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Perfectlap · 06-13-2014, 09:43 AM

Wait for the 09 S's to come down in price. They've come off warranty and the ones with moderate mileage will start to dip. Personally I don't think 987.1 are the best value in Boxsters and their prices are still bottoming whereas the 986S's have pretty much gotten there. Bot have fairly similarly engines according to the engine experts. You're paying a premium and not getting it in the engine department. So I would go low mileage 986S or 987.2, one or the other.

p.s.
I also bike 5 days week and leave the Boxster at home. During winter, I picked up studed bike tires but I guess you don't have that issue in Kahleefohnia.

06-13-2014, 09:43 AM	#4
Perfectlap Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 8,709	Wait for the 09 S's to come down in price. They've come off warranty and the ones with moderate mileage will start to dip. Personally I don't think 987.1 are the best value in Boxsters and their prices are still bottoming whereas the 986S's have pretty much gotten there. Bot have fairly similarly engines according to the engine experts. You're paying a premium and not getting it in the engine department. So I would go low mileage 986S or 987.2, one or the other. p.s. I also bike 5 days week and leave the Boxster at home. During winter, I picked up studed bike tires but I guess you don't have that issue in Kahleefohnia. __________________ GT3 Recaro Seats - Boxster Red GT3 Aero / Carrera 18" 5 spoke / Potenza RE-11 Fabspeed Headers & Noise Maker BORN: March 2000 - FINLAND IMS#1 REPLACED: April 2010 - NEW JERSEY -- LNE DUAL ROW Last edited by Perfectlap; 06-13-2014 at 09:51 AM.