How bad is sitting for a Boxster? Question before potential purchase

[dghii]

The car looks great. It is a used car and as such, things can happen. It sounds like you are prepared for whtat the car might need as opposed to thinking you are buying a perfect 15 year old car will require no attention.

There is no perfect balance of driving a car versus letting it sit. Driving the car exposes it to hazards and wears out certain components.

Storing the car is tough on seals and rubber components. I have an 84 Alfa spider that was rarely driven (no real reason) and always needed attention. I started to drive the car more often in 2007, and after replacing water pump, brake MC and SS failures all the fuel lines and cooling hoses, runs and drives great.

If you like it, buy it, drive it and fix what comes up. Enjoy!

[01SBox]

I would run.

Sitting a car is as bad as not changing the oil. When it gets hot/cold outside, condensation forms inside your engine. Daily driven cars burn this excess water off - sitting cars, it mixes with oil, and more quickly changes the lubricating effectiveness of your oil.

A car sitting for a very long time does more damage to internal organs than cars driven daily. Your engine oil "stays up" on critical engine parts for days...but an engine sitting for weeks or months has had all the oil drip down to the pan. The majority of engine damage is caused when starting your engine due to the fact that the drip down happened...the longer a car sits, the more oil is in the pan, the worse the metal on metal dry start is for the engine.

Sitting gas is very bad for your fuel lines, and with ethanol, more likely to do damage. Suspension parts that sit for long periods can be damaged, and sitting is very bad on tires. And, of course, your seals were meant to be lubricated daily with oil.

As long as you're willing to spend the money when these items come up, buy it and love it!