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How much did the dealer offer you on a trade in for the Corvette? I'm guessing there are more Chevy buyers in Arkansas than Porsche.

No sane person would trade in an enthusiast car. Trade ins are for lazy rich people, busy rich people or not very savvy car buyers. In the old days a private sale used to be a hassle since you had to do things in person or over the phone.
But now with the internet and middlemen who use the internet there really is no excuse. You can sell a car online as is, have it shipped and get the cash all without even leaving the house.

Also, as far as Boxster pricing if you check out the market values in the back of Excellence Magazine you will see that prices have GONE UP since the credit markets froze up in 2009 after the stock market crash. In other words if you bought a Boxster in 2009 you timed it perfectly. People are holding onto their enthusiast cars longer and putting off new toy purchases which is shrinking suppy. When you look closely the number of well maintained Boxsters is not as plentiful as you would think. You might score a Boxster chief only to find out it needs $2K for shocks; $2K clutch, RMS, IMS upgrade; $1K in tires, rotors, pad; and another $100 in random things like AOS, O2 sensors, catalytic converter, etc.

There is no such thing as a cheap Boxster.