Boxster Prices

[torquedemand]

2001 Boxster S, purchased in early 2020

110,000 miles
Arctic Silver, paint in rough shape
8th owner
I paid $4800

[Qingdao]

$1500 for a 1999 Base model 5 speed. 160 000 miles Artic silver.
IDK how many owners (never understood why that mattered).







And then add 11 months and wee bit of cash.

[itsnotanova]

Originally Posted by Qingdao

$1500 for a 1999 Base model 5 speed. 160 000 miles Artic silver.
IDK how many owners (never understood why that mattered).

I never got that either. What if it had one owner that didn't do crap for maintenance? In my opinion. People get compliant with ownership and generally lack with maintenance towards their vehicle. They fall out of love to say. New owners on the other hand are full of love towards their new vehicle and shower it with affection. There are exceptions though. The best porsches I ever bought were female one owner cars. My theory is that they listen to their mechanics and almost over maintain. Something about female porsche owners over other brands that set them apart. I would put them at the top of vehicles to buy from. Followed by old men selling old trucks

[sugarwood]

Originally Posted by Qingdao

IDK how many owners (never understood why that mattered).
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Look at the photo, and you have your answer.

[tonythetiger]

Originally Posted by sugarwood

Look at the photo, and you have your answer.

Hah...someone is after Maytag's "crown of snark." Well done! :+)

[Qingdao]

Originally Posted by sugarwood

Look at the photo, and you have your answer.

Haha... Nice

TBH I wanna say 2 or three owners.. The meth head I bought it from was the mechanic for the previous owner (or at least the most current owner other than myself). Might be 4 or more; when I was getting power for all the things I needed power for I noticed some oddities in the key wiring. The kind of stuff that would resemble tracking from a used car lot.

That would suggest a first owner, then a second from a used car lot, and then the meth head I got the car from.


I personally don't put bias on a vehicle based on number of previous owners. I just look at the condition and what I've gotta fix.

Then again I have been known to buy stuff from junkyards; so I'm kind of a special breed of stupid.


End of the day I knew what I was buying and the price seemed right cause the chassis looked strait enough and rust free. Kinda wished it had a tan interior cause I wanted to paint the car BR green, but hey what ya gonna do.


EDIT: car, and every nut and bolt accounted for I'm in less than $12 000. That top was a whopper of $2000 and the adaptor plate/clutch/starter was another big one at $1500. The engine with all the machine work, carb, supercharger and yada yada was just under $1500. Oh and the suspension was VERY costly $2000 for all the little control arms and dampeners and whatnot. I had planed for all of this. Getting the car cheaper would have been nice, but I wanted this DONE.