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The only thing I'd say to that is just make sure the car is all one colour.

Yellow is a notoriously hard colour to match, and having mis-matching body panel colours would drive me insane.

Agree!

After owning both, I don't think I'd ever go for a 986.1 again

My favourite things about the .2 over the .1:

. The window on the hood being glass instead of plastic. With the original boxster, sometimes you'd have to get out and push the hood with your hand so the plastic wouldn't crease and cause a rip, meaning getting the hood down was effort

. Boot and frunk puller on the driver inner door sill are electric rather than mechanical. Really small, but these buttons are so nice to pull, they have a really nice click to them, like an old stereo system

. The .2 has a glovebox, the .1 doesn't

. The .2 has a nice 3 spoke steering wheel that looks a lot like a Carrera GT one. The .1 had a 4 spoke which looked shit

I know it does :)

Next jobs:

. Polish front lights

. Replace or repaint wheel bolts, slightly corroded

. Electric seat motor fuse keeps blowing, think it's grease that's got old on the mechanism and causing it to blow. Will clean it and see where we are.

. Weight reduction (maybe?) -

. front spare tyre weights about 20kg, tool kit about 5kg and the battery around 17kg (at a guess). I could remove wheel items + get a lighter battery.

. Fit Recaro pole positions (I have already, no idea about how to fit them)

According to google, these cars weight 1260kg. Would be nice to get it just under 1200.

Have to really stop myself from just completely stripping this car...

Taaa daaaa, fresh MOT.

I cannot believe a 22 year old car got through with only 1 advisory, extremely pleased.

I was sweating expecting something unexpected, but MOT tester said it was a really well looked after car. All of the plastic under trays in great condition with original fixings, plus all jacking points etc really clean. Very happy.

I had a nose under the car when he had it up on the ramp, everything single time I've ever done this with a car I've owned, I've been disappointed lol, but for the first time I wasn't.

I purchased the car back with only 1 month left on the MOT so I was expecting something.

The issue is on the front bumper are the indicators, which have lost their orange-ness. I think I'll just get some new bulbs instead of trying to repaint them.

Last weekend, I spent an entire Saturday cleaning the car. Sadly, I don't have any photos of the cleaning but result photos below.

For those interested, I put the car on jack stands, removed wheels and snow foamed entire outside of the car, including under the arches + underside.

Once it was left to sit, I used mixture of brushes and mitts to remove dirt, then just a mitt and shampoo. I then dried the car and used Swissvax carnauba before putting wheels back on and tyre shine.

Interior also got leather cleaner and nourishment.

My next job is to get some new numberplates as the previous owned put on 3d plates, which I think look shit.

Very tempted to get the 8 and the O sliiiightly closer together.

They mean you don't have to read this thread, as there will probably be more boorish Clarksonism's coming in the future.

Spoiler: there will be

Ahhhh gotcha. It's a really cool build, I like the hood that he's created, looks like a home made Spyder hood.

I used to have an EP3 Type R, and I have to say the K20 my favourite engine I've had in any car.

I'd absolutely love to drive something as light as this with a K20 that revs to 10k. After a little google search, a K20 is 125kg, quite light...

Not sure I follow, did you mean weight increase?

Think the car is around 650kg and a bike with that engine would be around 150kg?

This came up on my suggested videos earlier today.

I cannot express how much I love this build, I'd go as far as saying one of the most interesting builds I've seen in the last 6 months.

I think my love for weight reduction comes from bicycles, but I just find lightweight projects so so so damn interesting.

5kg here, 10kg there, it's all just great. If I have the mechanical knowledge, I'd do something like this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRz9XJZAE2U

Go through his insurance.

Whilst it is nice to be nice and understanding of other people, I don't feel this is the time.

It's not your fault he's 17 and has only passed and his insurance is sky high, he went into the back of your car!

You'd be surprised how much damage can be done to a car even without it looking bad, the majority of new and even fairly new cars have crumple zones and sacrificial plastic and even metal parts, all in aid of safety.

You don't want him to pay for the bumper to be resprayed and then you notice a huge amount of work that needs doing during or after.

Getting insurance involved means everything is above board and your car is safe to drive.

An answer I knew was coming :(

Apparently they rust from the inside out? Doesn't surprise me for a Jap car tbh, as most Civics are bad for this.

My friend had a mk1 he purchased off an old lady in the village he grew up in when we were about 16 for what I remember to be around £300. It was mint...

God I love MK1 MX5.

By now are the majority of them rust free as they've all been welded up, or this wishful thinking?

Ah, that sucks.

Light will be easy to replace, they are breaking loads of these.

Sorry if preaching to the choir here...

Bumper probably depends on how much a replacement is and in what condition + if the colour matches. Black is usually quite forgiving with colour match, so if you find a bumper of the same year car, you should be OK.

With a bumper that has that much filler, it's obviously been repaired before.

If it were me, I'd take the bumper off and look on the inside and see what sort of damage it had historically. It can be an absolute nightmare trying to repair a bad repair. Bumpers always get pushed in (obviously) so anything will show on the inside and you'll be able to see how badly it was originally damaged.

If you do get this one repaired, just remember they'll need to fix the original repair again, too. A lot of bodyshops won't want to get involved as repairing a repair can make such a huge mess.

God that Cayenne is cool.

I remember when they came out they looked so fresh, but then fairly quickly looked dated, but somehow have gone back to looking fresh again, I guess a modern classic now?

I've stumbled across a few on Facebook marketplace and after reading on forums, they seem to be the most reliable car in the world, or the least reliable.

Guessing this is dependant on engine?

This thread is in the current project that is non-bike, it's an update of the cars that I drive, and sharing my experiences with them.

Cars and bicycles (in fact, anything with an engine or wheels is an interest of mine) - there are a lot of people on this forum who have a similar interest and it's something I enjoy talking about and sharing.

Also, someone has to create content for the Golf thread.

🎣

So in a strange turn of events, I've got my old Porsche back! I really did miss this car, so when the opportunity came to buy it back, I took it.

Previous owner has done a lot (and I mean a lot!) of work:

. front shocks
. rear tyres
. floor mats
. boot latch mechanism
. hood cables
. full service
. new intake system
. brake pipes all round
. both radiators + piping behind the bumper

Plan is to keep it until another Porsche Boxster or Cayman comes along that is newer as I'd quite like something with cruise control, sat nav and in general something I can take to France.

My grandad was on D-Day landings, so would like to do a road trip with my Dad in the spring, so something a little newer would be great. A nice little historical trip to learn where my Grandad was in WW2, and some quality time with my Dad.

I really did forget just how much I missed this car. Manual, flat 6, Porsche, burbles on the over run, cheap to buy - ticks a lot of boxes for me.

This weekend, I'll be giving it a seriously good detail. I'd like to get the wheels off and inner arches taken out, spend an entire day on it. Actually quite looking forward to it..

I've still got my Audi and will most likely be keeping it until Spring, but I have quite the hankering for something really silly; Caterham, Lotus

Thanks for replies everyone.

I changed the chain out of precaution after learning the chainrings on my bike were over 100 quid each.

I put on a DuraAce chain, cleaned with GT85 and then put on some quality dry lube, it rides great.

I currently have a full 11 speed chorus groupset, and I'd like to try 11 speed etap.

In my head, the only things I need to change will be rear mech, front mech and levers to etap?

Will Sram levers be OK with campag calipers? And I'm guessing etap mechs will be fine with 11 speed campag chainrings, chain and cassette?

Ok, I think I'll change it out of precaution.

Can I run any 11 speed chain on this? It's campag Chorus.

eBay, £3.50

Yup, exactly what I mean actually! I do think the chain tool is too thick, but I have nothing to compare is to and to know whether it's right

Nope, I believe it's too chunky

I can get it to push through 1-2mm but I have to really push it, which kind of gives me an inaccurate reading?

Same issue?

...I think?

So, I've ridden my bike for nearly 2 seasons (late spring, all of summer and dry autumn days) with the original chain, the previous owned did next to 0 miles on this chain. The bike has never seen wet or grime, always kept the chain clean and lubed, also.

Each ride I do 25-45 miles, 3-4 days a week.

I purchased a chain measuring tool, but I think I may have purchased the wrong tool? I've attached a photo of what it looks like when the chain tool is placed on the chain, but I think the tool itself is too thick at the point to properly sit in the chain, or is this how the tool is used?

I've always either changed a bike or changed a chain when putting on new components, but this is my first bike in a long time I've kept, and the components are fairly expensive Campag, so I'd rather not needlessly wear out the chainring and cassette due to a worn chain.

Any help please!? Thanks