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RandallNeighbour · 10-23-2008, 09:05 PM

James, I bought a high mileage boxster four years ago and this summer, I had to replace all four wheel bearings, struts, and control arms... basically the whole suspension system on the car. It was almost $4,000 dollars in parts and labor, and I bought all the parts wholesale and had a shadetree mechanic do the labor to install it.

These cars may be shiny, but I wouldn't touch any of them with a ten foot pole.

Save more money and buy a Box S with 25-30k on it and you won't be forced to dump thousands of dollars into it every single year you own it.

I don't mind doing this on my car because I can't afford to trade it for a much newer one and don't want the garage to be boxster-less. But if I had to do it all over again, I would not have bought a $15k car and dumped $18k into it in the last 4 years fixing it up and getting it to run like a newer, lower mileage car.

I could have owned a very nice, low mileage and much newer car with a larger motor had I just waited a year or two.

There's no way around this rule of thumb when shopping for a preowned boxster: THE CHEAPEST PORSCHE YOU BUY WILL BE THE MOST EXPENSIVE CAR YOU WILL OWN.

10-23-2008, 09:05 PM	#5
RandallNeighbour Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 7,243	James, I bought a high mileage boxster four years ago and this summer, I had to replace all four wheel bearings, struts, and control arms... basically the whole suspension system on the car. It was almost $4,000 dollars in parts and labor, and I bought all the parts wholesale and had a shadetree mechanic do the labor to install it. These cars may be shiny, but I wouldn't touch any of them with a ten foot pole. Save more money and buy a Box S with 25-30k on it and you won't be forced to dump thousands of dollars into it every single year you own it. I don't mind doing this on my car because I can't afford to trade it for a much newer one and don't want the garage to be boxster-less. But if I had to do it all over again, I would not have bought a $15k car and dumped $18k into it in the last 4 years fixing it up and getting it to run like a newer, lower mileage car. I could have owned a very nice, low mileage and much newer car with a larger motor had I just waited a year or two. There's no way around this rule of thumb when shopping for a preowned boxster: THE CHEAPEST PORSCHE YOU BUY WILL BE THE MOST EXPENSIVE CAR YOU WILL OWN. Last edited by RandallNeighbour; 10-24-2008 at 05:30 AM.