CHEAPEST boxster ive ever seen

[Perfectlap]

I'm betting something is majorly wrong. He would have sold it to a dealer for that little amount of money.

[ohioboxster]

Im sure the mileage is correct. Its nice to see a Boxster with high miles I would love to see the service records on that car.

[Ronzi]

People do wreck these things you know.

[Pat S]

I just cafaxed it.
5 owners, clean title, no accidents show up on carfax
But it was driven about 22K miles a year for the first several years by the first owner. It had 124K miles by 07/2001 but has a whole bunch of various service records over that time.
Owners 2-4 each had it about a year and the current owner has only had it 3 months but put another 3K miles on it.

Pat

[ohioboxster]

Originally Posted by Ronzi

People do wreck these things you know.

What do you mean? There are no high milage Boxsters because they are all wrecked? Im not being a smart ass I just dont know what you are trying to say.

[Perfectlap]

you know if you bought it for $9K, put in a new crate motor and new suspension you'd still have quiet a good deal.

[Ronzi]

"What do you mean? There are no high milage Boxsters because they are all wrecked? Im not being a smart ass I just dont know what you are trying to say."

All I was trying to say was that one potential reason for the seemingly low price is that it could be a crash-and-fix car.
Apparently the Carfax doesn't show any repairs of this nature, but I have seen the claim on this forum that they don't always show up.

I would say at the very least that this car has a somewhat troubling ownership history.

[blinkwatt]

Originally Posted by Ronzi

I would say at the very least that this car has a somewhat troubling ownership history.

I wouldn't be so quick to jump to that. Higher end cars tend to have more owners,well at least that I have noticed.

[Paul]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

you know if you bought it for $9K, put in a new crate motor and new suspension you'd still have quiet a good deal.

A local garage around here, will pop a used 996 motor in a Boxster for less than $10k, and even less if he gets to keep the Boxster motor.

[Travis]

Not really that great of a deal if you look at the resale value on KBB with that kind of mileage.

Condition Value

Excellent $11,275

Good $10,325

Fair $9,075

[Marc Gelefsky]

I dont know why you guys are making such a big deal, it's a high miles Porsche.. so what... How many 944's are out there with 200K+ on them?
I sold my last 951 with over 200K it was a solid car in great shape.
There are 911's with 350K miles I know of.
Are we saying the Boxster is not up to it? It better be up to it.. it's a damn Porsche.

sorry... too much caffine

[Paul]

Did you baby your 951 or did you drive it with some gusto?

[Marc Gelefsky]

Originally Posted by Paul

Did you baby your 951 or did you drive it with some gusto?

heh... I tracked it, autox'ed it and drove it evey winter for 7 years or so, it was no garage queen.

I did however maintain it very well.

[Paul]

I believe that is the secret of having a long lasting and happy Porsche....

[Bob O]

A tenant's boyfriend owns an independent non-porsche shop. We were talking in the parking lot the other day when he saw my Boxster (yeah yeah,, i know, I shouldn't drive the box to rental property, but this was an exception) Some guy had taken in a 98 boxster to the bf's shop for an ignition miss. It was diagnosed as a broken valve spring, by some other mechanic. bf took off the valve cover and loosened the head but didn't remove it or replace the spring, since the owner said to wait. But, sure enough, a valve spring was broken. This was 18 months ago. The owner won't pick up the car or pay his bill to date. So, the mechanic has placed a lien on the car, and is getting the title from the state.

We've talked about it and he's willing to sell it to me for $1500 - $2000!!!!!. It has around 76,000 miles on it, excellent body, new clutch, new top, fair tires, 18" turbo look wheels, silver/red leather, heated seats. IF ( a big if) it's just the valve spring, I'm out another $1000 or so to get that fixed. Plus a new battery, change all fluids, new rear tires, brake pads, complete paint detail, leather renewal (all of which I will do) and we've got a, what, 14 - 15000 car for something like 4K max? hmmmmmmmmmmmm. Even if the engine is shot, a used one can be had for 6 - 8 k and I'm STILL in the money. My 18 year old son is absolutely drooling about this. And my wife is actually thinking we should go for it.

I thought about droping a bigger engine in it, r compound tires, row suspension, some sort of header/muffler mods, etc, etc, and using it strictly for track. BUT.... the more I thought about it, why not get it back to relatively good shape for not much money, and let my son drive it?? I've still got my 01, which, for the moment is plenty of car, for the track. I think he'd have as much fun with it driving it daily, as I would taking it to the track occasionally. AND, we can still track them... but now we can do it together! (Arent' these cars great!!) not a bad choice i think

Bob

[unklekraker]

Originally Posted by Marc Gelefsky

I dont know why you guys are making such a big deal, it's a high miles Porsche.. so what... How many 944's are out there with 200K+ on them?
I sold my last 951 with over 200K it was a solid car in great shape.
There are 911's with 350K miles I know of.
Are we saying the Boxster is not up to it? It better be up to it.. it's a damn Porsche.

sorry... too much caffine

deng, Marc...i believe that you had too much caffeine today

[Marc Gelefsky]

Originally Posted by unklekraker

deng, Marc...i believe that you had too much caffeine today

I gotta cut down....
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[unklekraker]

omg...dunkin donut! i haven't seen that for awhile here in Norcal, i still remember when i used to bug my grandma to buy me a jelly filled donut from them :dance:

i think it was dunkin donut who started the trend of coffee shop

[blue2000s]

OK, who bought it? We have to know what kind of shape it's really in!