Congrats on the impending delivery of your Porsche Peter...Having been a Porsche owner for a decade or more, I went to Morgan in search of a vintage and thus more involving driving experience, my Morgan providing that and more, providing enough confidence in it`s capabilities for us to take on trips driving to France, Spain and Italy. I have now owned my +8 for circa 20 years
GREAT colour and my favourite wheels too, showing off the big red callipers. Porsche ever felt to me as if carved from the solid and still do, though they have not been without their issues since they went to water cooling, bore score being one and perhaps associated with flat engines in general..? Perhaps best to allow it to get up to temp before loading the engine in a rapid overtake etc..? Also it seems the PDK box may not be considered as repairable by Porsche, as no parts seem to be available which makes for a rather expensive replacement .???
That you have the insurance based Porsche extended warranty would seem to be ideal, though depends upon you having your Boxter serviced by Porsche technicians using only Porsche O.E. Parts, right down to Porsche approved tyres the I.D. on the battery and windscreen wipers.. etc. etc. etc.. any non-O.E.Parts found in the case of a claim can negate the warranty. I had to jump through hoops to have my 2012 car accepted on to the warranty scheme, which it can be on for till circa 15 years or 140k miles though best to check as things change..?
With a rarely used car to date, and stop start tec, I suspect IF you also may not use it regularly it may be best to keep it on a CTEK AGM matched float charger/reconditioner
I recently replaced my 10 year old battery as it failed to start my rarely used 911 having inadvertently been left for a week without the charger attached.. Battery`s with the necessary Porsche ID cost more than from the same manufacturer without the Porsche label, though the comfort of the warranty was deemed to be worth the extra.
The mix of a Morgan and a Porsche in the garage can work rather well... I hope it works well for you too Peter..
