Buying Boxster out of state. Transport or no?

[kk2002s]

Originally Posted by brahgold

Hi I'm in a pretty limited market in Las Vegas as far as 986 boxsters go. I'm willing to go to LA or Arizona to pick one up. I'm just worried about driving one with a single-row bearing hundreds of miles (300 or so) all the way home. Would you all personally take the risk or transport it with a shipping company/auto-transport trailer?

Going to sound mean here Sorry!
Don't buy a 986 if your that scared to drive it

[BruceH]

Originally Posted by kk2002s

Going to sound mean here Sorry!
Don't buy a 986 if your that scared to drive it

That was my thought too. Not trying to be mean either but the IMS is not the only possible failure. I drove my single row home from Atlanta to Fort Worth 5 years ago and it is still going on it’s original bearing. Buy it, drive it, enjoy it

[ddruker]

My new Boxster was about 100 miles away, so I rented a Uhaul car transporter, attached it to the back of my truck, drove the combo to meet the new car, did a test drive, liked what I saw, and took the Boxster home on the back of the transporter.
This was the easiest / cheapest way to get there, test it out, and get it back...

For a Boxster 300 miles away, I would do a ton of homework and then buy a one-way plane ticket and drive it home. If you are not so time sensitive you could also go the car transporter route - this just gives you more flexibility if you don't like the Boxster - you still have a way to get home if you decide you don't want it...