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Originally Posted by RandallNeighbour
Pothole, if you never plan to sell your Boxster or don't care about resale value or the length of time the car may sit without being sold, then a glass window, a glovebox, and numerous other enhancements made to the 03 and 04 S models won't be important. Nor will the reliability increases that came with every revision Porsche made to the 986.
However, many savvy shoppers will choose one of these cars over an older model without them. And their preferences become more important than yours when you want your car sold sooner than later.
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Sorry, I can't agree the 986/996 or indeed 987/997 got more reliable over time, with the possible exception of the latest DFI and 2.9-litre engines. The 987 / 997 seems to suffer particularly badly with bore scoring, for instance. I'd also argue that the remaining early 2.5s, the ones that were made before the porous block problems kicked in, might be among the more reliable 986s.
The bottom line is that the M96/97 engine line is problematical and that applies to all the iterations.
Of course, I agree that things like glass windows and glove boxes matter to mass market buyers, which is most people. But most people don't want 15-year Porsche and with each and every further passing year, these cars move further from the mass market and towards the specialist and classic markets. In those markets, consumerist trivia like glove boxes matters very little.
Personally, I'm not aware of anything that came with the later cars that's particularly desirable to an enthusiast owner. I also happen to think the facelift design changes look cheap and fussy. I'd take an original 2.5/2.7/3.2 complete with ambers all round over any facelift car. And I'd have no reason to think it was going to be less reliable.
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