any one know where i can download a boxster workshop manual

[kudos]

hi any member know where i can download a workshop manual for my 2.5 2000 boxster cheers all dave [not owners man]

[JFP in PA]

Be very careful guys, this is the exact type of behavior that Porsche has frowned upon in the past, and have gone ballistic on the perpetrators of to protect what they see as their intellectual property....................

Edited November 11, 2011 by JFP in PA

[logray]

I've always wondered how they would tolerate the information being disseminated for so long.

Why wouldn't Porsche go after the source that distribute this info (grey market or otherwise)?

Certainly the manuals are a source of income for them and they would want to control that aspect, but they can't prevent an owner or business from dissecting their vehicles and writing about them on their own.

Example: http://www.pelicanpa..._MANUAL_pg2.htm $1500 for a set of manuals.

There is somewhat of a void currently for aftermarket literature on the newer models and I think Bentley and Pelican are about the only few who have written step by step pictorials other than the official manuals (and do a much better job of it than the OE docs).

Additionally, you look at this board and other places and they are littered with quotes, images, or snips of figures from manuals or otherwise (sanctioned by the people who run the various forums).

And there are loads of info "declassified" available for download here and elsewhere.

JMO, but I would see them being more concerned these days with sharing information about their software and protecting information about newer models, but I'm certainly not condoning piracy or distributing this information without Porsche's consent.

(thread closure imminent! :))

Edited November 11, 2011 by logray

[Loren]

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Your best solution is likely the Bentley Manual

http://astore.amazon.com/renntechorg-20/detail/0837613337

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