Let me be the voice of good fortune. I purchased my first Boxster not knowing anything about this board. I was a complete Porsche virgin. I do have 40 years of mechanical experience and a pretty good set of mechanical skills.
All that being said, I purchased my first Boxster, a '98 base, in June of 2009. The car had 107 K miles on it. I purchased it from a private party seller who was a professional gentleman who has the passion. He was the third owner. He also had the complete history of the car along with the all the maintenance receipts and even the original purchase paperwork. The car looked great and operated flawlessly on the 40 minute test drive. I was satisfied it was a good car.
Shortly after the purchase I found this website. Oh boy ! What have I done ? To make a short story long. The car gave excellent service and when sold 25 months later it had 133K trouble free miles. Normal maintenance was oil every 5K miles. Annual air filters changed. Other things I did out of choice were spark plugs, brake pads and drilled rotors, trans gear lube and a leather repair on the driver seat left bolster. Oh, and a set of tires. Actually 2 sets of rear tires. Don't expect long tire life. I only sold the Base 7 months after purchasing our current '00 S to pay off one of my motorcycles and one of my cars. My wifes PHD school loan payments were about to start. Otherwise I would have kept the car.
Now the next thing is you can expect to loose a little money when you sell in 12 to 18 months. In my market I dropped about $4K when sold. I would almost guess with your purchase price being so low you may break even or only take a slight hit. My question is why can't you keep it when the baby comes? Look at it as a 4 wheeled motorcycle. I have always had a motorcycle even when raising my 3 kids. They only have 2 seats as well. Think you can sell the wife on that ? Even better, Make the Boxster the wife's daily driver. See who wants to sell it then.
BTW: I forgot the most important part of owning a Boxster. DRIVE IT EVERY DAY LIKE A PORSCHE. Don't waist such an excellent driving machine sitting unused in a garage.
One is not enough.
