buying porsche in Southern CA need advice..from canada

[DC1]

I have had a very good experience buying vehicles from Carmax including a Boxster. You can go to www.carmax.com and seach CA inventory etc. They give a 30 day warranty on all vehicles and offer a competitive extended, not sure if it works in Canada but it may? There was some peace of mind for me in buying the car then taking it for an inspection knowing the complete car was covered. I would say its probably the next best alternative to buying form a Porsche dealer. Most of the cars I found around So Cal outside of Porsche, Carmax and privates were lease returns and they did not look to good, I was looking at 01 to 03's and ended up buying an 02 with 32,000 miles. Good luck.

[xavier405]

I'll agree that CarMax does appear to have good quality control on their cars in general. I'm selling an 02 Box in So Cal (Check the for sale board here!) and I tried to sell my car to CarMax. Their offer to me was rather low and they explained it is because they apply $3500 worth of reconditioning expense to a Porsche. I don't know really what they do with all that expense, considering that brakes and tires could be done for $1500 (maybe fluids too), and I doubt they can do much more with a Porsche in their shop. But I do believe that when they have a more common car that they do get in there and give it a major service.

[playboy]

i've noticed the prices in TX are alot cheaper than in CA. Is there a reason for that? What state would be the best to buy in?

Im willing to travel as far as TX.

I didnt see any boxsters that really caught my eye on that site. Im looking for an 00' in good shape with decent miles for ~22-24.

[SD987]

"i've noticed the prices in TX are alot cheaper than in CA. Is there a reason for that? What state would be the best to buy in?"

Thing in general are alot cheaper in TX than in CA. If I was looking to buy a Boxster from outside the U.S., California is pretty much the last place I'd look to buy.

[Brucelee]

Originally Posted by playboy

i've noticed the prices in TX are alot cheaper than in CA. Is there a reason for that? What state would be the best to buy in?

Im willing to travel as far as TX.

I didnt see any boxsters that really caught my eye on that site. Im looking for an 00' in good shape with decent miles for ~22-24.

DO NOT buy a car with a Texas title. This is a state where the shady guys go to "wash" titles.

CA has a nice supply of Boxes and the prices are not really any higher.