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steved0x · 09-10-2013, 01:04 PM

My hot tip would be to go to one of those small type auto dealers that typically have a handful of cars and are not affiliated with a brand of car. I test drove 2 boxsters from places like that, and both times they tossed me the keys and said go drive. I probably put 50 miles on those two boxsters. I did gas one of them up. No pressure from the first one, and the 2nd one did try to put the hard sell on me but I made my escape (which was the hardest part). I would have bought the first one but several things didn't work and the 2nd one had bad wheel hop on takeoff (and neither was an S, the first was a 98 and the second a 2000), but it was a great way to see how I fit in the car and how it drove.

I ended up buying on from out of state, flew in and drove it back after a thorough PPI that came back very clean and installation of the LN Ceramic IMS bearing.

Steve

Your profile says Louisville KY; here is one close by from a place like I described:

http://www.cars.com/go/search/detail.jsp?tracktype=usedcc&csDlId=&csDgId=&listingId=121548438&listingRecNum=0&criteria=sf1Dir%3DASC%26alMdId%3D20705%26mkId%3D20 081%26stkTyp%3DU%26mdId%3D20705%26rd%3D30%26crSrtF lds%3DstkTypId-feedSegId-mkId-mdId-pseudoYear%26zc%3D40202%26rn%3D0%26PMmt%3D1-1-0%26stkTypId%3D28881%26sf2Dir%3DASC%26sf1Nm%3Dpric e%26sf2Nm%3Dmiles%26isDealerGrouping%3Dfalse%26yrM x%3D2004%26alMkId%3D20081%26rpp%3D50%26feedSegId%3 D28705&aff=national&listType=1

09-10-2013, 01:04 PM	#7
steved0x Registered User Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: FL Posts: 4,143	My hot tip would be to go to one of those small type auto dealers that typically have a handful of cars and are not affiliated with a brand of car. I test drove 2 boxsters from places like that, and both times they tossed me the keys and said go drive. I probably put 50 miles on those two boxsters. I did gas one of them up. No pressure from the first one, and the 2nd one did try to put the hard sell on me but I made my escape (which was the hardest part). I would have bought the first one but several things didn't work and the 2nd one had bad wheel hop on takeoff (and neither was an S, the first was a 98 and the second a 2000), but it was a great way to see how I fit in the car and how it drove. I ended up buying on from out of state, flew in and drove it back after a thorough PPI that came back very clean and installation of the LN Ceramic IMS bearing. Steve Your profile says Louisville KY; here is one close by from a place like I described: http://www.cars.com/go/search/detail.jsp?tracktype=usedcc&csDlId=&csDgId=&listingId=121548438&listingRecNum=0&criteria=sf1Dir%3DASC%26alMdId%3D20705%26mkId%3D20 081%26stkTyp%3DU%26mdId%3D20705%26rd%3D30%26crSrtF lds%3DstkTypId-feedSegId-mkId-mdId-pseudoYear%26zc%3D40202%26rn%3D0%26PMmt%3D1-1-0%26stkTypId%3D28881%26sf2Dir%3DASC%26sf1Nm%3Dpric e%26sf2Nm%3Dmiles%26isDealerGrouping%3Dfalse%26yrM x%3D2004%26alMkId%3D20081%26rpp%3D50%26feedSegId%3 D28705&aff=national&listType=1 Last edited by steved0x; 09-10-2013 at 01:06 PM.