Ordering A New Boxster

[RandallNeighbour]

Bill Mussatti posted above that the new boxsters have more stages.

However, the older ones have two to my knowledge. The first is just redlining the car without it shutting down half the cylinders to keep the engine from blowing.

The second is where it shuts down half the engine to keep you from blowing it up.

To my knowledge, Porsche has no warranty or statements saying that the car may be delivered with one or more redlines on the motor.

However, if I ever buy another Porsche, the car will be put on a PST Tool and I will not buy the car if I see the motor has been redlined repeatedly.

Finding a brand new boxster with a couple of hundred miles on it that has been demo'd hard and has dozens or over a hundred redlines registered on the computer, which can never be removed by the way, tells me that car has been abusively driven in the very first miles of the motor's life and I should walk away.

This may just be me being very cautious and overly zealous. I just know that Pcar motors ain't cheap and I'm not paying for someone else's foolish driving habits.

[rick3000]

You might be able to negotiate a little. But with a custom ordered car, you really are between a rock and a hard place with negotiating. If you were buying an older '07, or '06 new from them and clearing out there inventory then you could negotiate.

Originally Posted by rick3000

You might be able to negotiate a little. But with a custom ordered car, you really are between a rock and a hard place with negotiating. If you were buying an older '07, or '06 new from them and clearing out there inventory then you could negotiate.

I would respectfully disagree with my fellow Forum Member, Rick3000, here. I ordered my car in August of 2005. My requested delivery was late March 2006. I was able to negotiate a 10% discount.

[rick3000]

That's fine, in my experience though. It is harder to get a discount on custom ordered cars.

[baseball]

I have to agree with bmussati, the quotes I'm getting on a custom ordered car are all about 4k below MSRP.... but that still leaves another 3k above invoice that I plan to chip away at

Originally Posted by rick3000

That's fine, in my experience though. It is harder to get a discount on custom ordered cars.

Yes, very true!

[danr1707]

My experience is that you get a better deal when you order. The dealer does not have any carrying cost. It is never part of their inventory as it is sold when it comes in. Of course, I have never ordered a Porsche before.

I am going to give myself a deadline of around mid January. If I can find what I'm looking for at a dealer in the states using the Porsche website then great. I will look in all 48 states. That way I still have time to order and get it by spring.

The inventory of Boxster S is slim. Much more Cayman S. I was told that Porsche is making 1 Boxster to every 3 Caymans. The inventory seems to confirm that.

-Dan

Originally Posted by yellowboxster01

300 extra hp I guess cancels that out for me.

Yellowboxster, are you sure about your numbers? A 2008 987S has 295 HP. A 2001 911 Turbo had about 415. That's a difference of approx 120 HP. Big difference, but not 300.

Great car. Congrats to your father.

[choeglund]

Originally Posted by baseball

I've found dealers with open slots for Jan, Feb, Mar, and Apr. My reason for trying to find the latest date that I can place an order for each of those slots, is so I can increase my negotiating leverage with the dealer. I will find out those dates, and when I do, I'll let everyone know to help out others looking to order.

Configuration is locked 4-6 weeks prior to 1st of the month of the build. I'd speculate that you would get best deal on Jan or Feb builds due to timing. As Spring approaches more people start ordering

[meerzee]

I would just buy one of the limited edition S Boxes out now.....probably your only chance at finding a truly unique Boxster and one that might actually hold its value and be something worth collecting....