RE: Spotted: the £3K Porsche Boxster
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watercooled = boring 
Great value for money and would definately p*ss off the Jones's next door.
I would never buy one as not a fan but they are great cars and especially for 3k, not sure why everyone is complaining as very little around to compete at that price with that prestige badge (and Honda make the CRV/prelude so they don't count as prestige)
Great value for money and would definately p*ss off the Jones's next door.
I would never buy one as not a fan but they are great cars and especially for 3k, not sure why everyone is complaining as very little around to compete at that price with that prestige badge (and Honda make the CRV/prelude so they don't count as prestige)
k-ink said:
All water cooled porsche values are in free fall (4.0 RS aside). I had to raise an eyebrow when I noticed a 996 GT3 parked on a council estate a couple of months ago. It has been there every single day as I pass by, so it is not a visitor either.
Does it bother you that he has more money / is more successful?james280779 said:
watercooled = boring
Great value for money and would definately p*ss off the Jones's next door.
I would never buy one as not a fan but they are great cars and especially for 3k, not sure why everyone is complaining as very little around to compete at that price with that prestige badge (and Honda make the CRV/prelude so they don't count as prestige)
Not really. I tend to buy a car based on how it drives rather than it being 'prestige' and how much it makes the neighbours jealous Great value for money and would definately p*ss off the Jones's next door.
I would never buy one as not a fan but they are great cars and especially for 3k, not sure why everyone is complaining as very little around to compete at that price with that prestige badge (and Honda make the CRV/prelude so they don't count as prestige)
GC8 said:
k-ink said:
All water cooled porsche values are in free fall (4.0 RS aside). I had to raise an eyebrow when I noticed a 996 GT3 parked on a council estate a couple of months ago. It has been there every single day as I pass by, so it is not a visitor either.
Does it bother you that he has more money / is more successful?
CampDavid said:
Good, bad or ugly? Does the tale end with you driving off into the distance in price friendly pork?
Checking his garage it would appear that the Porsche now resides at his house! Nice buy. Does seem increadibly cheap, but I have no idea how expensive they can be when things go wrong. (Says the man with a TVR)
A few years ago I had a 2003 Boxster S and I loved it. Used it for general hooning and a few track days. Fortunately nothing went wrong in my ownership (although it had had previous IMS failure and a new engine/block from Porsche under warranty). At the time I paid £14k or it and sold about 6 months later as having children meant it was an expensive ornament.
Recently being in the market for a fun car I loooked at the usual suspects and ended up buying another Boxster S. This time much older (2000) and much much cheaper. A stack of history (over an inch thick with receipts stacked) from Autofarm including recent IMS, RMS, control arms, condensors etc.
Yes, it is a risk but what second hand car isn't. Surely the one listed in the article will be worth 2k in parts even with a blown engine. Therefore my maths tells me the most you could lose is £1k which could happen on any second hand car. Buy it, enjoy it, service it and if something major goes wrong worry about it then.
Recently being in the market for a fun car I loooked at the usual suspects and ended up buying another Boxster S. This time much older (2000) and much much cheaper. A stack of history (over an inch thick with receipts stacked) from Autofarm including recent IMS, RMS, control arms, condensors etc.
Yes, it is a risk but what second hand car isn't. Surely the one listed in the article will be worth 2k in parts even with a blown engine. Therefore my maths tells me the most you could lose is £1k which could happen on any second hand car. Buy it, enjoy it, service it and if something major goes wrong worry about it then.
TryingHard said:
A few years ago I had a 2003 Boxster S and I loved it. Used it for general hooning and a few track days. Fortunately nothing went wrong in my ownership (although it had had previous IMS failure and a new engine/block from Porsche under warranty). At the time I paid £14k or it and sold about 6 months later as having children meant it was an expensive ornament.
Recently being in the market for a fun car I loooked at the usual suspects and ended up buying another Boxster S. This time much older (2000) and much much cheaper. A stack of history (over an inch thick with receipts stacked) from Autofarm including recent IMS, RMS, control arms, condensors etc.
Yes, it is a risk but what second hand car isn't. Surely the one listed in the article will be worth 2k in parts even with a blown engine. Therefore my maths tells me the most you could lose is £1k which could happen on any second hand car. Buy it, enjoy it, service it and if something major goes wrong worry about it then.
After reading through all the blurb on Hartech's website yesterday I must admit I now have a pretty poor view of Porsche's engineering. I don't know how the fRecently being in the market for a fun car I loooked at the usual suspects and ended up buying another Boxster S. This time much older (2000) and much much cheaper. A stack of history (over an inch thick with receipts stacked) from Autofarm including recent IMS, RMS, control arms, condensors etc.
Yes, it is a risk but what second hand car isn't. Surely the one listed in the article will be worth 2k in parts even with a blown engine. Therefore my maths tells me the most you could lose is £1k which could happen on any second hand car. Buy it, enjoy it, service it and if something major goes wrong worry about it then.
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