Just passing my 1 year anniversary with my $10k 2000 Box S and absolutely love it.
So far, what I have done with the car, all on my own, in order:
Changed water pump on the side of the road, in the middle of my first trip out of town (after owning car less than a week)
replaced spoiler motor
installed short shifter
installed bluetooth transciever
installed iphone mount
replaced peeling leather door panels
replaced e-brake microswitch
replaced brake pads / oil / plugs / filter / air filter
desnorkled
Took 10,000 mile / 2 month roadtrip across US and Canadian West, mostly camping out of the Boxster, driving super hard every day in the mountains (no tickets!), and visiting most of the famous national parks
Quietted a chattering muffler mount
replaced a rear wheel bearing
used a dremel to "recondition" (i.e. grind down) stripped rear axle nut threads
replaced plugs and coils
replaced front sway bar linkages
installed Michelin Pilot SS's (they are amaaaazing!)
fixing / repainting front clip due to parking scrapes / rock chips, replaced convertible top (amazing what insurance will cover if you just claim it

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Next up:
installing secondary cat bypass / PSE muffler hack
new brake rotors, EBC yellowstuff pads
PCA DE's
teach my girlfriend to drive stick
Great Eastern Roadtrip! NYC to Newfoundland and back!
While the car has needed lots of attention, I LOVE it, and wouldn't trade for anything (including a 996, which I almost bought instead), and for 10 grand, has been the best bargain I could imagine. Even after spending a day working on it, I can still say I've spent the day working on my Porsche, and then I get to drive it!
Fixing the water pump on my new car with my best friend's father in-law the morning of their wedding, right before I put on my best man tux!
Beginning of the roadtrip, with the little bro in STL
Catching up with old friends
Utah!
Wyoming!
I lived out of my two trunks for two monthsAnd ate like this nearly every nightOne of my many hitchhikers