What did you find on CL today?

[Boss-ski]

Originally Posted by BFeller

https://raleigh.craigslist.org/cto/d/beautiful-2004-porsche-911/6742557574.html

I was interested in this low mileage car. If I could source a engine for a reasonable price it might be an interesting project. The price is high considering Boxster rollers go for 5,000.

I emailed the guy too, no reply :ah:

even got the home address (from a cop) where the car was at, but didn't feel like going there if he/she did not reply - it was in Chapel Hill

[husker boxster]

"it was professional repaired, however the car was left in the shop for over 18 months and suffered overspray, there are tons of money and parts was put in to repair the car"

But they must have just run out of money before purchasing a gas door and radiator grilles. Guess all their ca$h went into the quality paint job.

Enjoy a good chuckle:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/2005-Porsche-Boxster-Cabriolet-Heated-Seats-Bose-Sound-System/132897638288?hash=item1ef1510790:g:ltQAAOSwEvZcFZA p:rk:3f:0&vxp=mtr

[paulofto]

Originally Posted by husker boxster

Guess all their ca$h went into the quality paint job.

It looks like they used nail polish instead of paint. File under POS.

[BoxMann]

Originally Posted by husker boxster

Guess all their ca$h went into the quality paint job.

The quality of the paint job is only exceeded by the quality of the guy's grammar.

Also: "involved in an minor accident" & "salvage rebuilt title"

[husker boxster]

Originally Posted by BoxMann

Also: "involved in an minor accident" & "salvage rebuilt title"

Yeah, that part of the story doesn't add up. He says he paid $19K for it, had a "minor" accident, and somewhere along the line the title became salvage. Fishy, fishy. Either he overpaid for an 05 base with a salvage title or he had more than a minor accident.

But the 60K engine would be almost worth the asking price. 50-50 chance it has a replaceable IMS.

[Oldcarguy]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/2005-Porsche-Boxster-Cabriolet-Heated-Seats-Bose-Sound-System/132897638288?hash=item1ef1510790:g:ltQAAOSwEvZcFZA p:rk:3f:0&vxp=mtr

The shut lines on the leading (A pillar) door edges look out of wack. Must have been a doozy of a ‘minor’ accident. Who lets an interior go like that, you’d have to work at it to get it to the condition in the pics.

I just read the Autocheck report kindly offered by the seller. 2011-2012 were not happy years for this car.

[BoxMann]

Originally Posted by Oldcarguy

The shut lines on the leading (A pillar) door edges look out of wack. Must have been a doozy of a ‘minor’ accident.

Yeah, "just a 2 mph parking lot bump. "

Who lets an interior go like that, you’d have to work at it to get it to the condition in the pics.

My reaction too. I've seen cars with 250,000 miles that don't look like that.

[husker boxster]

If the odometer hasn't been rolled back, it's only been driven 100 mi since 2012. I find that hard to believe.

As far as the interior being so sad, it's probably been sitting for a long time (maybe 6 yrs?) with the windows partially down since they don't have the time to "re-sync the convertible top motor".