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Deffered Boxster maintenance/repair is like owing money to the IRS... it only accrues with interest. the #1 truth of owning a Porsche: you can pay now, you can pay later but you will pay. Sure if the car only comes out for Sunday ice cream cones it will be reliable enough. But start pouring on the miles where climates vary from very cold to very hot and Porsche reliability becomes an oxymoron. Perhsps compared to a Ferrari it's an old Volvo...

By the way, someone mentioned comparing against an 11 year old car. Like many Boxster owners my previous car was a Miata. It is probably the most commonly found car at any track day or autocross from LA to South Florida to NY and everywhere in between. On the street you can drive the wheels off the car year round and not face 1/10th the repair costs of any Porsche and any mechanic will jump right in without saying "I don't touch those cars".
if you like to modify your cars youcan do as much as you like without spending enough to buy another car. I had a head turner that received just as many compliments as the Boxster. Oh and you get air bags unlike one of those old British cars with suspect electrical.

Porsche build cars that perform well but durability is not their concern. Most of their buyers will not daily drive and once the warranty comes nearer to the end they trade in for a new weekend toy. The Japanese figured out how to build for performance and daily use durability and we reward this by paying the Germans a big mark up instead of the Japanese.