Buying a 986 - Advice Needed

[seningen]

Originally Posted by Reddy Head

Did another search right now and came across this Boxster:
1999 Guards Red 48K going for $10,944

Used 1999 Porsche Boxster For Sale in Houston, TX | Stock: TXU624166

It is in Houston, I was wondering if you have seen the car before?

Maybe I am being too cautious but for such low mileage the gear shift lever seems to be significantly more worn than some cars that I have seen with 100K miles... Let me know what you think.

P.S. Sorry for posting so much, I am heading out this sunday to see the cars and I want to have a solid plan of action. I will be staying in the Austin area from Sunday - Wednesday.

There's a white on grey 2000 w/75K asking $10k in Dripping Springs on CL

no affiliation.

BTW, I may have said it before -- I don't like the 99's due to block/heads casting issues. Doesn't make other years immune, but the 99's seem to have a higher propensity to this
issue since the aluminum castings were outsourced.

Mike

[Davev]

Originally Posted by seningen

There's a white on grey 2000 w/75K miles in Dripping Springs on CL
no affiliation.
Mike

"Honey... I bought a dripping springs car..."

[BYprodriver]

Originally Posted by Davev

"Honey... I bought a dripping springs car..."

This 1 in Radiator Springs looks nice, & I think it likes me!

[Reddy Head]

Originally Posted by BYprodriver

This 1 in Radiator Springs looks nice, & I think it likes me!

Is there a car variation of "bestiality" taking place right now? Hahaha, just joking!

[Reddy Head]

Originally Posted by Davev

"Honey... I bought a dripping springs car..."

Hahaha, I'm assuming I should avoid that area? :P

White is definitely not my first choice of color. Also I don't think the grey interior adds enough contrast TBH... But nonetheless the car appears to be well taken care of.

[seningen]

Originally Posted by Reddy Head

Hahaha, I'm assuming I should avoid that area? :P

White is definitely not my first choice of color. Also I don't think the grey interior adds enough contrast TBH... But nonetheless the car appears to be well taken care of.

You want contrast -- should have bought mine last year :-)



Midnight blue exterior.

My wife had a really nice White over Deep Green full leather -- I liked it.

Mike

[Reddy Head]

Originally Posted by seningen

You want contrast -- should have bought mine last year :-)



Midnight blue exterior.

My wife had a really nice White over Deep Green full leather -- I liked it.

Mike

Beautiful!

Maybe I am just biased towards the color red though... I find myself gravitating towards the red version of everything. It's quite comical actually because my name is Red.

Thinking about adding more carbon fiber accents?

[seningen]

Originally Posted by Reddy Head

Beautiful!

Maybe I am just biased towards the color red though... I find myself gravitating towards the red version of everything. It's quite comical actually because my name is Red.

Thinking about adding more carbon fiber accents?

Wife told me I had to have 4 seats (hauling kids around)


So I sold the Blue/Red/Black previously pictured last year --

Replaced it with 6 seats (or 7 depending how you count them)

Cayenne TT to pull my toys -- then added a Boxster S as a track toy.

[Reddy Head]

Originally Posted by seningen

Wife told me I had to have 4 seats (hauling kids around)


So I sold the Blue/Red/Black previously pictured last year --

Replaced it with 6 seats (or 7 depending how you count them)

Cayenne TT to pull my toys -- then added a Boxster S as a track toy.

Very nice vehicles. (Sorry you had to get rid of the last)

I came across this Boxster on the forum, let me know your opinion... The owner says remote key access is not working. Should I be concerned as it might indicate a larger problem or is it just a convenience issue? Thank you.

http://986forum.com/forums/boxsters-sale-wanted/52398-fs-2003-porsche-boxster-%5Baustin-tx%5D.html