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Originally Posted by mookarma
What''s the longest you have gone without replacing the clutch? ... At $5,500-$6,000, please tell me this is a good idea.  |
As other posters have told you, get a pre-purchase inspection so you know what you're about to wade into, even with that amazingly low price.
The cheapest Porsche you buy may quickly turn into the most expensive car you've owned to date. Trust me on this.
Now to clutches... if a clutch is treated properly, it can last a very long time. Well over a hundred thousand miles, especially if the owner did a lot of highway driving, didn't downshift hard to enable engine braking, and didn't depress the clutch unless a gear was actively being changed. So the question, "how long does a clutch last" has a LOT to do with how often it's used and can't be easily answered.
The way to look at this car is to figure out its wholesale value at auction, deduct this sale price, and you'll have the amount you should be willing to drop into it that first year to make it dependable and safe. If that amount is greater than the wholesale auction price, you're putting more into the car than it's worth...
Which is what I've done with my car year after year. Now I've got 3x the car's value in repairs and mods.
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If I were you, I'd pass on this one and find a well-cared for 03 S, which has two important things: a glove box and a glass rear window in the top. If you've not owned a Boxster before, you've no idea how important these things are to have. Plus, the car will have lower mileage on it and records and well, I can assure you that you won't regret waiting, buying a younger model with fewer miles on it, etc.