'99 Boxter - Purchasing - Would like some advice

[zagit]

1. Listen to Brucelee, PORSCHE ARE EXPENSIVE.
2. Do you have another car, in case if you will not afford the repair expences? if not go with AUDI.
3. I think your primary attention will be on the engine and transmission, not on the hardtop and other secondary details.
4. Manuals are less complicated than auto-tiptronic transmissions, and this make a lots of sense then you buying a used 7 YEARS OLD porsche.
Good luck

[larez2]

Car B if it's your daily driver - the stop and go traffic in LA is a pain with a Manual.

Car A if it's your second or weekend car. Do the work regular maintenance yourself.

Car C - my car. It's a 99' Ocean Blue or Midnight Blue (not sure) tan interior with only 30k miles on it - just under actually. Hey if you're going to pay that much, I'll sell you mine!

Seriously though, those prices sound kind of high to me. Whatever car you pick, get it checked out by Porsche that includes a multi-pint check and compression test. If the top hasn't been replaced yet, it will probably be due in the next little bit here (check the convertible to window condition too). oh yeah and check out the tire tread, 18's don't come cheap. In either case keep in mind that it is a 7 year old car. What was the last 7 year old car you had. Even Hondas and Toyotas sometimes start to have minor problems after that long.

Good luck!
Larez

[zagit]

Price-I hope you will negotiate with them after PPI.You know you will feel yourself more confident if you will have around 5 to 8k at your bank account for any major problem case. So try decrease price by 3k and save 2 more. I know it pretty hard, and we are in same age category, but this will be very smart. If you have a warranty (i mean a true original warranty, not a third party warranties) that will be very nice.
About manual and tiptrionic, this is how i was thinking. Tiptronics are probably more complex creatures than a manuals, that means i have a higher chance that something will broke.

[Brucelee]

If you drive in LA, you may very well want the Tip. The traffic is aweful for a manual trans.

Having said that, I still feel that the 99 with Tip is a dog with fleas, performance wise and that White is considered a chick color. And I do like white personally but that is what I hear.



Just my two cents.