How/Where to find a 986 - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

ddb · 12-10-2010, 08:41 AM

Maybe you will find a lot of duplicate ads but I am a fan of Autotrader.com. You can specify a search range, engine type, color, etc.

Best of luck,

ddb

ekam · 12-10-2010, 09:15 AM

Too late in the season to look for a convertible now, ads will come up right before spring time.

yelojkt · 12-10-2010, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by ekam

Too late in the season to look for a convertible now, ads will come up right before spring time.

I have to disagree. I think that it is the perfect time of year to buy a boxster.

mikefocke · 12-10-2010, 10:27 AM

and the trick is to find a motivated/desperate private seller.

I'm doubtful on the $10k though. I see '00s for $15-16 and '01s for $16-17 if they are an S. Maybe find a really high mileage base in the $10-12 range..or even lower. But S seems to hold value.

I bought with 6" of snow on the ground and from a seller who had a business reason to need to sell. I was waiting with cash and in no hurry because I wasn't going to drive it till warm weather so I could be aggressive in my looking but super cautious in my offers. I was able to knock $2-3k off the going prices for a car in that condition/miles/options and to insist it pass a rigid PPI.

Why not buy from someone who has a blown engine and put in your own engine ... with sweat equity, you could do that for ~$10k.

yelojkt · 12-10-2010, 10:35 AM

It's funny I am asking about this today and just a few minutes ago a guy comes in and buys a couple tires. What does he do for a living? He is a used car dealer. We had a good talk. He said "a couple years ago I bought a boxster that was smoking so bad you can't even believe it." I said "It was the AOS right." And he smiles real big and says "yeah; googled it...made alot of money on that one." I wonder if he found his info on this forum.