FS: 1997 Boxster 5-Speed, Porsche Tech Owned $10,500
 

Price reduced from $11,500 to $10,500!

Hey Guys & Gals, The time has come to sell my first "newer" Porsche and upgrade to something else.
Shes in great condition and runs super smooth with no CEL's or smoke puffing & oil leaks what so ever.

Heres everything I can think of that my Boxster has and has had done:
-2.5 Liter Engine 135k Miles
-Litronic Headlights
-New Clutch at 80k Miles
-New Air/Oil Separator & J-tube
-New Adjustible Front Upper Control Arms
-New Adjustible Rear Upper Control Arms
-New Struts installed around 110k Miles
-Eibach Pro-Kit Springs installed with New Struts
-F&R Zimmerman Crossdrilled + Slotted Rotors at 105k Miles
-New Brake Pads @ 105k Miles
-New PaintJob cost my insurance over $5k
-New Convertible Top + Rear Window
-Silver Painted interior
-Body Colored Rear Bumperettes
-Tequipment Silver Ball Shift knob with Custom Alcantera Cover & Boot
-Center Console Hinge Repair Kit Installed
-Engine Mount Repaired
-PSE Mod
-TrueFlow Intake Filter
-New Coil Packs
-New Sparkplugs and Oil Change Done at 131k Miles
-Tinted Side Windows with Medium Tint
-Automatic Climate Control
-Power Seats
-Heated Side Mirrors
-All Oil, Feul & Coolant Caps Replaced with Newest Ones Available
-New Convertible Top Push Rod Replacement
-Coolant Flush done at 110k Miles
-Custom 18" Turbo Wheels (Gloss Black with Brushed Lip & TechArt Center Caps)
-Replaced Seat Belt Buckles with New ones
-New OEM Porsche Floor Mats

I'm Asking $11,500, If anyone is interested or has questions, Please Contact me (Carlos) via my cell at 310-619-4335 or email at

cj_cj_jr@yahoo.com


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Very very nice indeed.

Good luck! :dance:

Very nice Good luck!!!

Thanks Guys, Working as a Porsche Tech has afforded me the opportunity to make a purchase on a very nice Porsche.

Hopefully these pictures will inspire some interest in my Boxster... ;)

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Thats a beautiful Boxster you should have no trouble selling.

What are you "upgrading" too?

Thanks Gary., Yup I will be upgrading, Ill be picking up this 02 996 pictured below.

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If I can make a couple suggestions...

Get some nice pictures taken with a quality camera. Your pictures look like they were taken with a cell phone camera or in very low light, because they're very grainy. People want to see how beautiful the car is and it doesn't convey from those pictures. I would probably pick a different location with less distraction in the images as well. Maybe a deserted road or a park where there isn't so much background clutter?

Have you listed the car on cars.com, autotrader, craigslist and eBay? Listing it here is great, but most members of this board already own a Porsche and it doesn't seem to generate a lot of traffic from buyers.

Looks like a nice car and a good price. Good luck.

Thanks for the suggestions, I've already listed the Box on Craigslist, 6speed, Autotrader and pcars. The pictures were the best i could do since i dont have alot of time or money to buy a professional camera. the light out when the pictures were taken was good but the camera isnt exactly professional grade.

I figure if a buyer is genuinely interested in the car, they will come look at it to a closer look, but if i need professional grade images just to get a little response then chances are that this isnt the car for the person and i wouldnt want to deal with someone that might ask me to jump through hoops cause i've done that before and usually the result is I never hear from them again.

You don't need professional grade pictures. You just need pictures which show the car in its best light. You don't have a buddy with a digital camera?

And sure, someone local will want to come see the car. But what if it's someone from 100 miles away coming to see it? There are a lot of Boxsters on the market - your goal is to try to make yours stand out.

Nice car CJ.

+1 on the pics. It is a tough time to sell a car right now unless it's a Prius. If you want to sell it quickly take just 4 or 5 AMAZING shots (djlomas style) at a park, at the beach, or in the mountains on a beautiful day. Surely you know someone with a decent camera and a good eye for composition. Sell the sizzle, not the steak. Buyers want to envision themselves with the car in an exciting location, not at the repair shop ;). Great pics might mean the difference between selling it this week or selling it in January.

Check these out for ideas:
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Good luck!

As the owner of a 97, I must say you've taken very good care of your boxster and invested a fantastic amount of cash into it with all those repairs/replacement parts and mods.

Selling it for under 12k is a STEAL. Someone is going to drive off with an amazing looking and performing car.

Best of luck selling it. The pix are fine in my opinion!

My intention wasn't to hijack your thread or insult you - just trying to help you sell your car since you said you weren't getting much interest. I've bought and sold a lot of cars over the years and I think I know what it takes to attract interest. Best of luck.

Those pictures are more than fine.


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I do not know about that . . . . . .

I am thinking more detailed photos of the last set.

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Good Luck!

Well so have I John, I've sold over 12 cars so far since i've been able to drive 8 years ago. The only place high res pictures will do any good is a forum that is loaded with non-porsche owners cause the forum wont automatically resize it, As for Craigslist and Autotrader (which im listed in) they resize your large images so its no use, and if someone isnt sporting the t1 fiber optic line, they wont want to wait too long for my over size pictures to load.

Best of luck on your eBay auction, Hey i have a for sale thread on 6speed, maybe you can get more hits if you post the link to your auction in that thread too.

:D ROFLMAO :D

I don't care who you are.. THAT WAS FUNNY!

Nice one CJ :cheers:

Autotrader and Craigslist resize your pictures but they don't make them grainy like they were taken with a cell phone. There's a big difference to many buyers out there. But if you're not targeting those buyers then you have nothing to worry about. :cheers:

Photos show the car well. No need to upgrade.
Check you email for my reply. Thanks

-New Adjustible Front Upper Control Arms
-New Adjustible Rear Upper Control Arms

Can you explain this a little better? I have someone interested in the car, but so far, NOBODY he has spoken too can figure out what "new adjustable Upper front control arms" are, and that includes ME :)

Bottom line: did you install GT3 front arms on all four corners?

Also: WHAT shocks did you use when they where replaced?



B

Attached below are images of which control arm is replaced with Adjustibles... They mount to the Lower control arm then mount forward to the chasis of the vehicle.
All 4 corners were replaced

The third & forth pictures are of the actual adjustible control arms.

The struts were replaced with OEM Porsche Struts, not Bilsteins or Aftermarkets.

Got it! Thank you.



B

My boxster is still available incase anyone is still interested. I've changed the price to $10,500.

CJ,

the mileage is scaring them away. Can you provide us with compression numbers and maybe a leak down test? I have had multiple people ask me about this car, and the common verbage I hear from them "mileage is high". I know you cant do anything about it, but even the BoxsterSpec guy's shy away from the really high mileage cars unless they can prove the engine was replaced somewhere along the line.

Have you spent ANY time under this engine? Can you get a shot/pic for me? I need to see if it has the cosmoline on it, or it has the later oil pan.



B

Yup I have lots of time under the car since I did all the work myself on it. Its got the original engine, I verified the engine serial numbers with Porsche and they match up. It wont be till next week for me to get pictures of the under carriage of the car since I have alot of work in the shop right now.

Ill perform a cylindar compression test when i have it up on the lift and post the results here. Since the engine runs smooth even with a solid engine mount im sure the results will be good. Ill post the pic and results on wednesday afternoon.

I have seen his car run and was lucky enough to ride in it. I have to say, he took really good care of that car. I have a 2002 Boxster and I do not think my car run as well as his. He have done many upgrade on the 97' boxster. Such as, the rear glass window and the LI-Tronics headlights like the 2002 to 2003 boxsters.
this is a great buy!!

Thanks Steve-O, Unfortunatly I decided to not sell my Boxster for financial reasons and since November was a very bad time to try and sell it since I was getting super lowball offers for $8k, Ill put her back up for sale when I can afford to purchase and maintain the P-car i desire and the buyer market is alittle stronger.

oh yay!! that is even better... now I don't have to be jealous of your car when we go out on a run. :)
8k?? wow! did you tell them it is not a Honda! :eek:

that is a good reason not to sell, I thought you were going to say, "im saving up the money because I'm getting married" :barf:
ahaha