Drove a @#$%^& Boxster S Today

[Overdrive]

Well, see if they'll budge on the price at all. I don't see an eventual 80-85k miles on an 8 year old car as a bad thing, especially if you're putting nearly 10k miles on it in a year, but I think I also look at these cars differently than some folks. Drive that sucka! Get your money's worth, that's how I feel. It's just no fun taking the car out only on pristine, sunny days a handful of times out of the year. Don't subject yourself to that, no matter what the car is.

I think an 09 S definitely falls into the youngest-you-can-afford category, but keep on looking. If you simply don't find one and really want it, is it really going to be that bad if it takes you say another 6 months to pay the car off?

[LightngSVT]

The car started at $41k, then dropped to $39k and now dropped again to $37.5k I'd go in with an offer of $35k since they obviously want to move the car. I suppose you make a good point about a few extra months to pay off an 09, could get a newer, lower mile car with a bit more power and the updates that came in 09. Its amazing that some people think their cars are made of gold, Ive seen 05-06 S's w/30k miles with asking prices of $38-40k.

If I were to buy a base car, how hard / expensive is it to add those extra 50hp in mods to equal the power of an S? I really dont know anything about modding Porsche's.

Its funny since Ive been seriously looking for a car I've started seeing a fair number of 986 Boxsters running around the area, though hardly any 997's.

[thstone]

Originally Posted by LightngSVT

If I were to buy a base car, how hard / expensive is it to add those extra 50hp in mods to equal the power of an S? I really dont know anything about modding Porsche's.

It can be fairly difficult and expensive to upgrade a base engine to S-level power. Otherwise, all of us early 2.5 base owners would have 250-300hp.

If you want/need the extra power, probably best to buy the S.