Nice Car!
^ And people do love them. I always have people at the gas station asking me why I am putting gas in the front, and were the engine is. :cheers:

I located my BoxsterS on Ebay. It was a trade in at a local Acura dealer. I went down to the showroom checked it out, loved it but the car didn't meet the reserve by the end of the auction. I took a major risk because another $100 or so and some chick who sold doggie sweaters would be driving around in my Porsche!
I made a deal with the dealership off ebay they relisted it and I got a Ebay Motors rebate and the dealer got a positive feedback for the ebay profile. It had about 9 or 10K miles and was just out of warranty. Saved a ton of dinero on depreciation.
Crazy thing is I bought it with only a 15 minute test drive and no PPI check. Ahhhh seems like yesterday...and many co$metic mod$ ago. Still ranks as the best depreciation purchase I have ever made.

I've drove a 987S Boxster and I didn't think it was hugely faster or tighter than my 986S. Better but not a big enough jump to justify the extra pennies. Now I haven't yet driven a BoxsterS with a CaymanS motor, I think a 50HP difference is the minimum of what I would need to consider parting with my Boxster. I did drive, and a real drive by the way, a CaymanS and in my opine that's a completely different, faster, tighter, louder car. That's the car that spoiled my BoxsterS experience. I must think about that every other day. It's like a human horsepower glove, if that makes sense. I've driven every 996 but the GT's and they don't compare. I've been watching the prices and they are coming down fast. But I just can't fathom justifying having a Boxster and a Cayman, two cars that seat a grand total fo four passengers seems excessive. What a conundrum.
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I also want a C4S as my mini-van grocery getter for fall and winter. :D
The crazy thing is I could probably buy all three and not cross $100K. Somehow I think four years from all three would still be worth a combined $75K. Not bad..
Can you imagine waking up on a Summer Saturday morining deciding which of my THREE Porsches I should drive that day? Good time to be a Porsche buyer.

Looks like RUFF Racing 280 series 18's to me, check 'em out here

Wife is a-okay with the whole deal, looks like I'm in the clear!

I drove an '07 Cayman S manual and 06 Cayman S w/tip during my search. Drove a bunch of local 986 S's too. The tiptronic on the 06 Cayman S was a bad experience for me, could not get use to not having traditional control over the gears, I felt that the response when I jumped on it didn't translate fast enough for me. The '07 Cayman S 6-speed was much much better, very fast, however, even the earlier 986S's I drove compared to and even felt faster to me. While I was test-driving the 07 Cayman S, a guy came in to pick up his triple-black Cayenne Turbo, wow, what a beautiful truck.

A funny story is when I was getting in my old 986 with a bunch of teenage girls parked right next to it. They all commented on the car and how they thought it was beautiful, like me! I though Chris Hanson from To Catch a Predator was going to pop out! I smiled, said thanks, and drove away...Sorry Chris, no story here :)

Looks awesome congrats, nice looking wheels