£4k Boxster S. What could possibly go wrong...

[mikal83]

Keriiikeeeeeeeeeeee.

I am going abroad for 5/6 months from this Nov and was thinking should I sell or keep my 2000 S, (60k miles great nick etc)...

[V8BHA]

i have a monaro and want a second car as a daily driver as she has now done 90k so want to try keep the miles down a little and was thinking of getting a s2000 or a boxter s but this thread doesnt seem to be too kind to the boxter

[TTwiggy]

V8BHA said:

i have a monaro and want a second car as a daily driver as she has now done 90k so want to try keep the miles down a little and was thinking of getting a s2000 or a boxter s but this thread doesnt seem to be too kind to the boxter

BoxSter

Like all cars, they have issues. The particular issue on the water-cooled Porks is, at least, well documented and possible to guard against (if you want to spend the money).

There are ways of mitigating it - early cars are less prone, the smaller the engine the less likely it is, and if a car has already done north of 100k miles on the same engine and seal, then it's (probably) safe to say it's ok.

[raceboy]

ANY high end car that can now be had for the price of a good weekend away has a huge potential Bork Factor, at this price point it's all about it's previous owners, did they lavish time and money on it, or run it on a shoestring, if the last 2 owners did this then the Bork ratio increase exponentially.
Any major failure on a car that would retail at £40k in todays prices isn't going to be cheap to run if you want the car in A1 condition and all the toys working, and at the age they are a whole host of things are going to be reaching the end of their expected life.

[HorneyMX5]

raceboy said:

ANY high end car that can now be had for the price of a good weekend away

Your weekends away must be pretty hedonistic!