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Originally Posted by lkchris
I think Boxsters will eventually gain value simply from the fact that they're currently priced in the Dodge Neon range and therefore attract a crowd that's going to ruin many of them.
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I think they'll attract people due to the price, but not the crowd you're referring to.
In the decade plus of driving this car I've been approached by all kinds of people asking questions, simply making comments all unanimously positive. One thing I noticed repeatedly is that many people who were currently driving "Dodge Neon range" cars when they approached were all very hesitant or absolutely terrified about the costs of running a Porsche, or any high end German car for that matter. The only people who did not run away when I told them what it costs to maintain, were guys who were in pretty nice cars already but didn't know much about Porsche. These tended to be guys in their late 30's to mid 50's, dressed well, maybe wearing a nice watch and just gave you the impression that they were established in their careers. And even since prices have fallen to below $10 for the first Boxsters, I've not seen ANY young people in these cars. All of the Google searching that comes up with IMS probably has a role in getting young people or people on limited budgets turned off to these cars. But I agree, a very high % of Boxsters will be in the scrap heap simply because defferred maintenance can quickly outrun the cost of buying the car in the first place. It's really a DIY'ers car, and one with space, time, tools and $$$ to install the overpriced parts... a small slice of the public.