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Britain’s Cheapest Boxster Project Part 2 – Fixing my First Porsche. In this episode Jonny Smith finally collects his bargain 2002 2.7 Boxster that cost £1900, takes it for an MoT and drives it over 200 miles home in biblical wind and rain. After that we document changing the troublesome (water damaged) body control module for a good used item on eBay, followed by a service and inspection. This 986 Boxster hasn’t been crashed, stolen and painted, although it was owned by Alex Kerston, previously from @CarThrottle and now @AutoAlex.
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Birmingham Car Keys (https://birminghamcarkeys.co.uk/) for the alarm module fix
LaRose Porsche of Kent (https://laroseporsche.co.uk/) for servicing and inspection
Spyder Performance (https://www.spyderperformance.com/) for new parts
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Filmed by Jonny Smith and Phil Vaughn Pritchard https://www.philvfilms.com/
Edited by Michael ‘Dougie’ Douglass
Thumbnail by: Matt Tarrant https://www.matttarantdesign.com
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Jonny Smith
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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:56 Boxster GTS 4.0
3:00 Will it run?
5:17 Driving to MoT
8:47 MoT TEST
9:03 MoT RESULT
10:45 Driving home
11:02 Wiper fell off!
13:27 FIXING ALARM MODULE
14:13 Removal and inspection of module
17:55 Recoding the new module
18:47 Engine fixed?
19:13 Bonnet and boot release fixed?
19:24 Electric windows fixed
19:58 Roof still broken
21:30 WET CARPET HELL
23:12 TEST DRIVE
26:08 Service and inspection at LaRose
29:40 Spyder Performance new parts tour
33:55 Inspection report results
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