday 7th November 11:21

[M44KSP]

I have owned my 996 since new in 2004..

[Stunters]

I did own a 987.1 Cayman S for over 12 years from new, and only sold it because it threw me a catastrophically high maintenance/repair bill about a year after a series of fairly high maintenance/repair bills. I hadn't crashed or otherwise damaged the car, my particular car just wasn't a cheap car to keep in good nick. But it was lovely and otherwise very much a keeper until that point.
I sold the car to someone who owns a trackday company, and it is (hopefully still) now available for hire at Spa or the 'Ring.

When I had it:


And now:


The Cayman above overlapped with this one, which I sold in July 2020 after 4 and a half years. Blew hot and cold with it, not a keeper:


Sold it back to my OPC and replaced with this one, which probably will be a keeper. I love Caymans!


Like the OP, I also have a long term M3, mine is an E90 manual LCI saloon that I've owned from new since 2009. Been out in it today for an hour's drive, it's still a cracking car and definitely a keeper (until it throws me a catastrophic bill beyond sensible economic repair...)

[TTmonkey]

_Leg_ said:

Had it since new in September 2012. It started out as my playing out car, toured Europe once in 2013, became my daily for a short period and then became my winter sports car coming out between October and April when other stuff came along.

Just had it MOTd and driven it for a couple of days and still absolutely love it. It's just so good at everything and so easy to live with. PPF from new, garaged and cared for as well as a refurb for the wheels and it still looks like new. Epic car.

I will never sell it.

Anyone else got a long term Porker? (I've got an E92 M3 I've had from new in April 2008 as well. What can I say, I'm sentimental).

It’s a great looking car.

You have a substantial garage, are they all at the same property? Ie, do you have to make a substantial decision about what to drive every time you go out? Or are they spread out a bit geographically?

I assume the merc is the workhorse?

[RDMcG]

Picked up my 997RS in October 2007 and still have it:

[_Leg_]

TTmonkey said:

It’s a great looking car.

You have a substantial garage, are they all at the same property? Ie, do you have to make a substantial decision about what to drive every time you go out? Or are they spread out a bit geographically?

I assume the merc is the workhorse?

All stored at home. I have a triple attached to the back of the house and a quad with a games room and garage plus three separate driveways. Merc GL is a workhorse aye. Tows my RT4 trailer to race meets, track days, classic shows, my mountain bike trailer to trails, tip, moving kids to and from uni and myriad other jobs. Had that since new in December '13 too. Superb bit of kit.

Cars wise I tend to use the GL all year round and just tax what I fancy using each month depending on what I'm doing. I just tax em on DDM and SORN one as I put another on the road. Classics are taxed all year round but are weather dependent as I try not to get them wet if I can manage it.

There's a build thread of the quad.

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

And I recently updated on the 'Who has the best garage on PH?' thread that's been running sometime now.

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Sorry, thread is digressing.

[TTmonkey]

_Leg_ said:

All stored at home. I have a triple attached to the back of the house and a quad with a games room and garage plus three separate driveways. Merc GL is a workhorse aye. Tows my RT4 trailer to race meets, track days, classic shows, my mountain bike trailer to trails, tip, moving kids to and from uni and myriad other jobs. Had that since new in December '13 too. Superb bit of kit.

Cars wise I tend to use the GL all year round and just tax what I fancy using each month depending on what I'm doing. I just tax em on DDM and SORN one as I put another on the road. Classics are taxed all year round but are weather dependent as I try not to get them wet if I can manage it.

There's a build thread of the quad.

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

And I recently updated on the 'Who has the best garage on PH?' thread that's been running sometime now.

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Sorry, thread is digressing.

Thanks for the informative and open reply. Intesting points about the road tax too. It’s ridiculous that the U.K. doesn’t have some kind of transferable road tax. It’s not like you can drive them all at the same time.


So why the classic cars, what attracted you to them and why the spread of diversity in the classics? It’s not like they were ‘first cars’ as your not that old!

Read how you made your money, I think it’s great that you’ve stepped back from the absolute mountain of effort you must have put in to build the business, and are hopefully young enough and fit enough to enjoy the proceeds. Your family must be very thankful to get you back too.

[TTmonkey]

Ps, might get myself a 981 S early next year if things go to plans.

[_Leg_]

TTmonkey said:

Thanks for the informative and open reply. Intesting points about the road tax too. It’s ridiculous that the U.K. doesn’t have some kind of transferable road tax. It’s not like you can drive them all at the same time.


So why the classic cars, what attracted you to them and why the spread of diversity in the classics? It’s not like they were ‘first cars’ as your not that old!

Just stuff I like with a ground rule of no 2 cars that ‘do’ the same thing across the whole collection. No more thought than that really. I just buy and keep what I like that can offer a different experience.

[TTmonkey]

_Leg_ said:

Just stuff I like with a ground rule of no 2 cars that ‘do’ the same thing across the whole collection. No more thought than that really. I just buy and keep what I like that can offer a different experience.

Good rule. I’ll use the same when I’m rich!!!

[supersport]

Yep had this for 16 years and just passed 200,000 KM the other week whilst around the Scottish Borders.

It’s been to Le Mans a number of times, Stuttgart and the ring (I am crap at it) and all over he UK.

Usually to be found around N. York’s.

Love it.

[_Leg_]

I’m in North Yorks. I’ve seen that car around.

Stunning.

[Dr S]

My longest ownership is with
7.2 GT3 - from new and used as daily
7.2 RS - bought used in 2013
So far I have only bought GT cars as keepers. Not sure whether the incoming Touring will be exciting enough to stay, though.