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Every nice day I wish I still had my Boxster. Sold it as dealer or indie was 40 miles away, got tired of juggling cars around single driveway, and I was ~70 and not as limber as I once was. I owned two, a '99 I totaled and a '01S that is still running around at 95K miles for its fifth owner.
Both mine were wonderfully reliable. I drove probably 35k total miles (daily driver and then fun car) and went in for unscheduled service only twice in 6 years. Loose hose CEL and typical problem seatbelt ground. Which is not to say I didn't do some things like Optima battery, two new sets of tires, 2 new O2 sensors, new brake rotors and pads, some updated tail lights and side lights, alignment, of course fluids and filters. Exceptional? Probably. Cheaper than my same era Hondas per mile? Yes. Could I have had a $10-30k failure? Yea.
Budget for some failures as the car is now 10 years older than mine and parts age as well as wear.
But take it out on the proper back roads and you'll not regret it. My wife would know I'd go to the store that was 5 miles away and not expect me back for an hour. I didn't have to take the most direct route, now did I?
You are considering buying at the point in life I bought into the sports car thing again. Alfa, Alfa, 914 and then kids. Once all the schools were paid for, 2 Boxsters. I still smile when I see one. Probably a day hasn't gone by when I haven't visited the classifieds.
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