RE: Open Season: Porsche Boxster

[broker1]

anonymous said:

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[nickfrog]

broker1 said:

Anyhow, I guess the real world experiences of those that have owned and run P-cars next to more traditional cars count for very little when we can just use the internet to back up (poorly) any spurious argument we chose.

Absolutely but you're being harsh on yourself or simply judging me by your own standards. Bought any M3 parts lately ?

broker1 said:

so at least you learned something from this thread......

Or maybe you have, particularly if you're American ?

[broker1]

nickfrog said:

broker1 said:

Anyhow, I guess the real world experiences of those that have owned and run P-cars next to more traditional cars count for very little when we can just use the internet to back up (poorly) any spurious argument we chose.

Absolutely but you're being harsh on yourself or simply judging me by your own standards. Bought any M3 parts lately ?

broker1 said:

so at least you learned something from this thread......

Or maybe you have, particularly if you're American ?

Are you seriously standing by your statement that Beemer parts are similar in cost to Porsche??

You are either too pig headed to accept your statement was wrong or simply a fool?

I'm tempted to lean towards the latter as simply looking at my profile would tell you I'm in the UK and ran an S3 prior to my Cayman, I'd suggest S3 parts are comparible in cost to an M3 but no doubt you would contest this with your direct ownership experiences of both cars.

FWIW my colleague is running an E92 M3 and is chuckling at this thread as we speak.... he won't be joining the Porsche club any time soon after watching me shell out over a grand for 'N4' rated tyres (again 50% of the cost of my tyres was met by my Porsche warranty as I argued they shouldn't have supplied me with a car running tyres that were no longer being manufactured i.e. N3 - but this would not have been possible on some of the cheap out-of-warranty examples people were getting excited about).

You now have numerous posts, containing a number of different examples of why a Porsche is more costly to run than a BMW, second hand or not. And we have not even talked petrol or insurance....

I know some people will simple never retract a statementn (certainly not on PH!!) or even accept info from people who are better placed than themselves. But after all that is why ignorance is said to blissful I guess....

Edited by broker1 on Friday 10th December 13:22