High Mileage Boxster S

[Steve Tinker]

Its great that you can service the cars you own - that's a real big step in the right direction.

But listen to what blue2000 / thstone is saying to you - there is no such thing as a cheap Porsche - if you don't do your homeworks with due diligence, be prepared to be burnt big time.....

Mini and Jetta parts pricing does not equate to Porsche parts pricing!

[Chupee]

Originally Posted by Steve Tinker

Mini and Jetta parts pricing does not equate to Porsche parts pricing!

I realize that, I just want to make sure everyone knows that I'm not comparing this to something like a Honda or domestic that have suuuuper cheap replacement parts and aren't very hard to maintain

[Ghostrider 310]

IMO, 144K = no deal. It's not just the engine, all the other parts cv joints, shocks, springs have 150K on them. That's too tired of a car to buy without headaches unless one was purchasing it to do a ground up restore and even then the parts would kill you. There are a ton of good used Boxsters out there. I'd save some more and keep looking.

[J Tinsby]

Originally Posted by Ghostrider 310

IMO, 144K = no deal. It's not just the engine, all the other parts cv joints, shocks, springs have 150K on them. That's too tired of a car to buy without headaches unless one was purchasing it to do a ground up restore and even then the parts would kill you. There are a ton of good used Boxsters out there. I'd save some more and keep looking.

Ghostrider said just what I was going to type, so I'll just jump on the bandwagon and simply agree with him. Always fascinated me when I was in the business, a customer would come in and want the engine rebuilt in his 19xx whatever. Conveniently forgetting that all the other parts have the same mileage as the old motor did. Plenty of used Boxsters out there with far less miles on everything, you can choose a better one I think.

Good luck in your hunt!

J T