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Originally Posted by boxfix
Words of wisdom I have heard forever:
"There is nothing more expensive than a cheap Boxster.
Buy the best Porsche you can afford."
this thread has my head spinning. Buying a car with lots known issues and then planning to put money into the car is not a good idea.
What happens when other things happen to a 120,000 mile Boxster. things like a window operators failing [very common] $300 plus $250 labor. Or a fuel leak in the fuel gauge cover.....another $300 [also common]. Or a set of O2 sensors ..... $400 and $300 for installation. Tires easy $1000.
New top $1600 easy.
Vacuum leaks are very common and will stop you from passing smog. Vacuum canisters fail, rubber vacuum lines fail .....all expensive to find and fix.
At 120,000 miles you have lots of rubber cooling hoses ready to fail. A/C leaks are likely at this mileage.
Then there is paint to fix the failed clearcoat. I have done lots of painting and there are HOURS of labor in doing a good job. Cleaning up that failed clearcoat is $5000+ in prep and painting.
So a $7500 Boxster becomes $13,000 Boxster for the things that are bad, or fail soon and making the paint decent.
I know I have been there on several cars.
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Thanks for your perspective boxfix. I completely agree with you - but I’m a little puzzled - why you think this car has “lots of known issues”? The major ones I’ve been worried about - RMS and IMS are currently not a problem. I paid $600 to one of the better shops in the area to get inspected and it came back with minor stuff back (like needs new rear tires).
The paint is not bubbling anywhere - I just said it looked a bit faded. The shop said that it would bounce back with a good polish.
The top got vandalized in front of the owners house - it happens.
The shop that did the PPI even said it was “a whole lot of car for the price”.
Not sure where you’re getting “a lot of know issues”? I agree with your statement - but I think I’m really getting this at a good deal not due to “problems” with the car - rather, no one looking for a Porsche wants it in automatic! The seller even asked me when I first met him “why are you looking at this - it’s auto” (I told him it’s for my parents). When he put it up for sale he didn’t include “tiptronic” or “auto” in the title and everyone was calling then passing once they found out it’s not a 5 or 6 Speed.
Maybe you are right. I just don’t see as much wrong with this as you? And I haven’t yet seen one of these selling that has had the IMS solution installed - the only permanent fix available to us and as a result, the only one I’m interested in doing!
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