Base Boxster vs. E46 330i ?

[That986]

Originally Posted by Quadcammer

um, no. An E46 330ci will give a boxster a pretty good run for the money anywhere. And lets be real, porsche drivers aren't known to be brilliant. Both have plenty of bad stereotypes.

I'm on this forum for technical content. I'm not so delusional to think that anyone is impressed with my boxster, which can basically be purchased for the change found under the couch. I'm using it for a DE car, thats basically it. Its a decent looking, nice driving car, but I certainly don't fawn over it or think its anything tremendous.

sorry if this hurts your ego.

Takes a lot more than a forum troll to hurt my "ego"

And also your "change under the couch" is someone's life savings and what they've worked hard for, you'd do well to remember that. There's no real reason to come on an enthusiast forum and denounce the car to be "nothing tremendous"unless you're just looking to be a vapid troll and bait people.

As the old saying goes "if you've nothing nice to say, don't bother saying anything at all"

[Quadcammer]

Originally Posted by Giller

Wow....do you eat at the Cheesecake Factory much? Apparently you used all your spare change to buy the Boxster....maybe should have saved some and bought some manners. What a dink.

No, I haven't been to cheesecake factory in a decade. What that has to do with the price of boxsters, i'm not sure.

Its a $5,000 car. Literally high school children can buy this car in cash with their babysitting money. I didn't think you guys would get so offended here.

Then again, you seem very obsessed with the "porsche" name and believe that you get stares and smiles, so I guess it cuts a bit deeper.

Originally Posted by That986

Takes a lot more than a forum troll to hurt my "ego"

And also your "change under the couch" is someone's life savings and what they've worked hard for, you'd do well to remember that. There's no real reason to come on an enthusiast forum and denounce the car to be "nothing tremendous"unless you're just looking to be a vapid troll and bait people.

As the old saying goes "if you've nothing nice to say, don't bother saying anything at all"

Oh jeez, its a figure of speech. I don't have any change under my couch cause I clean that sucker religiously. That said, we are talking about $5,000 to $7,000 vehicles here. Its just reality.

vapid troll...ouch that stings

[boxxster]

I think it depends on the boxster. I can see what you're saying if you want to generalize all 986 boxsters as really beat up, high mileage, poorly kept 97-99s. I'm not impressed by cars like that either. A really well kept, low mileage facelift S on the other hand still gets some looks IMO and isn't a 5-7k car.

[Jgkram]

Many opinions stated here and we all know about opinions... Sure our Boxster's are not worth a lot of money but don't make the mistake of using monetary worth as a valid measure of their "worth". As I've gotten older (hopefully wiser) I've found that folks who try to use price as a valid measurement of worth are really missing the mark.

As far as the headlights go, I for one really like their shape and the amber color. the shape is so unique. Nobody and I mean nobody else has them. Honestly, how cool is that. the way they flow meld with the shape of the car. C'mon you gotta love them. As far as the amber goes, as these cars age more people will respect their age and what they did for the turnaround and (I think) want to see them as they really were designed not made to look like something they just weren't meant to be when they were created.

[Quadcammer]

Originally Posted by Jgkram

Many opinions stated here and we all know about opinions... Sure our Boxster's are not worth a lot of money but don't make the mistake of using monetary worth as a valid measure of their "worth". As I've gotten older (hopefully wiser) I've found that folks who try to use price as a valid measurement of worth are really missing the mark.

As far as the headlights go, I for one really like their shape and the amber color. the shape is so unique. Nobody and I mean nobody else has them. Honestly, how cool is that. the way they flow meld with the shape of the car. C'mon you gotta love them. As far as the amber goes, as these cars age more people will respect their age and what they did for the turnaround and (I think) want to see them as they really were designed not made to look like something they just weren't meant to be when they were created.

Yeah, no I don't love the headlights. They are unattractive.

As for the "worth" argument. If a car possesses such wonderful characteristics, it will be in demand. If the car is both in possession of these wonderful characteristics and available at a low price, demand should be strong. Even with a high level of production, after so many years, if demand is very strong due to great characteristics, prices rise (see vintage ferraris, 993s, etc).

So, while the 986 is a nice driving, decent looking, and somewhat high quality vehicle, there are reasons that its value hasn't risen, be that looks, concerns regarding reliability, or perhaps lack of power.

[nicecar]

I NEVER go out in the car and do not get a positive comment, especially when the spyder humps are on. My wifes 2016 BMW GT...different car as well as the 3 series I have owned. Porsche got their slogan right "there is no substitute". The look , handling, sound, smell, is like no other. Down side for me is people think that I have alot of money, which usually I paid way less than they did for their car or truck.