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Earlier this fall the local used car dealer in our town had a somewhat sad looking 2002 Boxster S sitting in his lot for $8999. After driving by it for several weeks my wife and I decided to take it for a test drive. First time in a Porsche for both of us, but we weren't back at the dealer before my wife said "I want it".

Back home I checked out Boxsters on the Web and read all the scary stuff, but also a lot of enthusiasm for the car. So we decided to have a PPI done. Found a Porsche specialist right here in town and went down to schedule a PPI. Turns out he had a much nicer 2004 S with a DOF IMS retrofit, but for $14000. After a test drive I decided that this was a much better deal and called my wife to come over for a test drive. To make a long story short we decided to make the leap.

We have now had the car for 2 months and not regretted making the purchase for one moment.

It does have a few things that need to be done. The worst is that the rear trailing arm bushings are shot. They rattle badly when going over bumps. If I accelerate the rattle goes away so I'm confident its the trailing arms.

So what do we plan to do with it? Its the first toy car we have ever owned, so its not a daily driver. Driving on the back roads with the top down has been a delight and the occasional full throttle acceleration on highway on-ramps have been thrilling. I just can't get tired of the sound it makes and am amazed at how smooth it is all the way up to red-line.

So this is another thing for the two of us to enjoy together. My wife still isn't comfortable with the clutch and manual transmission, so I am doing most of the driving, but I am sure that will change.

I and a mechanic friend of mine will be doing autocrosses and I do want to do a track day or two, but most of the driving will be back roads with the top down.

Life is good and retirement is the best, especially with a Boxster S! Hopefully we will be able to enjoy it for a long time.

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