Anyone in New Jersey? - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

crod · 03-12-2010, 11:23 AM

Hey guys!

Newbie here. Well newbie in the Boxster world but not in the Porsche one so I know what it means owning one of these beasts.

I am asking about NJ for one reason. I found a nice Boxster S, 2001, with 47k on it and it seems the vehicle is in good shape. All the questions I asked were promptly answered and everything seems to be there from spare keys to papers/books/etc and the car was just serviced (the dealer is a VW dealer by the way and got the car on a trade). No leaks anywhere and the dealer is offering a 3 month/3,000 mile warranty to make me feel better.

Price is $17,500 after I hassled them.

Anyone in NJ willing to take a look at the car at my expense and report back?

I have a deposit on it and if I do not like what I see when I go to close the deal they simply refund me the money, so nothing to lose.

Any comments about the price? And again, any fellow Boxster owners in NJ willing to help a poor soul in Canada?

Cheers guys!

CR

dallison · 03-12-2010, 12:56 PM

you can go lower

Perfectlap · 03-12-2010, 01:27 PM

I paid $140 for a diagnostic from Ray Catena in Edison,NJ. Its the top dealer here in NJ. You should offer to pay the seller to take it there for an inspection and have him send you the print out. Important to check is the clutch, suspension, brake wear, etc. I'm assuming the car is close to central NJ however.
I had the car towed to another Porsche dealer in Parsipanny I think, Paul Miller Porsche, for some work. I was too busy to drive it in. Unfortunately that's still the case these days!
Another thing, the diagnositc is a great bargaining chip. If they find it needs x dollars of work you can use that to haggle for a lower price. At 47K miles its 10K miles short of the big maintenance jobs mentioned above.

boxzilla · 03-15-2010, 12:05 PM

I am a new owner myself so I am unqualified to make a good determination about the mechanical condition of the car. That being said, my sister lives in the same town as your dealer. I was visiting her 2 weeks ago, the dealer has a number of Porsches on his lot (even though he is a VW dealer) so I would play hardball. I paid $12,500 for mine with 67k miles but the prior owner did not do the 60k service. In hindsight I probably paid too much. I had to do brakes/rotors/O2 sensor/oil/air filters, and am still working through the 60k service issues. So that added about $1k so far. If you want an amateur inspections, contact members of the local PCA here in NJ. They are rather active and a number of members of the Board of Dir.....live in that town/immediate area.

Perfectlap · 03-15-2010, 12:26 PM

$12500 is high?
What options did your Boxster come with? (Litronics, 18" wheels, aero, etc).

boxzilla · 03-15-2010, 12:32 PM

CROD ~ jump on Craigslist and search Northern NJ for sale items, enter Porsche Boxster.... Are you looking at the Black/Black 2001 from Bernardsville VW .... It has 67K miles??? As I mentioned they have a number of them in their lot so it may be a different one that you are looking at.....I think they also list on EBay????