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Old 01-05-2011, 04:10 PM   #1
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I don't know. Life is short, what have you got to lose? You can't lose your house cause you don't have one yet I have bought and sold a lot of cars over the years... close to 100 by now. Some were good investments, many were workhorses, some were pure joy. Few have brought as much joy as this little 986. The Boxster is a still lot of car for the money by any measure. If you had a wife and kids depending on your sober choice I might feel differently. As it is you have little to lose from the experience. If the car fails you can ride a bike, take the Nike highway, work weekends, get her fixed up again, no worries.

I drove a 69 Datsun Roadster briefly in college. It required almost daily tinkering to keep the carbs in sync, and it was totally impractical for my lifestyle at the time, but I loved every minute driving it. You are handy with tools and you are going into this with your eyes wide open. I say follow your heart even if only for a little while. The reality of responsible adulthood will catch up to you soon enough.
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Old 01-05-2011, 08:00 PM   #2
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Thanks guys for all the valuable advice and debate. I am leaning towards the boxster purely for a new experience and better potential resale value in a short time. I have yet to find a car I am truly content with, maybe this will be it. Until the deal does or doesn't go down, I'll keep you posted and continue to lurk =]
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Old 01-06-2011, 09:14 AM   #3
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I will keep my eye out for jcoit's post, very well spoken. I agree completely. It sounds like you know what to look at when buying a car (the bottomside). Just remember when you go to resell it most people will be looking at the paint and the interior, which you could surely clean up alot. The only thing that scares me about it is how long the 19's have been on there and have they stressed the body pick-up points. Something to think about.
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Old 01-06-2011, 10:29 AM   #4
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Yea, the interior is clean other than the driver seat which is fairly worn due to fat owners lol. I do wonder about he 19's though as the owner thought they were a "factory option" -_-. So I am a bit worried, yet I will not be able to have the car too long due to school, so this will be a 6 month romance/cleanup-sell project really. It has to be worth more than my camaro so that is where I lay on it.

BTW ylojkt, my girlfirend has a new beetle turbo s. that thing is fun! what is yours rated at with all of its mods? Im trying to convince her dad to put some money in it, it puts my maro to shame in the corners
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