might sell it??!!

[Jeph]

Mladen! See ya on craigslist! It's lonely there. Most of the bites are from R-tards... offering to trade their van or 80s Corvette for a PORSCHE! One guy even asked if I'd be willing to give it to him for $500/mo. I've had about 2 or 3 legitimate inquiries in the past 2 months.

If I were you, part out your mods and get it close to stock as possible. I'm looking to sell because I've now got my eye on a 345HP 40th Anniversary Carrera! Nice, huh?

So here's a reminder to lurkers and potential Boxster owners...
BUY MINE! (See link in signature)

[ekam]

Originally Posted by Jeph

offering to trade their van or 80s Corvette for a PORSCHE!

Aren't most of the compliants thread about our cars is to trade it in for a Corvette? This makes perfect sense!

[djomlas]

thx for the tips guys.
as far as cost of keeping it, well its been paif for from day one, o its costing me gas and insurance money and some maintenance, so not really hitting my pocket.
i just kinda want something else haha
i have really no reason to sell it, other than that

[E Kaplan]

Your car is very unique. The color, the hardtop, the mods. Not my style, but I'm sure there are some buyers out there who would die for your car. Since you don't need the cash right now and own the car outright, I would try to sell it via autotrader or ebaymotors and price the car high. Then wait. Give the market some time to see if there is the right buyer who would appreciate your car and pay for it. If not, you always have the option of lowering the price or changing your car back to stock.

Eric

[dmcutter]

About a month or so ago I test drove an M3 and foolishly toyed with the idea of trading in the Box for it. I took my mint condition '04 S to the Mercedes dealer to see what they would give me. It has 21k miles, optioned out the wazoo, including way pricey KW V3 coilovers. Original sticker was 68 grand. They offered me 23...thought the car was wonderful, but the market sucks right now. They even called around to some import car guys and nobody was interested. They said maybe Carmax could do a little better. I said thanks, keep your M3.

DJ, you won't get near what your car is worth, and you'll miss it every time you go around a sharp curve...keep it!

DJ, the car market sucks right now. You will take a bath on the car.

Your car is very personalized, and will only appeal to a very limited market. The color alone will probably rule-out +95% of Boxster shoppers.

You should keep it, it's a great car, and you had worked very hard on it.

[Topless]

Dj,
Nobody has cash right now. You could probably sell it for 1/2 what it is really worth or advertise it as Trade For... equal value. Your awsome pics should generate some interest. Food for thought.

I have been buying and selling cars since 1971 and I have never seen a market quite like this. Crazy times.

[LoveBunny]

Originally Posted by Jeph

Mladen! See ya on craigslist! It's lonely there. Most of the bites are from R-tards... offering to trade their van or 80s Corvette for a PORSCHE! One guy even asked if I'd be willing to give it to him for $500/mo. I've had about 2 or 3 legitimate inquiries in the past 2 months.

If I were you, part out your mods and get it close to stock as possible. I'm looking to sell because I've now got my eye on a 345HP 40th Anniversary Carrera! Nice, huh?

So here's a reminder to lurkers and potential Boxster owners...
BUY MINE! (See link in signature)

People are crazy. Years ago when I was trying to sell my 944 some guy wanted to know if I'd trade it for a hearse and another guy said he had a small airplane for trade, which would be nice but wouldn't get me to work.

[rd400rz]

I have a very sharp 98 silver boxster with some mods ,rare dansk triple tip exhaust ,complete aero kit deck lid ,side skirts etc,18" chrome wheels ,cross drilled rotors,lowering springs, updated tail lights ,+ more ,new top ,86 k miles ,I would say mine is worth $13000 to $14500 if I am lucky ,thinking that is close to what your car is worth ?,funny I just bought a rust free 72 914 2.0 got a great deal on it ,the nada book says it books for as much as my boxster

[NickCats]

DJ,

If you look at Kelley Blue Book :

$10,325 trade in
$12,250 private party
$15,550 retail

If you look at Nada Guide :

$9,050 rough trade in
$10,675 average trade in
$12,050 clean trade in
$14,375 clean retail

There are 76 - 1998 Boxsters for sale in the US on AutoTrader :

Highest Price : $22,000
Lowest Price : $10,800
Average Price : $14,530

According to Edmunds :

$9,114 trade in
$10,677 private party
$12,696 retail

So, I would say your car is worth :

$10,500 if you trade it in
$12,500 if you sell it yourself
$14,500 is what a dealer would probably sell it for

My big question is, if you get rid of it, what are you going to replace it with ?

Nick

[unklekraker]

DJ...why, why, why? You are just going thru what Nick went thru last winter when his mind is busy looking at 911's....you're experiencing what they called winter blues syndromes...LOL

You put so much energy and time on your car..who ever the next owner, would be a lucky one. Good Luck

[djomlas]

Nick, responded to your PM too, and trhat CLK55 is one of the cars on the list.
other rough ideas are
RangeRover (alllllways wanted one) or cayene
clk55
c32 maybe
perhaps a m3
and my all time fav, mk1 golf

and i was thinking that maserati we had a discussion about

or just a beatup rusty cavalier lol

drove my buddys new m5 for a day and its brutaly fast, but a tab bit too much right now, but that car is just trouble

but thats jsut talk so who knows, every time i say ill sell it, i drive it and change my mind haha

[Kirk]

Originally Posted by djomlas

and i was thinking that maserati we had a discussion about

Here's one discouraging thing I found out about the Maserati's... although parts are cheaper than a Ferrari and you can do yourself a HUGE favor in buying a manual versus the F1 transmission there are still some issues.

#1 - Just try to find a manual. There are only like 2 out of 50 under $40K on Autotrader.

#2 - Parts can still be just silly expensive. When you do go to change the clutch on the manual you'll probably want to put in a throw out bearing. Price on our Boxster from Pelican Parts? $22 Price from a discounted Maserati parts dealer for a Coupe? $475 Just the clutch is 6X the Boxster price too. Crazy man... At least it's better than the F1 transmission that HAS to be done at a dealer for ~$3,500

[djomlas]

good point, but with over a dozen manual cars i had, i had no need to replace any clutch parts. so unless previous owner messed it up it might have to be changed, otherwise im sure it will be fine (that being the only concern of course)