My new toy
 

Well here's my new ride: 2002 Boxster S in Lapis Blue Metallic. These are the dealer's shots as I don't have any pics of the car myself, and it's a bit dusty from a weekend of driving ;)

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The top is unfortunalty a little bit faded, but the material is fine. Who needs the top up anyway? :).

looking good...i love that dark exterior,...beige interior combo...!!!

very nice, how is the mileage and do you mind telling us what you paid?
Are Boxsters hard to find in that part of the world?

33,000 miles, and I paid $20k after my trade-in. Asking price was around $33k, but they were running an internet special that knocked off $2000.

Oh and I forgot to mention it still has 4 months of the factory warranty left :D

As far as availiablity of Boxster's, most of them are in the Phoenix area (like 95%) but they aren't scarce. Averge of 360 days of sunshine a year makes the covertibles rather popular ;). However I live in Tucson (about 2 hours south of Phoenix for those who don't know), and I was lucky to find this one locally. I think there's maybe 10 in the whole city F/S right now.

4 months of warrantly? Call Warranty Direct they'll will extend it's still under warrantly. Maybe Porsche will extend the warranty for a fee too. Its a good piece of mind, especially if you got a good price. They cover towing and any unexpected repairs that aren't on the regular maintenance schedule.
Its very expensive to get a decent extended warranty after coverage has lapsed.
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was it Certified Pre-Owned by Porsche? I'd have a different Porsche dealer give it a top to bottom inspection before that warranty runs too. I had it done to mine just before the state mandated 6 month powertrain warranty elapsed. With only 10,000 miles when I bought it I figured it was a smart move since it was sitting for long periods of time.

Which dealership did you buy this BOXSTER from? (if you don't mind me asking) I bought a box from an AZ dealership and got soooooo screwed.

Perfectlap - I have looked into extended warranties, but haven't settled on one yet. I will get one for sure before the factory warranty expires. And I will be getting a full inspection prior to the warranty expiration, that way they can replace anything that needs it while still under warranty. I've heard that Porsche does a courtesy inspection at the end of the warranty. Oh and no, it was not a Certified Pre-Owned.

ScottT - The dealership was Unique Imports. Sales staff was very relaxed and not pushy at all. They gave me a great value on my trade-in and were totally understanding when I decided to sell some securities to put more $ down (takes a few days for the funds to settle).

They actually have two locations, one is for SUV type stuff (called Elegant Off-road), and this one is more for luxury vehicles. Actually they just got a Cayenne Turbo when I was there yesterday! Gorgeous, but waaaay epensive.