Hi All,
Great to see such an active community for these cars!
Looking to buy my first Porsche for weekend/enjoyable drives, as I walk to work.
I have never purchased a car not from a dealer so want to make sure I am doing this correctly.
I like to try and do all the maths before I get too excited and travel for a PPI and test drive (car is interstate)
Have landed on a
Green 2.7 - 2001 986 Boxster Manual with 60,000 miles - 2 owners one “a member of the local Porsche club” + the current owner is 81
Green is my dream colour
It was listed as $25k now reduced to $22k (AUD)
Known issue so far is only that the indicator is not self cancelling
Looks like a full service history but will need to see more info - The seller has not sent any additional info yet, but from the blurry picture I can see services were completed at either a Porsche specialist or a Porsche main dealer up to 2018 and then a few home oil changes and a local (non specialist) mechanic in 2024.
As far as I am aware the IMS has not been touched.
I have a quote to replace the IMS for $4k
I am thinking, try and get this down to around $20k
Budget:
$4k IMS (For my peace of mind)
$2k tyres/alignment (if needed)
$1,800 - 90k mile service (want to do this early within first 6 months)
$500 indicator fix
$2k for anything a pre purchase inspection brings up.
Total budget - $10.3k
Purchase - $20k
Total cost - $30.3k (AUD)
So you can get a feel for the AU market, there is a silver 987 for $30k manual with 100k miles on it. Cayman's start at $40k and 996's start at $45k
So basically a sorted manual 986 vs the cheapest manual 987.
Is there anything I’m missing?
I have never actually been in a 986 so if anyone is in Melbourne Aus give me a shout (or if you have one for sale)
Alternatively looking at a Mazdaspeed Miata
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