October Car and Driver

[stephenmeade]

Excuse me if someone posted this already (I did a search) but I was perusing my October Car and Driver and on page 123 as part of their Solstice GXP article they decide to compare the Solstice to an enthusiast-owned 987 base Boxster.

They don't say what year the car was but the part that caught my attention was this: "consider that our man Dokianakis bought his $53,935 Boxster with just 4000 miles on the clock for 35 grand."

They don't mention the year but I have to assume 2005. At $53,935 sticker, this was obviously no base car. Does anyone know where these $35,000 987s are?

I was thinking of getting a Solstice GXP or Sky Redline because of affordability but if I can find a 987 well into the 30s I would definitely pay the premium.

Stephen

[super66]

Originally Posted by stephenmeade

They don't mention the year but I have to assume 2005. At $53,935 sticker, this was obviously no base car. Does anyone know where these $35,000 987s are?
Stephen

35K seems a bit low but I guess it would depend on options and mileage.....the box is definetly worth it. I checked and mainly saw them going for around 38-39K. Which is right around the price I would gladly sell you my 05 white, nice optioned, 987 with 9K miles for Not that I'm trying to get rid of it, but if someone buys it from me, then I would have no choice but to purchase the S. At least that's what I tell the wife.....

[drburton]

Haven't seen any at $35, but there is a local one for sale (actually a friend of mine) for $39 with very low mileage in excellent condition. I would guess a higher mileage 987 could fall down to $37 or so.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by stephenmeade

Excuse me if someone posted this already (I did a search) but I was perusing my October Car and Driver and on page 123 as part of their Solstice GXP article they decide to compare the Solstice to an enthusiast-owned 987 base Boxster.

They don't say what year the car was but the part that caught my attention was this: "consider that our man Dokianakis bought his $53,935 Boxster with just 4000 miles on the clock for 35 grand."

They don't mention the year but I have to assume 2005. At $53,935 sticker, this was obviously no base car. Does anyone know where these $35,000 987s are?

I was thinking of getting a Solstice GXP or Sky Redline because of affordability but if I can find a 987 well into the 30s I would definitely pay the premium.

Stephen

The car in question is in fact a base not an S. The GXP actually beat the base boxster by over a second at the track?? Very suprising. I guess it had more torque to pull itself out of the turns. They did notice that the Solstice had a drag coeffiecient of .45 though! I must say that is horrible. Did they even test it in a wind tunnel? The base boxster is slightly slower to 60 and in the 1/4 but it is almost 2 sec quicker to 130. Drag is a killer.