considering 2005 boxster, need advice

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well the Porsche brand is teeny in terms of production numbers.

You have to take a big picture look at owning a P-car. Of course its not going to be as perfected as a run of the mill sportscar from Toyota or Honda in the reliability area. Those big maker's have mountains of R&D and service data from their road cars to rely on to share with their sportscar engineers.
Porsche don't really have that. But for a boutique manufacturer its reputation for reliability is better or as good as any other. You have to understand you are buying into an exclusive club sorta like buying a Panoz or a Ferrari.

outside of Racing and Porsche Club, Ask yourself how many people that you know own a Porsche? Most people seem to say less than three.