True cost to own - used Boxster??

[AddictionRacing]

Take this with a grain of salt, as I've only been a Boxster owner for a little over a month, but given your budget (if it is fairly firm) I'd have to recommend against the Boxster. I saw a quote on this board saying something to the extent of every Porsche is a $20,000+ car whether you pay up front or in repairs. I'm finding this to be true with mine, so it's a damn good thing I've been a Porsche nut my entire life and would have been disappointed with anything that's not a Porsche. That being said, the S2000 is a very good car, far cheaper to maintain, more reliable, and you can get a newer one for the same money. (It'll never be a Porsche though.) As I've paid $3000 in 2 visits to my trusted independent mechanic over my six weeks of ownership I've just kept telling myself that you've got to pay to play. My repair bills include the 60K service, front brakes, oil tubes and seals, idle air control valve, MAF, and ignition switch. Hopefully she'll behave for a while now. As expensive as she is, she makes me smile every time I open her up on an entrance ramp or take her to an autocross.
For me, there is no substitute. For other people there are plenty. I guess I'm a glutton for punishment. Good luck making your decision - you probably can't go wrong with either of them.

[Quickurt]

Mazda is a very, VERY good customer, so I have a hard time saying this, but stay away from an RX8. They make me a lot of money, because I manufacture the plastic shipping containers they use to ship the RX8 engines back and forth to reman, and they buy ALOT of them.
The platform is an excellent car, except it's kind of uncomfortable for the passenger, hence I now own a CX7 for my DD, instead of the 04 RX8 it replaced.
They have considerable issues with the rotary engine because they are trying their best to keep it alive in today's market and that won't happen much longer. They are running it much leaner than it wants to be run in order to keep emmissions down. The rotary is a two stroke that is exhausting gas before it has completely burned. They get horrific gas mileage, I'm talking friggin terrible. You could hot rod the hell out of a boxster or S2000 and get better fuel consumption than babying an RX8. My 04 was down to under 15 mpg communitng on the open interstate.
All this said, Boxster owners with rear main seal issues and other catostrophic failures could only pray Porsche would take care of them the way Mazda has done RX8 customers.
If Mazda figures out a compact piston engine to keep the RX8 platform as is, I'd buy another in a flash. I really did love driving the RX8 and it was the roomiest, practical sportscar ever.
On to S2's. Too cramped inside. I love the cocoon feel in my Formula car, but it gets old fast in a street car.

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I can crunch numbers all day and the answer is the same... I like the Honda, I love the Porsche.