15 year old considering 986 boxster S as a first car, Need opinions?

[Frodo]

Originally Posted by KevinH1990

I think I understand your motivation. I wanted to buy a 1959 Porsche Convertible D when I was 18. If I recall correctly, the price was around $1800. My Dad suggested to me that it would interfere with college and career development. At the time, my assessment of the trade-offs was that I wanted to buy the car. In retrospect, that would have been a poor decision for me.

...unless, of course, you held onto it and kept it in really good shape for 35 or 40 years!

[KevinH1990]

Originally Posted by Frodo

...unless, of course, you held onto it and kept it in really good shape for 35 or 40 years!

The only way that would have happened is if I didn’t do a lot of the things I enjoyed in my life. It is one thing to wrench on a car when everything is shut down during Covid. It’s quite a different thing to give up the experiences you have available when you are 16-25 and relatively unencumbered.

I’m not the greatest mechanic, but my skills today are at a much higher level than they were when I was 18. In addition, there are many more sources of help such as YouTube and the forums. Of course a 356 is a less complicated vehicle and I probably would have figured it out.

That said, when I watched this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkpjSOMhZj8 I couldn’t help but think of what might have been.