Scared to Death of these cars !

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Originally Posted by Mr Snappy

I guess I should say howdy! I just found this forum.

Little background, I was a Corvette guy but sold it about 18 months ago....seemed like the thing to do at the time, definately miss her

Anyways, I decided I wanted a new toy and was amazed at the prices that used boxsters were going for. I had almost pulled the trigger and then decided to do some more research on these cars....I have to tell you, i'm not so sure now.

Yes, I know that people are much more likely to type a post about a problem then a post about no problems with their cars, but i don't know...

After reading the thread about "how much have you spent on repairs this year", I am amazed! To be honest, in the 6 years I owned my Vette, with the exception of a bad rear-end that was replaced under warranty, I never put a dime into any repairs. Mods? Yeah, lots of bucks, but that was fun stuff at my discretion.

I don't race or autoX. I just want a nice cruiser for weekends and love the Boxster...always wanted a Porsche.

Are yearly parts and maintenance really in the range of $1500 per year? Is this typical? I'm looking at 2003-2007 model year with as low miles as possible, so don't expect a factory fresh experience, but I don't want a money pit either.

Can you talk me off the ledge, or is this just par for the course?

So you bought a Corvette new ("rear-end replace under warranty") and drove it for 6 years on weekends ("I just want a nice cruiser for weekends") and didn't need any repairs over the few thousand miles you put on it over those 300 weekends (6 yrs x 52 weekends a yr) and want to know if the Boxster will be reliable for similar circumstances? The answer is yes, you would be fine with a new Boxster since you'll only put a few thousand miles on it during weekend driving.

That's assuming you're not trolling, which I believe you are, seeing how you posted this, then posted saying "I'll think about it" and left the forum.

But it's still funny you wrote "love the Boxster...always wanted a Porsche" Me too, never wanted a Corvette though, strange how that works out

I would gladly own a 10 year old Boxster and set aside $200/mo for repairs than drive a 10 year old Corvette and not need to set aside money for repairs.

There's also that whole Corvette owner stigma. When I image a corvette owner... well, let's just say it's not someone I'd desire to be like. But my vision of a Porsche owner is the kind of person I would like to be like so here I am, a Porsche owner

to each their own, if you want 0-60 get a corvette, if you want everything else get a Porsche