Am I crazy for wanting to upgrade?

[bmx672]

For me it's not a money thing... sure I could invest my money instead of upgrading, but what the heck... I LOVE Porsches! I already have the 401k, 529 for the kids, life insurance and Share Builder on the side... I go to work everyday to provide for my family, I don't live with the mindset that I need to always invest everything. I may die tomorrow, next week, next year... who knows? I do know one thing though, I'm not waiting until I'm 65 to drive a 911. My brother-in-law invests everything... sure he's going to have more money for retirement... but who cares? Life is not a contest, he will have given up all of those younger years of living a little for no guarantee that he'll be around later in life.
I don't know, I didn't want to turn my wanting a 911 into a life philosophy discussion
I'll continue to shop. I do LOVE the Box though so i'm in no hurry...

[Brucelee]

I have owned a number of 996's. My comments are as follows:


1-The years you mentioned would NOT be the ones I would lean towards. The 996 was not a very robust car for those years, with tons of nits and of course, RMS and engine issues galore.

2-Interestingly, I found the Boxster a much more interesting and satisfying car to drive. To me, the 996 always felt like a very powerful VW bug, with the rear end having a mind of its own.

Havings said that, the 996 cab with a tip is a very nice car for a woman (wife). Weather permitting, the top is dropped and you can cruise and look good too.

Good luck.

[bmx672]

I have not researched the 996 that well as of yet... I do like the 993 better, but their prices are higher for higher miles.
I did not know that the 996 also had the RMS problems... better than the IMS I would say! I can say that the three years I've owned my Boxster I have not had one drop of oil or any other fluids I would know too becasue I park it on white carpet Long story... okay, here it is. I installed hardwood and had a bunch of carpet leftover that was almost new... So I took a large section of it and put it down in the 3rd car area... yeah I know, it's a Porsche thing!

[RandallNeighbour]

My thought is that if I plan to "upgrade" my boxster to a newer Porsche, I'm going to wait until I can pay cash for a non-M96 power plant in whatever model I choose.

It will no doubt have some catastrophic and engineering glitch (all Porsches seem to have one or more, don't they?) but it won't be the IMS issue

I guess I could just budget in a trip to Jake's place to have the motor rebuilt with nickies and a new IMS bearing, but sheesh, that's a pipe dream. I'd do that right now with my old boxster if I had the cash.

It's always a good rule of thumb to buy the newest Pcar you can afford, hopefully one with some factory warranty left on it or a CPO car.