2000 or 2001

[KevinH1990]

I recommend that you access the car pricing web sites (New Cars, Used Cars, Car Reviews & Car Prices | Edmunds.com, N.A.D.A. Home Page, Official Kelley Blue Book New Car and Used Car Prices and Values) and put in the data and see what the price difference is. When I was searching for my car, I put all the data on one spreadsheet and it was very useful. I found that there was some variation between the sites and some things like the condition of the car are subjective. That said, you should be able to develop a pretty tight range for the price difference.

The fact that one is being sold retail will naturally increase the price. However, the 2001 will give you a three-spoke steering wheel and a headliner in addition to the options you mentioned.

On the other hand, it sounds like the 2000 is going to be less prone to IMS failure according to recent revelations in the class action lawsuit.

[Perfectlap]

Originally Posted by KevinH1990

The fact that one is being sold retail will naturally increase the price. However, the 2001 will give you a three-spoke steering wheel and a headliner in addition to the options you mentioned.

On the other hand, it sounds like the 2000 is going to be less prone to IMS failure according to recent revelations in the class action lawsuit.

3 spoke steering came with 2000. My S came with a headliner, not sure if that's the case on the standard cars.

2000 is not a guarantee for a dual row bearing. You won't know for sure unless you take down the trans and take a peek in there.

Overall, the base has probably a nicer feeling gear box being that the gearing is better suited for a five than a six, actually much better suited, but all else imho heavily favors the S as being a better value in the second hand market. I think that rule applies to all Porsches not just the Boxster. It seems to me that Porsche take some short cuts with the base models that are not worth the discount once depreciation is baked in.