Ownership Verified: Alpiner Flitzer: 2001 Porsche Boxster S
- Thread starter Dino
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Smoke and smoke is how you figure that one out
Dino
aka Dins
I'm delighted to report that the little devil seems to be FIXED! With a shop bill that was for once lower than expected.
In a fit of pure overconfidence, we planned to meet friends on the Italian Riviera on Friday, then visit my father at his summer house in Southern France on Saturday, before returning home Sunday. Near 1500kms of mostly non-highway roads in 3 days. All before even knowing if the car would be fixed in time or if the faults would return a short while later. The baby will be arriving soon and adventure time is running out, so we just went for it.
It all worked about as well as possible and the Boxster took everything we threw at it. Only trouble was a speaker whine that appeared on day 2 and resulted in the passanger side speakers going completely silent on day 3. The aftermarket amplifier installed in the frunk by a previous owner rattled itself loose on the just APPALLINGLY AWEFUL roads on the Italian coast and disconnected somewhere, should be an easy fix. But thanks to those "roads", I can now be confident that whatever is still on the car will stay there forever.
As our route took us by Monte Carlo, we naturally had to do the little detour and take us through the famed F1 tunnel for some unnecessary noises.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC9VByRIonw
Going back up *west* of the Alps, it's always important to state just how gorgeous the area is, all of it lined with prime driving roads wherever you go. Incredible, please go there.
View: https://youtube.com/shorts/xUKnqD-XTPw
Not much left to say at this point. I'm still very happy with the little Boxster, it is perfect for these sorts of trips. Convertible is just great in these areas, it's nimble and powerful enough for any driving road, it's small enough outside to fit on even the tiniest of roads, yet big enough inside to seat 2.5 people comfortably for 11 hours straight (Sunday we left at 10 AM and arrived home at 9 PM).
In a fit of pure overconfidence, we planned to meet friends on the Italian Riviera on Friday, then visit my father at his summer house in Southern France on Saturday, before returning home Sunday. Near 1500kms of mostly non-highway roads in 3 days. All before even knowing if the car would be fixed in time or if the faults would return a short while later. The baby will be arriving soon and adventure time is running out, so we just went for it.
It all worked about as well as possible and the Boxster took everything we threw at it. Only trouble was a speaker whine that appeared on day 2 and resulted in the passanger side speakers going completely silent on day 3. The aftermarket amplifier installed in the frunk by a previous owner rattled itself loose on the just APPALLINGLY AWEFUL roads on the Italian coast and disconnected somewhere, should be an easy fix. But thanks to those "roads", I can now be confident that whatever is still on the car will stay there forever.
As our route took us by Monte Carlo, we naturally had to do the little detour and take us through the famed F1 tunnel for some unnecessary noises.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC9VByRIonw
Going back up *west* of the Alps, it's always important to state just how gorgeous the area is, all of it lined with prime driving roads wherever you go. Incredible, please go there.
View: https://youtube.com/shorts/xUKnqD-XTPw
Not much left to say at this point. I'm still very happy with the little Boxster, it is perfect for these sorts of trips. Convertible is just great in these areas, it's nimble and powerful enough for any driving road, it's small enough outside to fit on even the tiniest of roads, yet big enough inside to seat 2.5 people comfortably for 11 hours straight (Sunday we left at 10 AM and arrived home at 9 PM).
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narf
Sgt. Maj. Buzzkill
That's the point of those roads - if you only drive there, the stuff that can fall off falls off immediately and you're fine from then on out.
the *west* of the Alps is my favourite too, returning there early August for my pre-pre-ringmeet-roadtrip-roadtrip 
Dino
aka Dins
Used the opportunity of 20 degree weather in late October to go for one last season end drive.
Just a 2 hour journey towards the Alps yields great driving roads and spectacular views. Pic dump:
The final destination for the half-day trip was visiting the Rhonegletscher. A humbling experience.
This website shows you, just how fast these vast fields of ice are vanishing. While it was great to visit and all, it certainly left a sour taste in our mouths. I mean, it was still 12 degrees above 2,300m at the end of October.
The "irony" of going on a joyride to a glacier with your 20 year old convertible and then lamenting the effects of global warming is not lost on me.
With that said, the open-top weather is ending and the Boxster will be made ready for storage this week. Not a whole lot to report, other than the aircon making some weird noise, so that'll be looked at before next season starts. Will I be able to have all the suspension done by then as well? Maybe.
Just a 2 hour journey towards the Alps yields great driving roads and spectacular views. Pic dump:
The final destination for the half-day trip was visiting the Rhonegletscher. A humbling experience.
This website shows you, just how fast these vast fields of ice are vanishing. While it was great to visit and all, it certainly left a sour taste in our mouths. I mean, it was still 12 degrees above 2,300m at the end of October.
The "irony" of going on a joyride to a glacier with your 20 year old convertible and then lamenting the effects of global warming is not lost on me.
With that said, the open-top weather is ending and the Boxster will be made ready for storage this week. Not a whole lot to report, other than the aircon making some weird noise, so that'll be looked at before next season starts. Will I be able to have all the suspension done by then as well? Maybe.