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anyone who properly maintained a 13 year old Porsche would probably want a good bit of money for it. In which case I would rather have a Boxster with more advanced/reliable features.

With that kind of mileage, proper mainteance not performed can easily result in two or three repairs that can surface in a short amount of time and end up costing 1/3 of the purchase price.
Might as well have bought a newer Porsche from the start.

There's an old saying that applies to these cars "pay now or pay later but you will pay".

p.s.
even if you are handy under the hood, parts for this car are very expensive. One year I spent $10K on major mainteance items and some other unexpected repairs. When I studied the expenses I noticed that very little of it was actual labor.