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Old 09-29-2015, 02:24 PM
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Our reliability stats for the Boxster and Cayman (included below) now cover the year ending June 30, 2015. (Others are over a year behind, and so report how these cars were doing when a year younger.)

Repair trips per 100 cars:

2004 Boxster: 33, low, small sample size
2003 Boxster: 36, low
2002 Boxster: 30, low
2001 Boxster: 65, low
2000 Boxster: 61, low

We have two additional statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds", to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop:

2001 Boxster: 57, < 1

Note: many of these cars are not daily drivers.

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We've updated our reliability stats for the Boxster to include owner experiences through September 30, 2015. In terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2004 Boxster: 33, low, small sample size
2003 Boxster: 45, low
2002 Boxster: 47, low
2001 Boxster: 57, low
2000 Boxster: 65, low, small sample size

We have two additional statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds", to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop:

2001 Boxster: 63, < 1

We'll have further updates in February and in May. Additional participants are needed to provide precise stats for all model years. If a model year is missing or has a small sample size, we especially need more participants for it.

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We've updated our reliability stats for the Boxster to include owner experiences through March 31, 2016, making them nearly a year ahead of other sources.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year:

2004 Boxster: 36, low, small sample size
2003 Boxster: 49, low
2002 Boxster: 44, low, small sample size
2001 Boxster: 61, low
2000 Boxster: 84, moderate, small sample size

We have two additional statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds", to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop:

2001 Boxster: 55, 6

Thank you, once again, everyone who has been helping. Next update in August.

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He's been at it for 6 years. Impressive.
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We've updated our reliability stats for the Boxster to include owner experiences through June 30, 2016. Reliability information elsewhere is based on a survey conducted in April 2015--well over a year ago.

Repair frequencies, in terms of repair trips per 100 cars per year (lower is better):

2004 Boxster: 32, low, small sample size
2003 Boxster: 58, low
2002 Boxster: 28, low, small sample size
2001 Boxster: 54, low

We have two additional statistics, "Nada-odds" and "Lemon-odds", to indicate the percentage of cars with no repairs in the past year and those that required 3+ trips to the repair shop:

2001 Boxster: 65, 3

We'll have further updates in November and next February. The more owners participate, the more comprehensive and precise these will be.

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