[Perfectlap]

yes, its generally true if you can't afford to repair the car, you can't afford the car.

But waiting is definitely a good idea. Soon the prices will come down to where you will be comfortable jumping in. And if the car has low miles and was well maintained its a great oppourtunity because at a certain point the Boxster maintains its value like no other car. Face it everyone wants a Porsche.

I read not so long ago that when the Design for the Boxster was put onto paper the engineers and designers were told that it could not be manufactured for less than $80,000. It was only with the help of Japanese production experts that the German engineering was made possible to the public at $50,000. Without those Japanese experts they would not have sold all those Boxsters and allowed the newest Boxster to be offered at nearly 50% (2005=$43K) of the inital $80,000 design estimate from 10 years ago. Imagine the design equivalent of the $130,000 Ferrari 360 being sold to the public in the year 2015 for a new asking price of $65,000?! One Ferrari for me please in Silver and Red!
The Boxster is an amazing success that saved the Porsche company from going bankrupt.

The other car's you mentioned are nice but are not that much cheaper to make you forget that the Porsche Boxster was engineered to be a world class car.