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In the garage I use the Bentley manual, but then reference the pdf manual as needed and print pages of that when I need to take it to the garage.
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depending how extensively you want to be able to dig into your Boxster, the Bentley manual should be more than enough. I consider myself more than an average shade tree mechanic and have found the Bentley to be plenty sufficient. At $70 vs the much higher price for others - I'd start there and supplement as needed w/ the archives here, renntech and ppbb.
for d/l as a series of PDFs. Free! May take a few tries on each file as the server is not the most reliable. But certainly worth finding the best hour and doing it as you have time and inclination.
I probably consult it once a day to answer some question.
See
my web site index
under Manuals for the link.
Yup, you can't beat the pdf manual as it pretty much has everything and the price is right. You can also download the parts list off Porsche's website for free. I find this to be very helpful too. In the garage I use the Bentley manual, but then reference the pdf manual as needed and print pages of that when I need to take it to the garage.
All i can tell you is that google last indexed it on the 18th Jan, checkout Google cache of the manuals page:
http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:rgn5Yc7YBvEJ:www.cannell.co.uk/Manuals.htm+http://www.cannell.co.uk/Manuals.htm&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk
Unfortunately Google doesn't cache pdf files
OOOH some of them work. I just got the first one downloaded. Maybe they all do.
Tripple edit: seems the site is back up
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