I had a 4 wheel alignment done on the Boxster a few weeks back and the chap who carried out the work pointed out the state of the front discs. From the outside they looked fine, however the back face of the discs were badly scored and rusty. After closer inspection it was clear that they needed changing:

I did some searching on the web to find some replacement prices and decided to go with OEM parts from Jasmine Porschalink . New discs and pads + replacement caliper bolts came to £250.

The discs are serious bits of engineering and weight a hell of a lot, so much so that £250 felt like a bargain. Fitting was easy enough and job was done in under two hours.

Just need to let them bed in a bit now

Note to self fitted at 32,680 miles.

It’s been a while since my last post so I thought I’d write an update. Largely because in a moment of weakness I put what I thought was a stupidly low bid on a bike on eBay this week never really expecting to win it. After the initial shock of the reserve being met, I remained convince that someone would bid higher at the last minute, well I prayed they would since after being initially seduced enough to put the bid in I suddenly came to my senses and regretted it. So I spent 24 hours cacking myself quietly so that Jane wouldn’t know. Nobody bid on the bike and I now have a 1977 Kawasaki Z1000A1, or at least I will have when I get round to picking it up from Derbyshire.

I also got a bit fed up with the lack of power that the VX had. So I got rid of that too and swapped it for a Porsche. I looked around at various Porsches, 993s, 996s and decided that Boxster was the best bet. I found a really clean 2001 Boxster S with 30K miles in Red at a local dealer and a deal was struck. Really very impressed with the car, it’s build very well and is relatively practical. Not as quick as the old TVR in a straight line and not as quick as the VX round bends but it’s a great compromise between the two.