Is it worth breaking or fixing a Boxster 986?

[Partyvan]

Hi all

I've been offered a friends 986 Boxster for £1k. I know nothing about them.

I'm wondering whether to fix up and sell on, or break?

It's a guards red, 60 odd thousand miler. No history with it. Non runner due to water ingress on alarm module. Broken rear window. Front windscreen cracked. Other than that a tidy car.

Worth me buying to break / fix up?

Thanks in advance

[London GT3]

It sounds like it could be good for breaking. Reasonably low mileage. Is it a 3.2? If so, there are a lot of 3.2's being raced so all sorts of parts can be useful.

Good luck whatever you do.

PS: Gratuitous pictures of my race car!

[Partyvan]

Thanks I think it's the 2.7

Are they worth less?

Lovely car I had a 996 which I loved

[London GT3]

I think a 2.7 may have less appeal to the racers but a lot of parts are common to both cars (bodywork etc). For £1,000 you really can't go wrong if you are happy to strip it and put the parts on ebay. Does it have a hardtop? That would be worth a few pounds on its own. Instrument binnacles, lights, switchgear are all saleable and that's before you get to the mechanical bits.

[Partyvan]

Thanks guys

No hardtop!

Looking through ebay completed listings I gather there's a large number of £50-£80 parts on the car, random things like headlight switches, sunvisors, window regulators etc.

Last question (hopefully). Whats a good 2.7 engine and manual box worth? 60k ish miles.

[Escy]

You'll make loads of money if you break it. Engine and gearbox should be around 2k. Where are you? I've got a guards red with some tatty body panels

[Partyvan]

That's settled it, thankyou, I'll go for it.

I'm in Newark

[AJB88]

Sounds too good to break. get it fixed up and use it, or sell it on?

[Partyvan]

New roof, new windscreen, alarm module... all for a car with no history.

I think it'll break for more today than it would sell for when fixed.

Cheers guys, much appreciated help!

[Escy]

I agree. If it had history it would be worth fixing but without it'd be a tough sell.

If you did want to fix it, you can pick up an alarm module, ecu and keys for a few hundred on ebay.

Edited by Escy on Monday 14th January 00:05

[M4CK 1]

Escy said:

I agree. If it had history it would be worth fixing but without it'd be a tough sell.

If you did want to fix it, you can pick up an alarm module, ecu and keys for a few hundred on ebay.

Edited by Escy on Monday 14th January 00:05

Might be a good base for track day car. Fit a hardtop to this
Porsche boxster 986 hardtop in Red in excellent condition https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2... {/url}, sell your seats, buy some bucket seats. Have some fun and sell it for parts when you've got bored of it

[Partyvan]

Well the last parts sold a couple of months ago

I cleared £3k on it.

[interstellar]

Result!!

[el romeral]

Partyvan said:

Well the last parts sold a couple of months ago

I cleared £3k on it.

Wow, would not likely have made that much had you decided to repair it, even with used parts.

[Partyvan]

Exactly.

The engine took 6 months to sell but it was worth it.