Opinion on 1998 Boxster?

[prOk]

Does that rice come with beef & broccoli?

man that wing is fugly, and how they do that exhaust what brand is that?????????

[Topless]

$16-$19k retail. Get a pre purchase inspection and have them look closely at the exhaust. Get a carfax on it. A clean tight 98 Boxter is a great car to own for about the price of a Corolla.

Nice wing! It's really...BIG isn't it.

[baseball]

Why they had to ruin such a beautiful car with that ugly wing I'll never know.

Check Galves.com and vmrintl.com for the most realistic wholesale/retail values.

[Denied™]

Originally Posted by Topless

$16-$19k retail. Get a pre purchase inspection and have them look closely at the exhaust. Get a carfax on it. A clean tight 98 Boxter is a great car to own for about the price of a Corolla.

Nice wing! It's really...BIG isn't it.

The wing is pretty big, body lines are a little chopped up for it but I think overall it looks alright. And the price is lower than your estimated lowest market value, hopefully I can go and check it out this weekend. I hope I can get behind that wheel with my name on the title! Anyone else have some wise words?

If you do get it, heres what you should do

.change rear bumper, middle part looks funny because thats where the original exhaust should come out from.
. take off wing.
new rims and the car will look hot.

make sure to see if it has been serviced and get a ppi.

[racer_d]

1) Ask to see the underside of the front trunk to see the option code sticker.

2) Using that info, plus mileage, go to KBB or NADA or EDMUNDS and put the info in. My guess is the car was a trade in, and likely cost the dealer $11-12K. '98s are readily available in the $14K range, especially with perceived high miles.

3) Use the money you save by dickering to have the rear wing removed, the holes plugged and the trunk re-painted (or source one from a salvage yard)

4) Do a search on the board for the usual Boxster issues - RMS, IMS, Engine failures, CELs, Set belt interlocks, ignition failures and other niggling things.

5) Be sure to set aside 10-15% of the purchase price for maintenance items

6) Good luck getting a PPI. Unless you are the only one the dealer has seen with any interest in the car, they will let it sit till they find the "impulse buyer". Either that, or they sell it at auction.

[rick3000]

I almost thought it was a joke when I saw the picture of that wing. Things like that don't belong on Boxsters.
They did an okay job on the deamber but I would, shop around a bit more, because you'll have to replace the rear deck lid, when you remove the wing. Also, things like the sticker crest in the AC need to go, and it could be faded underneath, and the older style stereo will make it harder to add an AUX input if you ever wanted too. Also, the exhaust probably gives you about 2" of clearance in the rear, and looks out of place, and awkward, same with the rear badge.
Who ever owned it before shouldn't be allowed to purchase another Porsche.
Just my Opinion!

[986barnum]

that box has been for sale in socal since at least july when i bought my 98 (who could forget that wing!). i picked up a 98 with 82k miles from a dealer for 13,600 with 2 month warranty that i used twice ( about 2k in work under warranty) in august. unless you can pick that up for under 12k with some sort of warranty i'd stay away. the wing will be a pain... and the fact that it has that ricer wing, cheap race pedals, tinted head/taillights, wtf exhaust, etc makes me wonder who the previous owner was (def not a serial porsche owner) and what sort of care they took of it. look for the owners manual... usually in one of the armrests or front trunk. if the car has it check for service stamps. mine had every service interval and some recall work up to 75k miles from pioneer porsche and blackforest. regardless, there are so many box's in socal that you shouldn't have to pick up anything that isn't near perfect for a great price.