Boxster Wannabe

[Teamfour]

New guy looking for a base Boxster. I joined the PCA Test Drive and will be looking through The Mart. I am located in Northern Virginia in case anyone here knows of a good car. My wife wants to drive it so a Tiptronic is preferred. No need to sell me on the 5-speed; having raced Spec Miatas I love the shifting, but the deal is I need an auto.

Not afraid of a 90-100k mile car with decent service records. I found a few candidates but have yet to look. I assume $6-7k for a 1999-ish 100k miler is a fair deal?

I have built numerous cars so I'm not afraid to wrench on them. Is it practical to think I could drop the tranny (Tiptronic) myself to do an IMS/RMS service? Or if a 5-speed, DIY the IMS/RMS/Clutch?
I'm not averse to paying for professional help, but my joy of owning a car comes from the maintenance.


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