RE: Spotted: the £3K Porsche Boxster
Discussion
Had my 3.2 s for almost a year and its the best fun car ive owned,plenty of performance and great handling.
I paid just over £7K for mine just make sure its got the necessary service history espacially if its an s as the brakes/clutch etc are more expensive.
Rms isnt really an issue as most get replaced on a clutch change.
As for Ims bearing problems ,the cars are pretty old now if they were to fail they would of done so by now just steer clear of very low mileage garage queens.
Here is mine,wheels are now black with silver lip
I paid just over £7K for mine just make sure its got the necessary service history espacially if its an s as the brakes/clutch etc are more expensive.
Rms isnt really an issue as most get replaced on a clutch change.
As for Ims bearing problems ,the cars are pretty old now if they were to fail they would of done so by now just steer clear of very low mileage garage queens.
Here is mine,wheels are now black with silver lip
you also can give your Boxster a face lift with this sort 997 front end conversion 
it cost the price of the boxter though...
http://www.cars.engisoft.net/EBMS/Catalog/ProductV...
you also can buy special hardtop's that give the boxter the Cayman look...but also expensive.
it cost the price of the boxter though...http://www.cars.engisoft.net/EBMS/Catalog/ProductV...
you also can buy special hardtop's that give the boxter the Cayman look...but also expensive.
This alone is a (small) reason to move to the UK.. On the European mainland you pay upwards of €7k for one of these and then they're in crappy condition with mind-boggling insurance slapped onto it.. How much would insurance be for one of these for a 23-year old?
Shame you'll always look a bit of tit driving it, shame they didn't have the Cayman back then!
Shame you'll always look a bit of tit driving it, shame they didn't have the Cayman back then!
Mystic Slippers said:
Had my 3.2 s for almost a year and its the best fun car ive owned,plenty of performance and great handling.
I paid just over £7K for mine just make sure its got the necessary service history espacially if its an s as the brakes/clutch etc are more expensive.
Rms isnt really an issue as most get replaced on a clutch change.
As for Ims bearing problems ,the cars are pretty old now if they were to fail they would of done so by now just steer clear of very low mileage garage queens.
Here is mine,wheels are now black with silver lip
Really nice looking car. Always like the side graphics on the light coloured cars.I paid just over £7K for mine just make sure its got the necessary service history espacially if its an s as the brakes/clutch etc are more expensive.
Rms isnt really an issue as most get replaced on a clutch change.
As for Ims bearing problems ,the cars are pretty old now if they were to fail they would of done so by now just steer clear of very low mileage garage queens.
Here is mine,wheels are now black with silver lip
For some reason I don't mind tastefully modified Porsches.
Although this is a 987 and I'm not into the black wheel look or the stickers, they do seem to be a little more special than a Z4 or S2000.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCt1gzDBZhs&fea...
Plus you can get some RUF bits too =)
http://epages2.euro-web.net/epages/70054529.sf/de_...
Although this is a 987 and I'm not into the black wheel look or the stickers, they do seem to be a little more special than a Z4 or S2000.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCt1gzDBZhs&fea...
Plus you can get some RUF bits too =)
http://epages2.euro-web.net/epages/70054529.sf/de_...
Hellbound said:
For some reason I don't mind tastefully modified Porsches.
Although this is a 987 and I'm not into the black wheel look or the stickers, they do seem to be a little more special than a Z4 or S2000.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCt1gzDBZhs&fea...
Plus you can get some RUF bits too =)
http://epages2.euro-web.net/epages/70054529.sf/de_...
Give me a s2000 anytime over a asthmatic poser machine. I want to know why s2000s haven't reached 3k yet Although this is a 987 and I'm not into the black wheel look or the stickers, they do seem to be a little more special than a Z4 or S2000.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCt1gzDBZhs&fea...
Plus you can get some RUF bits too =)
http://epages2.euro-web.net/epages/70054529.sf/de_...
yonex said:
Give me a decent ride and amazing feedback over a badly resolved chassis that can't cope with it's engine. S2k's really aren't very good 
This thread (S2000 vs Boxster vs Z3) is taking me back! Great memories too - 1998 Boxster was one of the best cars I owned (had many!) and still the longest one I've ever kept! Great chassis, nice exhaust note and excellent reliability...... Mine was the 2.5 and I loved every minute of ownership (apart from a small issue with an electric garage door!)
Only downers were the crap stereo (didn't have the sound pack so just dashboard speakers) and came with the factory fit Sony CD/Minidisc...... And that it wasn't a Boxster S! However the latter would have made for a very different ownership experience, and who knows if it would have been so favourable after all, for whatever reasons.
G.
Edited by Gallen on Wednesday 6th June 19:41
frosted said:
Hellbound said:
For some reason I don't mind tastefully modified Porsches.
Although this is a 987 and I'm not into the black wheel look or the stickers, they do seem to be a little more special than a Z4 or S2000.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCt1gzDBZhs&fea...
Plus you can get some RUF bits too =)
http://epages2.euro-web.net/epages/70054529.sf/de_...
Give me a s2000 anytime over a asthmatic poser machine. I want to know why s2000s haven't reached 3k yet Although this is a 987 and I'm not into the black wheel look or the stickers, they do seem to be a little more special than a Z4 or S2000.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCt1gzDBZhs&fea...
Plus you can get some RUF bits too =)
http://epages2.euro-web.net/epages/70054529.sf/de_...
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