first porsche

[joncon]

hello...
looking at purchasing my first Porsche, currently looking at a boxster 3.2s 986
have not test driven as yet
what are the main things to look out for ?

[Trev450]

More info here than you could ever want: http://www.hartech.org/porsche_996_997_Boxster_fre...

[joncon]

thanks for that

[madmover]

Make sure you do your research, they CAN have all sorts of issues. IMS, RMS etc
The real question isn't if it'll have them. But more, if you do have such issues, especially within a short period of time, can you justify fixing it.

Good luck with the search, there's plenty of good ones out there. Lots of shockers I'm sure.

[Ozzie Osmond]

^^ Good comments. Essentially a car which was expensive when new is never going to have Fiesta running costs even if you can buy a used one for Fiesta money.

Just looked at your profile. I can't imagine a Boxster is any more frightening than a TVR!

[joncon]

really enjoyed all my tvr's
I will have another one in a couple of years , in the meantime , I think
its time to try the Porsche ...have driven a few in the past, favourite was a Carrera 4s....
that's on my list of cars to own...
but thinking a 3.2 boxster would be a good entry level car for a couple of years.
plus they do seem good value compared to other sports cars around from the same era.
similar mileage and age tvrs are currently around the 20k mark .

[Medic-one]

Trev450 said:

More info here than you could ever want: http://www.hartech.org/porsche_996_997_Boxster_fre...

Great link! Was just looking for something like that, cheers!