This was also discussed in an earlier thread called 'Maintenance cycle' you might want to take a look.
mPollard - One of the big issues with the new water-cooled engines introduced with the first generation Boxsters and the 996s is the rear main seal leakage (identified in the
PCA tech forums as the RMS problems) problems that a good number of these cars have had and Porsche has had trouble finding a fix for until just lately.
For everyone new to the cars, I would you take a swing now and again over to the
PCA site (
pca.org) and click on the link at the top called 'tech section.' You don't have to be a
PCA member to read the wealth of information there, but you do have to be a member to ask questions. Take a look through the Q&A for the Boxster sections for sure, and also through the 964/993/996 section for info on break-in, tires and such, too. There's even a section on interiors/exteriors. You can also search each of the sections by subjects such as 'break-in' , 'oil' 'tires' etc. and get a huge amount of information. You'll learn a lot about Porsches in general, and your newly arriving car in particular, since (like it or not) it's derived from the 987 Boxster, with some parts from the 997 parts bin, too.
brad