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Originally Posted by posabsolute
Hey guys,
So i'm 30 got a house & currently saving money to buy a second car (a sport car for me that is)
My budget is 18k maximum, looking into 350z & all I was surprised to see some 2002 boxster with under 50,000 miles for about 15k. You know, having a porsche would be kind of awesome.
So I started to do my due diligence & it seems that a lot of thing can go wrong & that's going to cost me a lot of money. Let's say that I want to have that car for 5 years & do not want to put more than 5k into it, is that realistic or I better look elsewhere?
PS: That would be a weekend & night out car, I will not go to work with it which should put my milage in the 6k & less miles
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I'm was in the same situation as you, 30, with mortgage , own a car and looking for a sports/toy/fun car,
I had lower budged but had to bump it up to 17-18k to find something good.
I was looking and test drove 350Z convertible, Z4 Convertible and boxster and the boxster altought not the most comfortable car gave me the most fun from driving
so it took me almost a month to find one that was worth spending 17k on something i dont really need but i kind of want it
got 2000 boxster S with 21k miles, one owner, with maintenance records, IMS wasnt done so im driving on my luck, but even if something happens i will not go completely broke
Im in chicago, i plan to drive the car only in summer for pleasure, ( i walk to work) but i already did almost 700 miles in 2weeks since i bought it...
I found a prosche mechanic that charges $80/hr which i think is not that bad, not cheap not too expensive...
if you really want a porsche then go for it , but if you really want just a fun roadster, maybe take a look at something newer for the same price, saturn Sky RedLine, Pontiac Solstice, Z4 etc Im sure they will be much cheaper to maintain, with more updated interior(audio and all options) and they also look nice, the one thing you will not get is the ego tickling saying " i just drive my PORSCHE"
good luck
Forgot to add, people on this forum are really helpful, and they dont seem to get mad when newbies are asking the same questions over and over again