Boxster advice needed!

[navinskaria]

Looking for advice. Buying 2nd hand Boxster, one is £29000, 2006, nice colour, low mileage with upgraded sound system. Other is £30000, colour I want, 2005, higher mileage but fully loaded. Looking to keep the car for 4-5 yrs. Not sure which one to go for re: re-sale. Friends have told me to buy the one that most appeals but will I lose loads of money going for the older one or will the extras make up for it? Help appreciated, thanks.

Nav

[Geneve]

Forget re-sale, 4-5 years is a long way off. Buy the best car you can with the spec you want.

Although it is often said that options are worthless at re-sale, most buyers want a high spec car. Work out what the new 'list' price was for each, then compare the 'value'.

Have a thorough pre-purchase check and re-new the OPC warranty each year. Also check whether the cars were originally supplied new by Porsche GB/uk OPC. Even if UK spec (C16), unofficial imports should be cheaper at this age.

[richad027]

Buy the car you want, who knows what a car wil be worth in 4 to 5 years time, other than it wil be a lot less than you paid for it. You should check the value of the options its pretty easy to spend a lot of money on them, the fully loaded one could easily have £10k of options

Richard.

[Silver993tt]

If it's a C16 car it will be officially for the UK market only. Therefore it will be worth exactly the same. All UK cars are C16 specification.

[Grant3]

List the full specs & exact mileage for each, plus miles you are likely to do each year, then its easier to make a value judgment between the two, which is what you are really asking for!