[PaulE]

As others have said, find a good independent Porsche specialist to do any work you won't do yourself. They will be cheaper than the dealer and will know the ins and outs of the car that a general foreign car independent shop may not know.

I second the pre purchase inspection recommendation when you are serious about buying the car. You'll get a better sense of what the car needs and avoid a major disaster if they find something wrong that would otherwise have been missed.

All the brakes may still be good at 50k on a lightly driven Boxster S, and rears may have a lot of life left in them. As an example, on my 2003 S I changed my front rotors and pads at 42k for the first time and they still had some life left in them. I just changed rotors and pads on all 4 wheels at 85k, this was the first time for the rears. This time I timed it just right. The pads were not worn down through the wear sensors, but that part of the pad on the side of the sensor hole broke off on all of the pads when I pulled the sensor out. My rotors had lips so I just replaced them each time, I didn't bother measuring them to see if they were still good.

If you buy parts to do the brakes I would recommend the Textar OEM pads from Pelican, and get the Meyle coated rotors on eBay they are good rotors and cheaper there than anywhere else.