Used Boxsters Prices are too cheap

[Perfectlap]

it's a buyer's market for uh....everything.

You know in the 90's we had "irrational exuberance" with stocks and this decade we had 'unsustainable leverage" with lending. And here we are.

I think these times make a great argument for buying used, no doubt new car purchases are going to see some of the biggest drops in depreciation we've ever seen. No doubt about it there will be fewer buyers of new and used.

Which makes me think if you are thinking of selling because you need cash well sell now. If you are not in cash crunch and have no plans for buying another car then you're better off forgetting about all that resale value stuff and enjoying your car because prices are heading south fast.

I have a feeling that well maintained, pampered Boxsters are going to do well 10-15 years from now. The 986/996 generation is going to be the one period that doesn't quiet fit into the rest of "round headlight" lineage of Porsche cars. It could become popular to "practical" vintage Porsche buyers because of its reliability and styling. I also have a feeling that although many many 996 and 986's were built only a very small % will still be in good shape in 10 years time.

[baseball]

I agree, used Boxsters represent great value right now.

[jmatta]

Used Boxsters, especially the S, represent a huge value. Also, a stock S has far more capability than 95% of their drivers; save your money on suspension mods and spend it on a few track days, along with a good set of DOT-R rated rubber.

[Perfectlap]

^ see I'm wrestling with the suspension mod thing right now as my shocks are on their last days (really bad rattling from the passenger side). I always said that if the shocks had to come out I would replace them with full coil overs (PSS9). But now I'm having second thoughts. The sport suspension on the 986S is first class and being lower isn't really going to produce significantly quicker lap times. The gains by spending nearly 3 grand in this department will be dwarfed by a set of street legal R-Comps like the RA-1 which can shave SECONDS.

right now I'm leaning towards just replacing the shocks with same and maybe adding ROW springs, maybe... I don't want a harsher ride.

[rd400rz]

I was just looking on ebay a good running high milage 98 was $7900 buy it now I seen a few 01s for $15000 to $16000 I even seen a nice 03 with 50 k miles a few weeks ago on there for $16500 the prices are crazy I sold my 90 944 s2 convertible on ebay a year ago for $13900 and then at the same time bought my 98 boxster 78 k miles with a factory body kit and extras twist wheels etc on it on there for $12500 crazy that 944s in a way are worth more then a boxster who would have ever thought

[SinnerDC2]

Originally Posted by rd400rz

I was just looking on ebay a good running high milage 98 was $7900 buy it now I seen a few 01s for $15000 to $16000 I even seen a nice 03 with 50 k miles a few weeks ago on there for $16500 the prices are crazy I sold my 90 944 s2 convertible on ebay a year ago for $13900 and then at the same time bought my 98 boxster 78 k miles with a factory body kit and extras twist wheels etc on it on there for $12500 crazy that 944s in a way are worth more then a boxster who would have ever thought

I got my 2000 base for 14,700ish from a dealer with 72k and lots of upgrades like TC, 17" wheels..

So I'm guessing buying from a person I could have gotten the car for 12k or 13k.

[gmboxster]

I don't think it's so much that used boxsters are so cheap, rather new boxsters are wayyyyy too expensive. They are great cars to drive, don't get me wrong but compared to some other cars they are over priced. I love driving my box, but when it comes time to upgrade I'll do so with a used boxster S.

[Perfectlap]

it all depends on the mileage too.

Here's a sub 10K mile 2002 tip that's about to go for nearly $30K without Litronics and a pretty plain interior.

2002 Boxster S