1999 Porsche Boxster

[forcefed]

Ya but most of those pampered porsches i cant afford.... So should i save my pennies for a year or see if i can talk the guy down?
What do you think would be a reasonable price?

[NickCats]

forcefed,

If you look at Kelley Blue Book :

$8,850 trade in
$10,700 private party
$14,550 retail

If you look at Nada Guide :

$11,225 low retail
$13,250 clean retail
$14,000 high retail

There are 17 - 1999 Boxsters for sale in the US on AutoTrader :

Highest Price : $19,850
Lowest Price : $9,990
Average Price : $12,959

( these all have over 100k miles )

According to Edmunds :

$8,505 trade in
$10,140 private party
$11,984 retail

I would say $10,500 would be a reasonable price...

Nick

[RandallNeighbour]

Holy crap. My 1997 with 105k is worth nothing, especially when I consider all I've put into it.

I can never sell my car. Period.

This seals the deal. I will drop a 3.6 in it like Tholyoak did before I consider selling it for a new one. I'll forge ahead with my leather interior work, and I'll save up for a proper paint job and new top.

Reminds me of the story about a city boy who used a farmer's outhouse while taking a drive through the country. Before he left the farm, he told the farmer that when he cleaned out the hole (ignorant assumption) that he should retrieve the pocket change that fell down into it.

The foolish farmer ran to his mattress, took out a fistful of cash, and threw it down the hole to his wife's horror and dismay. She said, "Why are you throwing our life savings in that stinky hole?"

He said, "If you think I'm going down there for a little pocket change, you're nuts!"

And so it goes with our aging Porsches. I'm throwing my life savings at this car to keep it running well although it's anything but an investment.

And now, back to the accurate valuation and condition of said 1999 Boxster, Forcefed!

[forcefed]

Nick,
Thank you for the pricing! That helps a lot, I looked it up on KBB but the other compairisons help as well!!

Randall nice story haha!
Im going again to look at it tonight and printed off a whole bunch of stuff from your website(the i want a porsche one) and am going to show that to the guy and take the service records and see what he has done. Th front drivers side control arm sqeeks a little when i was driving it... This usually means it needs replacing correct?

The car is in very very nice shape for how many miles are on it. There is a small pea size dent in the rear bumper and a few small scratches here and there.
The mileage is the only thing that worries me and i dont want my first Porsche experience to be a bad one

Thank you guys for the help once again!

[rick3000]

I agree that $10,500 would be fair, if you could him down to $10,000 that would be even better. Good luck, with the purchase and post some pictures once you get the car!

[forcefed]

If i get i will do just that!... Someone will probably have to tell me how to do it though!

And if anyone else can tell me some stuff to check out on the car let me know please!

Thanks once again for all the help!

[forcefed]

Bad news... The guy backed out after i got approved for the loan and such!
Guess it wasn't ment to be! Soooo now the search continues!!