porsche boxter

[Skiddley]

Yea massively better as a percentage loss perhaps, not absolute. But I guess that's fair enough.

Almost 40K base 987's (with options), 36months old going for 22-25K private (asking). I wouldn't have liked to take that hit. Perhaps I'm being harsh in not taking seasonal fluctuation into account.

 

[Trick]

I like the thread drift as it gives me chance to throw this one into the ring:

VX220 = poor mans Elise

/bites thumb at Muncher and then hastily legs it!

 

[Meridian]

An Evo says all the wrong things about the driver - it's an aspirational car for bank robbers and chavs.

Ironic as the Boxter is the aspirational car for bank managers. Mid-life crisis car for men in their forties who've finally packed the kids off to uni and want a "sports" car, and have money to buy a moderately expensive one.


Says the bloke in his forties driving a scoob...


M

 

[Third Opinion]

Ironic as the Boxter is the aspirational car for bank managers. Mid-life crisis car for men in their forties who've finally packed the kids off to uni and want a "sports" car, and have money to buy a moderately expensive one.


Says the bloke in his forties driving a scoob...


M

You forgot to mention the 40-50 year olds driving round with the roof down in -0c temperatures trying to make it look like they are enjoying themselves. They must be freezing their **** off.

 

[paradigm]

You forgot to mention the 40-50 year olds driving round with the roof down in -0c temperatures trying to make it look like they are enjoying themselves. They must be freezing their **** off.

Guess you haven't spent much time in a convertible. Heaters on, wind deflector up, you don't actually feel much cold at all.

 

[WJA96]

Yea massively better as a percentage loss perhaps, not absolute. But I guess that's fair enough.

Almost 40K base 987's (with options), 36months old going for 22-25K private (asking). I wouldn't have liked to take that hit. Perhaps I'm being harsh in not taking seasonal fluctuation into account.

I was going to say that any 3-year old Boxster you could get for £22-25K will not be one you would want to buy. And that either they will be tired high milers or they will be the 'wrong' spec.

Then I did a quick trawl on Autotrader for ammunition and I found this:

http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-u...HE&model=BOXSTER&min_pr=&max_pr=&max_mileage=

11,000 miles, about £6K worth of options, maybe not everyone's idea of a good colour combo but only £23K. That's massively down on what I would have expected to be honest. And as you say, that one isn't particularly unusual judging from the number available.

 

[Lopéz]

Guess you haven't spent much time in a convertible. Heaters on, wind deflector up, you don't actually feel much cold at all.

Indeed, my friend John is a serial purchaser of Alfa Spiders and they aren't really blustery or anything. Saying that, neither was his XR3i cabriolet!

 

[Firestar_3x]

You forgot to mention the 40-50 year olds driving round with the roof down in -0c temperatures trying to make it look like they are enjoying themselves. They must be freezing their **** off.

Clearly you've never done this so don't actually know what its like.

 

[WJA96]

Ironic as the Boxter is the aspirational car for bank managers. Mid-life crisis car for men in their forties who've finally packed the kids off to uni and want a "sports" car, and have money to buy a moderately expensive one.

And any of that is particularly bad because....?

And you definitely don't want to buy a £40K car - get "the company" to lease it every time. No VAT and 15% manufacturer discount for business purchase.

btw - I am 40, and I am probably going through a mid-life crisis. No kids, just the wife and cat.

 

[pitchfork]

How many sportscars comfortably accommodate a large 6'5" gentleman anyway?

Try an M5, i'm 6'6" and big built with a bit of a gut, fits me great.


Anyways, not a huge fan of the boxster, one of the lads in personnel has one where i work, fairly speedy and handled okay but i mean, apart from being too small for me it was just tacky inside. Not bad but if you are going to buy a porsche get a proper one.

 

[Meridian]

And any of that is particularly bad because....?

I thought as you were making sweeping statements about people based on what they drove, I could join in. I didn't say it was wrong, because there's certainly worse cars to have a mid-life crisis in. Like the old favourite, the TT.


M

 

[WJA96]

I thought as you were making sweeping statements about people based on what they drove, I could join in. I didn't say it was wrong, because there's certainly worse cars to have a mid-life crisis in. Like the old favourite, the TT.


M

Yes, but I was being sweeping about chavs and bank robbers, neither of which are great role models in my book. And before I plonked down £3500 as a deposit on an SLK, I very nearly did the same thing on an Ibis White TT (special order colour, but stunning).

 

[WJA96]

Try an M5, i'm 6'6" and big built with a bit of a gut, fits me great.


Anyways, not a huge fan of the boxster, one of the lads in personnel has one where i work, fairly speedy and handled okay but i mean, apart from being too small for me it was just tacky inside. Not bad but if you are going to buy a porsche get a proper one.

I've been in both Boxsters and current 911's and as far as I can tell, they're made from the same stuff - inside and out. Porsche haven't used cheaper materials in the cheaper car. The metrics used to size the passenger compartments are the same too. If you're too fat for a Boxster, then you'd almost certainly be too fat for a 911, 360 or a Gallardo (doubtless you'd say that the only real Lamborghini is the Murcielago and an Audi R8 is a poor-mans Gallardo?).

An M5 is not in any way similar to a Boxster. One is a relatively lightweight two-seater "designed from the ground-up as a sportscar" sportscar. The other is a 4/5 seater saloon with a massively powerful engine and an extremely well tuned chassis. The fact that they made a 5-series do what an M5 does is a testament to BMW's basic engineering principles and far-sightedness (they knew that they'd need to put a big engine in it later, so they put the basic 2l unit in a V10 sized hole) however I would say you're almost better off comparing the M5 to a Cayenne as the price/power/weight/dimensions are closer.

Oddly enough - you almost never hear anyone who actually has or has had a Boxster complaining about it. They're great - and as the residuals are now softening up, apparently they are now relatively cheap second hand too. If you don't like the shape or the sound or the fundamental dynamics of it then fine, but to criticise it because it feels cheap doesn't add up to me - Porsches are VERY well made indeed. By and large they don't break or break down and they last a very long time if serviced as per the schedule.

 

[Skiddley]

....And as you say, that one isn't particularly unusual judging from the number available.

Yep, deffo a buyers market atm. OPC's are offering awful trade in figures so loads of people trying to update are sticking them on PH etc with the intention of just beating the trader offers by a grand or two... *rubs hands together*

 

[willd58]

Not bad but if you are going to buy a porsche get a proper one.

A proper one eh