981 Boxster GTS…am I going mad?

[squirdan]

julian987R said:

AndyDubbya said:

julian987R said:

GTS's are close to £40K already. After the winter there will be some starting with a 3.

Are they? I don’t see any less than £50k on AT.

huh?

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202207238...
£44K

there are currently 7 x 981 GTS starting with a 4. and x4 on PH
Most around mid 40's of that selection.

I have seen low 40's. Starting with a 3 is quite possible.

Cayman R is already in the 3s - £36k
I know you do your best to talk them up though.

A Boxster GTS with sensible spec is high 40s at worst

[Spevs]

981Boxess said:

Spevs said:

I've been looking for a BGTS for the last 18 months.................
Unless time is critical I'd stay patient and watch the market.

I doubt many buyers will be happy to wait for years to own a particular car.

If you are serious about buying one all you are going to end up doing is buying the very same cars with more owners/miles on the clock for the same/more money than when you started looking.

You would have been better off buying one and enjoying it, if your spec is so tight you cannot find one I would take the view that 90% of what we want is a lot better than 100% of nothing.

True, I must say I regret letting a one owner BGTS slip away in June, Carmine Red, had everything (GTS Interior, PDK, Auto a/c, Bose, Cruise, Black Wheels) 12k miles, could have bought it for £48k privately..........

[AndyDubbya]

Billy_Whizzzz said:

julian987R said:

AndyDubbya said:

julian987R said:

GTS's are close to £40K already. After the winter there will be some starting with a 3.

Are they? I don’t see any less than £50k on AT.

huh?

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202207238...
£44K

there are currently 7 x 981 GTS starting with a 4. and x4 on PH
Most around mid 40's of that selection.

I have seen low 40's. Starting with a 3 is quite possible.

I think he means Boxsters. Not Caymans, which are worth less.

I did indeed, they've been the subject of this thread from the first post.

[john41901]

AndyDubbya said:

Billy_Whizzzz said:

julian987R said:

AndyDubbya said:

julian987R said:

GTS's are close to £40K already. After the winter there will be some starting with a 3.

Are they? I don’t see any less than £50k on AT.

huh?

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202207238...
£44K

there are currently 7 x 981 GTS starting with a 4. and x4 on PH
Most around mid 40's of that selection.

I have seen low 40's. Starting with a 3 is quite possible.

I think he means Boxsters. Not Caymans, which are worth less.

I did indeed, they've been the subject of this thread from the first post.

I see Caymans are slightly cheaper than Boxsters in the current 718 range, but I thought the reverse was true for the 981s, i.e. Boxsters previously had a lower list price ?

[981Boxess]

Spevs said:

True, I must say I regret letting a one owner BGTS slip away in June, Carmine Red, had everything (GTS Interior, PDK, Auto a/c, Bose, Cruise, Black Wheels) 12k miles, could have bought it for £48k privately..........

Part of the problem is you read stuff on here that makes it sound like not having a certain option turns a Boxster into a Transit diesel with the sills hanging off.

Perfect example, auto A/C, had I believed some of the rubbish people post on here you would think not having it is a deal breaker. Can you imagine the trauma in having to adjust aircon once in a while and even then only with the roof up, in a country where the sun comes out every death of a pope? I seemed to have got away with not having it in the recent warm weather without even having to see a shrink.

Other stuff can be retro fitted, eg Cruise, mine didn't have it, 100% original retro fit is cheap and doable.

No paddles on the wheel (buttons), change the wheel.

Buy one, drive it, enjoy, life is too short.

[Billy_Whizzzz]

john41901 said:

AndyDubbya said:

Billy_Whizzzz said:

julian987R said:

AndyDubbya said:

julian987R said:

GTS's are close to £40K already. After the winter there will be some starting with a 3.

Are they? I don’t see any less than £50k on AT.

huh?

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202207238...
£44K

there are currently 7 x 981 GTS starting with a 4. and x4 on PH
Most around mid 40's of that selection.

I have seen low 40's. Starting with a 3 is quite possible.

I think he means Boxsters. Not Caymans, which are worth less.

I did indeed, they've been the subject of this thread from the first post.

I see Caymans are slightly cheaper than Boxsters in the current 718 range, but I thought the reverse was true for the 981s, i.e. Boxsters previously had a lower list price ?

Maybe but they’re still worth less now.

[AndyDubbya]

981Boxess said:

Spevs said:

True, I must say I regret letting a one owner BGTS slip away in June, Carmine Red, had everything (GTS Interior, PDK, Auto a/c, Bose, Cruise, Black Wheels) 12k miles, could have bought it for £48k privately..........

Part of the problem is you read stuff on here that makes it sound like not having a certain option turns a Boxster into a Transit diesel with the sills hanging off.

Perfect example, auto A/C, had I believed some of the rubbish people post on here you would think not having it is a deal breaker. Can you imagine the trauma in having to adjust aircon once in a while and even then only with the roof up, in a country where the sun comes out every death of a pope? I seemed to have got away with not having it in the recent warm weather without even having to see a shrink.

Other stuff can be retro fitted, eg Cruise, mine didn't have it, 100% original retro fit is cheap and doable.

No paddles on the wheel (buttons), change the wheel.

Buy one, drive it, enjoy, life is too short.

For me, it is a dealbreaker, which is what I wrote. I wouldn’t be so rude as to say your opinion on the matter is rubbish though.

[testdrive]

It seems a little mad to me plenty 981 GTS around for more reasonable prices, and in reality you have to remember it's only aesthetically better than an equivalent S, if it had the 3.8 it would be a different story.

[testdrive]

981Boxess said:

art of the problem is you read stuff on here that makes it sound like not having a certain option turns a Boxster into a Transit diesel with the sills hanging off.

Perfect example, auto A/C, had I believed some of the rubbish people post on here you would think not having it is a deal breaker. Can you imagine the trauma in having to adjust aircon once in a while and even then only with the roof up, in a country where the sun comes out every death of a pope? I seemed to have got away with not having it in the recent warm weather without even having to see a shrink.

Other stuff can be retro fitted, eg Cruise, mine didn't have it, 100% original retro fit is cheap and doable.

No paddles on the wheel (buttons), change the wheel.

Buy one, drive it, enjoy, life is too short.

This is very true, unique to PH.

[Gadzookoids]

Op. I am pretty sure that the car you are looking at was being sold by an indie in Wandsworth for 56k up until a month ago when it disappeared and then turned up at the OPC with another 6k on the price.

By the way you aren't mad as ai am having the same thoughts but struggling with the fact that Boxster are currently overpriced

[JeffC]

I had been half in the market on and off for about 2 years but kept buying other cars to scratch an itch or two but had also kept an eye on the boxster market watching to see if a yellow one was gonna come up for sale , I wasn’t that fussed about any other colour so never that desperate to buy.

when I sold my Macan Daily I decided to treat myself and ordered a new fully loaded speed yellow BGTs but with the delays It became apparent it wasn’t coming anytime soon , I decided I didn’t want to wait and I actually prefer the more aggressive front end of the 981 to the 718gts so I decided to go back to my 981 search, some cars I’d previously looked at were been re advertised for up to £10k more, for a few months i kept an eye on the mark seeing which way it was going but it didn’t look as though things were getting any cheaper heading into spring.

the car I bought I thought was a little expensive but 20k miles and fairly nicely specced , with main options I wanted , GTS int, leather dash and carbon pack , half alcantara seats and steering wheel, I really don’t like leather in soft tops, heated seats, PDK ,Bose , pdsl lights and the wheels I like, it has a few other bits which is a bonus , only thing it didn’t have that I really wanted was a heated steering wheel, i had carbon buckets in my Spyder and I could take or leave those for touring, I found them hard work , it has the fancy climate but that was never a deal breaker for me , anyway I concluded they are not coming down in price anytime soon so I paid the money and the first sunny run out over the lakes convinced me I had done the right thing.

think we have done 5,000 miles touring over the last few months. I bought the car to use and if I lose a few quid it won’t be the end of the world , last couple years I’ve been fortunate to capitalise on some of my other cars going up so it will be swings and roundabouts .

[981Boxess]

AndyDubbya said:

For me, it is a dealbreaker, which is what I wrote. I wouldn’t be so rude as to say your opinion on the matter is rubbish though.

I didn't even see what you wrote, if that is your opinion you are entitled to it, fair enough.

If somebody told me not having climate on a Boxster would spoil my enjoyment of the car I would say that is complete rubbish because I don't have climate and it hasn't, my opinion.

[Billy_Whizzzz]

981Boxess said:

AndyDubbya said:

For me, it is a dealbreaker, which is what I wrote. I wouldn’t be so rude as to say your opinion on the matter is rubbish though.

I didn't even see what you wrote, if that is your opinion you are entitled to it, fair enough.

If somebody told me not having climate on a Boxster would spoil my enjoyment of the car I would say that is complete rubbish because I don't have climate and it hasn't, my opinion.

I have climate and I’ve never used it.

[981Boxess]

Billy_Whizzzz said:

981Boxess said:

AndyDubbya said:

For me, it is a dealbreaker, which is what I wrote. I wouldn’t be so rude as to say your opinion on the matter is rubbish though.

I didn't even see what you wrote, if that is your opinion you are entitled to it, fair enough.

If somebody told me not having climate on a Boxster would spoil my enjoyment of the car I would say that is complete rubbish because I don't have climate and it hasn't, my opinion.

I have climate and I’ve never used it.

That is rude and I am deeply offended by this comment, this doesn't happen on Mumsnet.

[Koln-RS]

Billy_Whizzzz said:

I have climate and I’ve never used it.

Agree. With Climate you set it once and rarely need to touch it again - it does everything for you - automatically.

Whereas, the basic Aircon needs constant fiddly adjustment.

[TTmonkey]

It’s interesting talking about deal breakers.
Everyone’s different. Aircon for me is fine either way….
My bmw 4 series have climate, my Audi TTS has manual.
Doesn’t bother me.


One thing that does bother me is for example this:
Not a GTS, but this looks lovely…..


But then…. NOPE


Absolutely hate these colourful interiors.

[Charlie_1]

981Boxess said:

didn't even see what you wrote, if that is your opinion you are entitled to it, fair enough.

If somebody told me not having climate on a Boxster would spoil my enjoyment of the car I would say that is complete rubbish because I don't have climate and it hasn't, my opinion.

Depends what you mean , yes it doesn't change the fundamentals but if you want climate and it isnt there every time you drop your butt in it you are going to think 'wish it had climate' that would spoil my enjoyment , my opinion

Edited by Charlie_1 on Thursday 25th August 17:21

[testdrive]

Most cars specified with climate have missed the options you actually want in a sports car.

In the Boxster you should have the roof down most of the time, when you do this you either have the heating on full because it's freezing or it's too hot and you've got the cold air blasting at you.

Somewhere in the middle is just fine the rest of the time, but I concede a rotary dial would have been better than the buttons.

[981Boxess]

Charlie_1 said:

981Boxess said:

I didn't even see what you wrote, if that is your opinion you are entitled to it, fair enough.

If somebody told me not having climate on a Boxster would spoil my enjoyment of the car I would say that is complete rubbish because I don't have climate and it hasn't, my opinion.

Depends what you mean , yes it doesn't change the fundamentals but if you want climate and it isnt there every time you drop your butt in it you are going to think 'wish it had climate' that would spoil my enjoyment , my opinion

I assume you are aware that the debate going on here is the difference between having climate and just having manual aircon?

Having to adjust the temp of the interior from time to time is not something I consider to be too difficult and it certainly wouldn't spoil my enjoyment of a convertible.

But I fully accept there are some out there that would have a problem with that.

[Billy_Whizzzz]

981Boxess said:

Charlie_1 said:

981Boxess said:

I didn't even see what you wrote, if that is your opinion you are entitled to it, fair enough.

If somebody told me not having climate on a Boxster would spoil my enjoyment of the car I would say that is complete rubbish because I don't have climate and it hasn't, my opinion.

Depends what you mean , yes it doesn't change the fundamentals but if you want climate and it isnt there every time you drop your butt in it you are going to think 'wish it had climate' that would spoil my enjoyment , my opinion

I assume you are aware that the debate going on here is the difference between having climate and just having manual aircon?

Having to adjust the temp of the interior from time to time is not something I consider to be too difficult and it certainly wouldn't spoil my enjoyment of a convertible.

But I fully accept there are some out there that would have a problem with that.

Mad. I’ve never driven mine with windows up and roof on and have never needed aircon or climate.