'04 Boxster S or '09 Boxster?

[Salt1972]

Hello all. I'm new to 986 Forum.

Have owned a number of German performance cars through the years. The latest was a 2017 M2. I now need the utility of an SUV day to day, but would like to add a second car. In order to justify 2 vehicles, I'll need to venture a bit older to get into the budget range.

I've found an '04 Boxster S with 41k miles and an '09 Boxster with 89k miles. Both are clean and have full service records and appear to be in good condition, accident free, etc. Both are similarly priced.

What wisdom would the experts here offer toward narrowing that decision and vetting pre-purchase?

Thanks in advance.