Buying 01 boxster for DD. Opinions welcome

[thstone]

The asking price of $8900 is pretty high for a 2001 base model with 94K miles. Blue Book in excellent condition is around $7500.

Of course, the seller will say that the car is in perfect condition and has a full maintenance history but the reality is that this is a 14 year old car with almost 100K miles and there are a lot of Boxster's available, so its really a buyers market.

Of course, its your choice of how much to pay. But don't get caught up thinking that this is the ONLY one and you'll never find a nicer one at a better price - because you will or someone here on the forum will find it for you. Boxster's are kind of a dime for a dozen on the used car market.

Beyond this, if you are willing to accept the $2,000 per year (on average) operating costs, then I'd hit the seller at $6800 and negotiate hard from there.

And before you do the deal, be sure to get a PPI. Yes, it can be a little awkward and takes some time, but it will be the best $300 that you ever spend and can literally save you thousands.

[Seadweller]

Originally Posted by thstone

Beyond this, if you are willing to accept the $2,000 per year (on average) operating costs......

I've seen this referred to many times. What constitutes the $2K/year in operating costs?

[kk2002s]

It's debatable you will actually need to spend $2k/year on maintenance.
It will come in Blocks. One may go years with very little then many things need attention at once.
In my 3 years, 35k miles, I may have spent a total of $2k
That's Front suspension, Rear tires, Rear brake pads, motor mount, AOS, spark plug tubes, plugs, belt, oil (2x a year), climate control display.

BUT with these miles, I'm now looking at Clutch, IMSB, WP, rear suspension pcs. That will get me over $5k over 3 years so now we start getting near that magic $2k/year

[Pdwight]

How many of you guys owned early 70's MG's ??

I did and that never gave up

[tonycarreon]

Originally Posted by Seadweller

I've seen this referred to many times. What constitutes the $2K/year in operating costs?

like the previous poster said, it seems to come in waves.

i have an '01, purchased in the spring of 2009. in 6.5 years i have spent (including tires, the GAHH top and oil changes) close to around $10k for 60k miles. though it has only been a DD for the past couple of years. prior to that it was only used for long road trips.

some years it was only oil changes, some years i could see smoke coming from the credit card from getting swiped so many times.