Time to say goodbye!
 

She's up for sale locally here in OKC. Sad to be selling the Boxster but it's not going to be practical for me everyday anymore, and I can't afford to keep her and another car. I'd appreciate it if you guys check out the Ad and share with anyone you think might be interested.

1999 PORSCHE BOXSTER

Cheers,
OB

I'm sorry to hear it, man! But I totally get it. Hopefully you'll be back with a new one soon. ;)
The addiction is strong.

Really nice looking car...asking price is really optimistic IMO but it would be nice if boxster values were headed this way.

I totally understand about the price, I'm just not looking to give it away with the thousands I've spent to get her into this nice of a condition. I'd probably take the first $11,000 that was offered. Maybe someone will come along and want a Boxster that has been cared for by it's owner, unlike many. There's a 2001 non s listed for $14,000. Probably less miles. We will see though! I've learned many lessons about buying a used Porsche, and I feel like I need to get out before this thing sucks many more thousands out of me.

Sorry to ask on this thread, but where did you get that spoiler? :)

Car looks great, good luck with your sale!

Sorry to see you go!
Gorgeous paint and wheels! :cool:

FYI: Litronics are xenon, not bi-xenon (high beam is halogen, not xenon).
You should add a picture of the color matched center console. ;)

+1 on this, thats a rare option and grabs my eyes quick over other boxsters whenever I browse ads.

Best of luck and hope to see you back here one day.

Steve

Thank you! Didn't know that about the headlights. And I may add a picture of the console.

OP: Be sure and let us know the selling price of your car when it's gone. I'm interested since I've dumped a LOT of cash into my car to make it look as good or better than new.

Wow that is indeed a high asking price. But when it comes to Porsche there is always a first time buyer who falls in love with the first car that catches his eye. So no reason not to go high first, especially if Boxsters are hard to come by in your area and most your buyers will not travel or buy without kicking tires.

There are not many clean done up tiptronic cars out there. So you could be appealing to a good niche market here. Usually when I come across tiptronic cars they are barebones white or black and rarely ever do they have visual mods.

There is a butt for every seat and many will pay a premium to find just the right seat. Keep us updated.

I paid $1000 more for mine. Needed tires, brakes, and a bearing. Had 119,000.

Good luck.

What year is your car? Base or S?

Also, how long should I wait to decrease the asking price to increase interest? It's been about 2 days, no interest. Any other tips to increase interest/exposure? Never really sold a car before.

In sig line.

Start just above what you are willing to take. Then make the good faith gesture to that price. Or haggle and say you can keep the wheels for some money off. But they will want it as it sits.

Put it on Ebay Motors with your absolute lowest acceptable price and then add Ebay's commission on top of that. If you want a quick sale, that's the best route.

Comments on the ad
 

Sold several cars via Craigslist. Each within 4 hours of posting. The cars were almost stock, had records, were well cared for, had something that distinguished them and the asking price was in line with the competition. They were relatively low mileage. I could have sold 5 of each within the first day. The buyers came to my little town from 50 miles away.

The problem I see with this ad is someone put serious money into a car with 140k miles and probably only $1k of that is recoverable. Not like they had the engine rebuilt. Old engine, IMS, shocks, transmission, suspension, etc. Unimpressive tires. I don't think the false badging helps a true Porsche fan either. Makes me wonder if there is some other false advertising.

Really nice looking and good upgrades but options and upgrades don't bring anywhere near what they cost unless the car is a true collectable or are exactly what someone wants. A '99 Boxster is simply a wonderful but 16 year old car. A 140k+ miles car is not like a 60k one in terms of instant attraction.

I hate to throw cold water but, when a same year same color Boxster with ~50k less miles is the car just below yours on a local Craigslist search and it is asking several k$ less than this ad asks and it has the purist desired transmission and is in the same color, which are they going to be calling about?

Good luck, it is a beauty.

The sad thing is that the paint and extra don't really add to the value. Everyone's idea of what modifications appeal to them are different. In my experience, a clean car with great original paint. low mileage and factory options will often have the widest appeal and therefore be worth more than a modified car even if the modified car is more fun to drive.

Like some others have said, put it on ebay with good pictures and with a reserve of the absolute bottom price you will take and see what happens. If you want to sell quickly, you need a price that motivates people to buy. As Mike said, most things on craiglist go very quickly if the price is right. If you get no inquiries within the first couple of days, chances are you are priced too high, are in the wrong market, or have a poorly written ad. Your ad seems good to me, so it is probably the price or you need to reach a wider audience, like on ebay.

For comparison
 

I know it is not the same market, but I bought my car late last summer. It is a 2000S, and had 61K when I bought it. Original paint and completely stock. I paid, $12k for it, and split the cost of a control arm and laser alignment with the seller, another $500. So I would have found it hard to pay $11k for an older non S with more than double the mileage.

Hate to say this....
 

but I just bought a 98 Porsche Boxster with only 72k miles on it for 8k.

13k seems way, way too high for the miles on that car.

YMMV.

Mike

Price updated. Taking the first $10,500-$11,000 that walks through the door. Really want it sold before the end of summer. 1999 PORSCHE BOXSTER

Sorry to see you go. Very nice car and good luck with the sale.

I recently sold my 1999 146,000 mile 996 C2 on eBay and only got $11,500. It was not in nearly as nice of condition as your car, but it was a 996 with 300hp and ran very, very well.

With that as a benchmark, $9K would be a decent eBay sale. Of course, local buyers might pay more but they have access to eBay too and will be using that as their yardstick.

Time to say goodbye!
 

I'd hold onto the car if you can't get 10 for it. I hate seeing mechanically sound boxsters go for under 10 when they have been well cared for. These cars are just too good to go for under that. When I think of an 8k boxster I think of an extremely basic car from 97-99 with accident history and extremely fogged up headlights on a buy here pay here lot. No service records either. I just hate seeing clean cars go for under 10k. Hope you can get closer to what you want for the car.

Exactly my thoughts Jake! just had a guy tell me that he'd give me 11,000 for it if he hadn't have just bought a new car:(

Personally I don't think there are any mechanically sound Boxsters or water-cooled Carreras being sold for less than $15K unless the previous owner "donated" a great deal of DIY labor and expects only to recover the cost of new parts. OTOH If someone is asking above market then I expect to see a long list of repairs that were addressed. There's a middle ground there that has to be met if you're an informed buyer.

I only paid 8k
 

for my 98 base boxster, and it was mechanically sound and near perfect. Only thing that needed fixed was the 02 sensor. Which I already had done.

He was asking close to 9k, but I offered 8k cash. He bit. Runs great, only 72k miles. Everything works the way it's supposed to.

Not trying to be a contrarian, but that's the market (at least near me) right now. I just saw one near me post for 7k the other day. 101k miles, just had a tuneup and running well according to the ad.

Mike