Why did you buy - your - Boxster?

[ISUnorth]

Because I am insane? Why else would one own a nice Porsche when you live in godforsaken weather wasteland like the Twin Cities! Okay, the weather here this spring has got us locals down a little.

I have always like the look of the Boxster, always got me to take a second look when I saw one. Last spring I was at the Mazda dealer pricing a new battery and there was this extra fine black Boxster in the parking lot. Started thinking about getting one and finally pulled the trigger 6 weeks a go. Like the car more with each drive (in spite of the crappy weather).

BTW: this board is great for getting up to speed on the Boxster.

[AreaOne]

Last October a friend of mine invited me to his house to show me something, when I got there he showed me his 1997 Boxster and took me for a ride, well the ride was nice then he told me to drive it. I got into the drivers seat and let down the top and after driving it for a few blocks I was hooked.

I asked him where he bought it from and he took me to the dealership where he bought it, I saw a few Boxsters on the lot but since I wanted a early model year at the time I passed on looking at any of the cars because they only had the later model cars. But on the showroom floor was a 2007 base Boxster and boy did it look nice, the salesman asked me if I wanted to drive it, I said no because I was not ready to buy a car at the time but I did pick up the Boxster sales literature book and read it cover to cover the same night.

Well 2 days later, I went back to the dealership with my son and sat in the 2007 and it felt great and I was hooked and lined. Then I went home and after learning about the differences between the 986's and the 987's I decided to look for a 987 and after visiting a few websites along with a few dealerships I found my 2005, then drove it and i was then officially hooked lined and sinkered and have been happy ever since.

[jonnycool]

honestly? a guys son bought it for $46000, drove it for 18 months then had job offer with mizuna in the states, he parked the boxster in his dads heated gym. 20 months later he gets a promotion so rings his dad and tells him to sell the boxster and whatever money he gets put it towards his DADS retirment fund.

his dad starts the car to find water coming from underneath, turns off car and leaves it for another 2 months, he asks me if i want to buy it for $16000,( he knew that i'm into cars) I dont know how bad the problem is so i take a chance and offer $13000, we settle on $14000, i get the car home and discover the left hand radiator has small corrosion hole in the corner where road salt and debris has collected.

After $230 (new rad) and 3 hours (fitting) my wife now has a virtually mint 1997 2.5 69.000 mile boxster, the son has a great job and the dad has a great nest egg, winners alround!!!!

i bought the boxster 1 year ago this month

[jonnycool]

ps, when i bought it the average 1997 boxster prices in the UK were between $22000 - $28000 i did'nt sell it because the guy gave me that "i want it to go to a good home" line, well i'm glad i listened to him...it's a keeper!!!

[BoxsterLewis]

So thats like 4-5 of us already being had no intentions at all of buying a Porsche and now are living the dream :dance:

[concept84]

For me I hope I have found the right car. I've spent the last 2-3 years looking for my the perfect sports car and have had many, and every one of them came up short. They were always fun for a month, and then something just wasn't right and I'd get rid of them.

For example, I had an S2000 for a grand total of about 10 days.

I went through car after car after car, until my girlfriend went crazy and told me to stop. She was now in on the buying process and I ended up trading my S4 in for a new A3, because it was both fun and practical, and she could drive it because it was the DSG tranny (clutchless manual, flappy-paddle gear box).

This lasted nine months until the first nice day when all the convertibles came out. I started looking immediately. I made my rounds and drove everything I had previously owned (Z4, S2000, MR2 and nothing really fit the bill. Then I figured I'd give Porsche another try and wow!

This is the car for me!

Funny part of all this is 3 years ago the first car I looked at when starting this whole car buying experience was a Boxster, but the one I looked at was in such bad shape I swore off Porsche all together, and just assumed this was the way they were.

[concept84]

I also want to add that Jeremy Clarkson and the guys at Top Gear and fully responsible for me blowing so much money on cars lol.

I chose the boxster in the end because in all the years the show has been running, they really could never say anything bad about it, and it always beats something in a challenge every time its on the show.