I agree about the Porcshe FSH; false economy.

Also agree that it probably needs nothing more than a squirt of WD40 & a jump to get it going.

I'm being a lazy bastard right now, so if you want me to take a look...

 

My 911 sits in the garage all winter. The battery is diconnected. When I start it up, I just connect batteries, pull the fuel pump relay and crank the engine, replace fuel pump relay and fire up properly. No rocket science just because it's a Porsche. Don't know if this is the same for Boxster though as mine is aircooled but I would assume it would not be much different.

 

Yeh.

My thoughts exactly.

Its not been laid up for years, nothing will be wrong.

Tyre pressures and a flat battery is all you'll be up against.

 

The problen with modern cars is only that a heavily discharged (or worse - disconnected) battery can bugger up alarms & electric windows & other over-complex stuff.

An old 911 doesn't have that rubbish & basically shouldn't suffer too much. Actually, even the modern ones are refreshingly 'simple' which is why they're still light.

Adviseable to do an oil change after its first run, once oll the rust's been washed out of the engine etc.

But again, this is the same as ANY car and really, there's nothing particularly sensitive just because it's a Porsche. Many bits are shared with other cars.

 

Thanks everyone - you've put my mind relatively at rest.

It's up at my sister's in Cambridgeshire at the moment, so I'll probably go up next weekend and see what's what. If not, I'll wait till after my holiday in a few weeks and collect it late March.

One thing - once I do get it running, it won't be taxed, so if I drive it straight to a garage for an MOT, I take it that's legal? Will there be a risk of being snapped by some sort of police camera and getting a fine in the post without dispensation?

It's such a hassle!

 

It must be a pre-arranged test. Then I understand you're covered for the lack of VED.

It's a motor car; they'd HATE to make it convenient for you!

 

oh no they aren't ...

friends' 997 .
Some French idiot jump started it.
All kinds of ic circuits went belly up. A real nightmare and a €6000 bill.

 

Correct.
So long as you go directly there, and directly back you are perfectly legal to attend a pre booked test.

My BIL is an MOT tester.

 

Oh merde.

Scrub that - the 997 is another PoS full of FREDs. Unless l'idiot got the polarity wrong...

You CAN jump-start NSXs...

 

Better not do it with the S2000 though