Early 2.5 Boxsters
Discussion
I keep looking in the classifieds at early 2.5 Boxsters with seemingly well looked after examples looking very attractive avertised at much less than £4k.
My main car is a 993 and after 16-years of ownership I can safely say it's a keeper, so the prospective Boxster would be a direct replacement for the daily snotter, (AKA Mrs Boo's long-term early Audi TT roadster).
Reliability is important and (from what I've read) the early unstressed 2.5s are consistantly more reliable than later models, and suffer less from bore-scoring etc. Not looking for electrifying perfomance either, so not interested in later model perfomance creep, and, IMHO the early fried egg models are becoming the classics! I also know how the early 2.5 Boxsters drive having owned one from new back in 1997/98 prior to trading it in for the 993.
So, question for you long term Boxster owners - Am I opening myself to a world of pain at that price level, or should we just stick with the Audi?
My main car is a 993 and after 16-years of ownership I can safely say it's a keeper, so the prospective Boxster would be a direct replacement for the daily snotter, (AKA Mrs Boo's long-term early Audi TT roadster).
Reliability is important and (from what I've read) the early unstressed 2.5s are consistantly more reliable than later models, and suffer less from bore-scoring etc. Not looking for electrifying perfomance either, so not interested in later model perfomance creep, and, IMHO the early fried egg models are becoming the classics! I also know how the early 2.5 Boxsters drive having owned one from new back in 1997/98 prior to trading it in for the 993.
So, question for you long term Boxster owners - Am I opening myself to a world of pain at that price level, or should we just stick with the Audi?
Thanks for your reply cmoose, having read your answers on this and other threads, I value your opinion and expertise.
Sadly, I'm no Diy mechanic, whilst I am happy for my Porsche specialist to look after the 993, I fear that adding the extra cost of looking after a Boxster as well to the anual specialst bills could be a step too far!
I've therefore decided to stick with the Audi TT for Mrs Boo (whch has been relatively cheap to run over the last 8yrs)
Thanks again for your input cmoose.
Sadly, I'm no Diy mechanic, whilst I am happy for my Porsche specialist to look after the 993, I fear that adding the extra cost of looking after a Boxster as well to the anual specialst bills could be a step too far!
I've therefore decided to stick with the Audi TT for Mrs Boo (whch has been relatively cheap to run over the last 8yrs)
Thanks again for your input cmoose.
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