99 vs 00 and their Values

[Perfectlap]

Originally Posted by Ghostrider 310

A PPI is only as good as the mechanic doing it

Very true but the PPI is hardly a good indicator of what you would most likely face.
as Don Rumsfeld said:

There are known knowns; there are things we know we know.

We also know there are known unknowns; what we don't have answers for.

But there are also unknown unknowns - things we don't have questions or answers for yet.




I would budget a lot more than the standard $2K a year for a 2.5 or high mileage car. If the car was driven in or will be driven in cold weather than I'd say $3,500 a year wouldn't be out of the question. Virtually all of the Porsches I've heard of having low history of needed repairs were cars from Southern California or one of those that was repatriated to a cold weather state as garage queen -- a car not purchased for daily, year round driving. Winters and rough roads are very harsh on finely-tuned sports cars.
There really is no such thing as a $10K Porsche no matter the year or mileage. You could easily have two or three simultaneous repairs that account for 20% of the purchase price. Cost of repairs do not scale down with the lower price of entry.

[ProjectM96]

I have driven the 98' 2.5 and bought my 00' 2.7 in October 2010 for $9700 with 77,000 miles. Only changed water pump and a few light bulbs and a tie rod so far. Less than $800 in repairs total.

There is a pretty BIG difference in top speed and acceleration. But in normal every day driving, they pretty much feel the same and sound the same.

[Perfectlap]

Originally Posted by ProjectM96

I have driven the 98' 2.5 and bought my 00' 2.7 in October 2010 for $9700 with 77,000 miles. Only changed water pump and a few light bulbs and a tie rod so far. Less than $800 in repairs total.

There is a pretty BIG difference in top speed and acceleration. But in normal every day driving, they pretty much feel the same and sound the same.

To the OP, this is handy in merging with traffic on highway on ramps and passing mini vans packing v6 power get in front of you in the fast lane.
And under braking, acceleration is a totally different feeling. But bear in mind that the 2.5 was a much lighter car than the later Boxsters.

[thstone]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

There really is no such thing as a $10K Porsche no matter the year or mileage. You could easily have two or three simultaneous repairs that account for 20% of the purchase price. Cost of repairs do not scale down with the lower price of entry.

+1 Very, very true. This is probably the most under-estimated aspect of buying an older Boxster.