[Oldcarguy]

Originally Posted by Jimbo409

Is the 2004 boxster s limited edition spyder worth the premium they are asking for these cars. I found on with 60000 miles original owner and all records but they are asking 22000.00 seems high to me for a 2004 boxster .

Hi Jim,

Average sale price on BaT for 2004 550SE Boxsters was ~21,500 USD last time I checked.

Porsche Panorama #764 featured the 986 in their Market Dashboard (pg 138-141). They value the 550SE from $11,000 (4-fair condition) to $32,400 (1-concours condition).

So my answer is ‘it depends’. Lots of variables. IMHO 22k seems high for a 60k miles example. If it’s an excellent condition, one owner with complete records and current on all maintenance with ‘The Solution’ IMSB or at least a recent high quality IMSB I’d guess around $17-19k but what do I know :-) OTOH my friend who makes a really good living selling high end pre-owned says the true value of any car is what someone is willing to pay for it at a particular point in time.

Check out the Panorama article. It gives a fairly objective assessment of all 986s. Hopefully some of the other 550SE owners will offer their opinions here.