Potential new Boxster owner

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I've wanted a Boxster for about three years now and I have 30k out the door to spend including tax etc. I test drove an '02 CPO Boxster and thought it was awesome but I really loved the S. The sales manager was a real jerk to me so I left and started surfing cars.com and others....a long story for another time. I've read quite a few posts about needing to have extra cash around for repairs and just wondered what the general consensus is....go for a Boxster CPO from a dealer so I don't have to worry about it (about $28,900 CPO here in CT) or go for an earlier model S and save an X number of k for potential repairs. I have to say that I own a Land Rover and it is expensive to fix when something goes wrong.....and it does go wrong so I'm a little cool to the idea of having the Boxster sit in the garage until I can afford to fix it. Advice anyone? Thanks in advance.