RE: Porsche Boxster S (986) | Spotted
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I have a 2001 S. I'm reasonably handy with the spanners so thought I could run it on a budget. My advice would be to not buy into Porsche unless you can afford the repairs. Done around 70,000 miles and it's just one thing after the other. Don't be fooled into the pathetic stereotype that German engineering will see you through. Your welcome
Had one, and hated it, as while it was fast and went round corners well it was just too efficient, soulless and no fun at legal speeds, and only rewarded you if you were driving like a tit. Most of the time it felt very ordinary indeed. It was also unreliable and the interior was cheap, brittle and nasty. It put me off Porsches completely to be honest.
I replaced it with an Aston Martin DB9 which is a whole other level of engineering (and performance) by comparison and makes me feel wonderful every time I get in it.
I replaced it with an Aston Martin DB9 which is a whole other level of engineering (and performance) by comparison and makes me feel wonderful every time I get in it.
Sebastian Tombs said:
Had one, and hated it, as while it was fast and went round corners well it was just too efficient, soulless and no fun at legal speeds, and only rewarded you if you were driving like a tit. Most of the time it felt very ordinary indeed. It was also unreliable and the interior was cheap, brittle and nasty. It put me off Porsches completely to be honest.
I replaced it with an Aston Martin DB9 which is a whole other level of engineering (and performance) by comparison and makes me feel wonderful every time I get in it.
Can you post a link to the 5k DB9 please.... or 10k?I replaced it with an Aston Martin DB9 which is a whole other level of engineering (and performance) by comparison and makes me feel wonderful every time I get in it.
Sebastian Tombs said:
Had one, and hated it, as while it was fast and went round corners well it was just too efficient, soulless and no fun at legal speeds, and only rewarded you if you were driving like a tit. Most of the time it felt very ordinary indeed. It was also unreliable and the interior was cheap, brittle and nasty. It put me off Porsches completely to be honest.
I replaced it with an Aston Martin DB9 which is a whole other level of engineering (and performance) by comparison and makes me feel wonderful every time I get in it.
Of course the DB9 is a better car, hardly a fair comparison, either new Vs new or used Vs used the DB9 is significant cantly more expensive and not the same market as a BoxsterI replaced it with an Aston Martin DB9 which is a whole other level of engineering (and performance) by comparison and makes me feel wonderful every time I get in it.
I've felt for a while that we will look back one day at these cheap Boxsters and wonder what value they were! I remember doing the same with the 944 some years ago and now they have finally climbed In value so that a 944 S2 is much more money than the newer Boxster S. Compared with other stuff around now from that vintage, 5K is amazing.
Ursicles said:
Recently bought a 53 plate S for £5k and it's brilliant - great on A and B roads with the hood down.
It's a pretty strong car too and it went straight to northway start buying for a proper going over and ask it needs was CV joints doing
It's a car that should keep its money if nothing else.
Ray Northway used to look after my 986S. There is nothing he and his team don’t know about PorschesIt's a pretty strong car too and it went straight to northway start buying for a proper going over and ask it needs was CV joints doing
It's a car that should keep its money if nothing else.
Edited by schmalex on Sunday 26th May 20:20
Jamescrs said:
Sebastian Tombs said:
Had one, and hated it, as while it was fast and went round corners well it was just too efficient, soulless and no fun at legal speeds, and only rewarded you if you were driving like a tit. Most of the time it felt very ordinary indeed. It was also unreliable and the interior was cheap, brittle and nasty. It put me off Porsches completely to be honest.
I replaced it with an Aston Martin DB9 which is a whole other level of engineering (and performance) by comparison and makes me feel wonderful every time I get in it.
Of course the DB9 is a better car, hardly a fair comparison, either new Vs new or used Vs used the DB9 is significant cantly more expensive and not the same market as a BoxsterI replaced it with an Aston Martin DB9 which is a whole other level of engineering (and performance) by comparison and makes me feel wonderful every time I get in it.
I had a '99 S, bought in 2012 with 100k on the clock.
My first sports car and what a car, simply fantastic. I even made money when I sold it, probably the only car I ever did, but after spending lots and lots on it!
Ended up selling and replacing it with a first shape Z4 3.0si Sport Coupe, which had a huge boot, and was easier to work on, it was a good, fun car but didnt match the driving experience, gearchange, ride, steering or brakes of the Boxster S though.
Theres a reason people own more than one of these, and I can see myself owning another at some point. They're much more dependable than people who've never owned one would have you believe. If it had more luggage space I'd probably still have it!
It would make an ideal 3rd car for me, if I had a more understanding wife that is.
My first sports car and what a car, simply fantastic. I even made money when I sold it, probably the only car I ever did, but after spending lots and lots on it!
Ended up selling and replacing it with a first shape Z4 3.0si Sport Coupe, which had a huge boot, and was easier to work on, it was a good, fun car but didnt match the driving experience, gearchange, ride, steering or brakes of the Boxster S though.
Theres a reason people own more than one of these, and I can see myself owning another at some point. They're much more dependable than people who've never owned one would have you believe. If it had more luggage space I'd probably still have it!
It would make an ideal 3rd car for me, if I had a more understanding wife that is.
I recently bought a 2.7 and it is on 'classic' insurance at 19 years old. Looking at the pictures of that car, somebody spent a few hundred quid on the later front lamps with clear indicator covers, but left the side lamps orange (?). They can be changed for £30 ish to match. And it isn't silver......
Even confused.com value the car at £4900 so with the work done, I think that car is great value. It had advisories for rear ARB bushes at the MoT in Feb but that's not a catastrophe.
Any creaking or knocks from the suspension will be the bushes in the arms and unless you go copy or used, they are very pricey. I like the fact the front and rear suspension parts are all aluminium alloy, and on a galvanized body.
Even confused.com value the car at £4900 so with the work done, I think that car is great value. It had advisories for rear ARB bushes at the MoT in Feb but that's not a catastrophe.
Any creaking or knocks from the suspension will be the bushes in the arms and unless you go copy or used, they are very pricey. I like the fact the front and rear suspension parts are all aluminium alloy, and on a galvanized body.
Classic insurance is just language insurance companies use to attract business, your 19 year old or 16 year old car is not officially a classic. That comes at 40 years if you want to throw the word official at it as the article incorrectly does. 25 years is nothing to do with officially being a classic.
Anyway, went out in a mates Boxster when we were doing a road trip in Europe and it was a glorious car to be in, great handling, open top in the sun, brilliant stuff. Would I buy one? Not a chance...the bills in general are very much what you would expect of a 'supercar' without it actually being one. My mate had a £2k service and has easily spent half the value of the car in maintenance and repairs in just a couple of years.
Anyway, went out in a mates Boxster when we were doing a road trip in Europe and it was a glorious car to be in, great handling, open top in the sun, brilliant stuff. Would I buy one? Not a chance...the bills in general are very much what you would expect of a 'supercar' without it actually being one. My mate had a £2k service and has easily spent half the value of the car in maintenance and repairs in just a couple of years.
I know it's not 'officially' a classic. I've had what's called 'classic' insurance on cars as little as 6 years old, it depends on the make. It's what insurance companies and brokers will accept to give you a guaranteed value if the worst should happen, without using any NCD built up, which you can use on your every-day car. It should perhaps be called 'guaranteed value' insurance but it's easier for the companies to bandy about the term 'classic.' For instance, Footman James will insure a TVR as a 'classic' at 20 years old but a Porsche at only 10. It is arbitrary and up to the underwriters.
The age is irrelevant, I was agreeing with the statements above about it being nonsense in the article to suggest it's hard and fast at 25 years old.
The age is irrelevant, I was agreeing with the statements above about it being nonsense in the article to suggest it's hard and fast at 25 years old.
Sebastian Tombs said:
Had one, and hated it, as while it was fast and went round corners well it was just too efficient, soulless and no fun at legal speeds, and only rewarded you if you were driving like a tit. Most of the time it felt very ordinary indeed. It was also unreliable and the interior was cheap, brittle and nasty. It put me off Porsches completely to be honest.
I replaced it with an Aston Martin DB9 which is a whole other level of engineering (and performance) by comparison and makes me feel wonderful every time I get in it.
“A whole other level of engineering” I replaced it with an Aston Martin DB9 which is a whole other level of engineering (and performance) by comparison and makes me feel wonderful every time I get in it.
HA HA HA HAAAAA!!!
Hardly worth comparing a £100k old man GT car with a £40k sports car now is it, come on.
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