Hello everyone and thank you for reading my post. I have been doing some research and reading this forum for a couple of days now in hopes of getting some insight on buying a Boxster S. I found a couple of listings of cars that I really like but I am not sure if the price is to high or if I should be concerned about the mileage on these cars. I will definitely be getting a PPI, compression, and trickle down check before I buy. I kinda like the speed yellow color but that doesn't mean everything to me. But I have got to have a MT and it has to be a "S." I'm trying to stay under $17K (ideally $15K) since I am sure I will have to be putting in some maintenance immediately afterward. What do you think is a fair price for these cars? Once again thanks for your help and it's nice to meet my future Boxster brethren. Check out the links below:
Car 1
2002 Boxster S 93K miles wants $20000
http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/887107970.html
Car 2
2002 Boxster S no miles listed asking $14,000
http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/ctd/885537900.html
Car 3
2001 Boxster S 54K miles asking $19,500
http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/ctd/883656879.html
Car 4
2002 Boxster S 62K miles asking $18,500
http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.jsp?ct=u&car_id=250898812&dealer_id=143062&car _year=2002&model=BOXSTE&num_records=25&systime=&ma ke2=&highlightFirstMakeModel=&start_year=1981&keyw ordsfyc=&keywordsfyc=&keywordsrep=&keywordsrep=&en gine=&certified=&body_code=0&fuel=&only_price=1&aw sp=false&search_type=both&distance=200&marketZipEr ror=false&search_lang=en&showZipError=n&make=POR&k eywords_display=&color=&page_location=findacar%3A% 3Aispsearchform&min_price=&drive=&default_sort=pri ceDESC&seller_type=b&max_mileage=&style_flag=1&sor t_type=priceDESC&address=98002&advanced=y&only_pho to=1&end_year=2009&doors=&transmission=&max_price= 20000&cardist=35
Car 5
2002 Boxster S 107K miles asking $14,000
http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.jsp?ct=u&car_id=253406794&dealer_id=3386618&ca r_year=2002&model=BOXSTE&num_records=25&systime=&m ake2=&highlightFirstMakeModel=&start_year=1981&key wordsfyc=&keywordsfyc=&keywordsrep=&keywordsrep=&e ngine=&certified=&body_code=0&fuel=&only_price=1&a wsp=false&search_type=both&distance=200&marketZipE rror=false&search_lang=en&showZipError=n&make=POR& keywords_display=&color=&page_location=findacar%3A %3Aispsearchform&min_price=&drive=&default_sort=pr iceDESC&seller_type=b&max_mileage=&style_flag=1&so rt_type=priceDESC&address=98002&advanced=y&only_ph oto=1&end_year=2009&doors=&transmission=&max_price =20000&cardist=31
Car 6
THIS ONE MIGHT BE THE BEST DEAL:
1999 Boxster S (not sure if this is accurate, didn't the S come out in 2000 or 1999.5?) 70K miles asking $16,000
http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.jsp?ct=p&car_id=252528287&dealer_id=63378033&c ar_year=1999&num_records=25&model=BOXSTE&systime=& make2=&highlightFirstMakeModel=&start_year=1981&en gine=&keywordsrep=&keywordsrep=&keywordsfyc=&keywo rdsfyc=&certified=&fuel=&body_code=0&only_price=1& awsp=false&search_type=both&distance=200&marketZip Error=false&search_lang=en&showZipError=n&first_re cord=26&make=POR&color=&keywords_display=&page_loc ation=findacar%3A%3Aispsearchform&min_price=&drive =&default_sort=priceDESC&seller_type=b&max_mileage =&style_flag=1&sort_type=priceDESC&address=98002&o nly_photo=1&advanced=y&end_year=2009&pager.offset= 25&transmission=&doors=&max_price=20000&cardist=3 8
That's the best of what I have found so far. If anyone is selling a Boxster S in the Seattle, WA area please contact me. If it was your money which of these cars would you automatically weed out and which do you think might be a good buy? Thanks for all your help and if anyone gets really bored and finds a car for me I would be eternally in their debt!
Thanks,
James