They say there is no cheap Porsche and even today Good price or no data The Boxster is … a cheap Porsche. Could its low price make it an easy starting point Porsche property? Or that’s it a difficult road for future expenses?
The path doubled by yesterday 1979 Ford F-250 it was certainly interesting. On the one hand, there were many comments praising the time of origin of the truck and the general specifications and conditions of the large bed. On the other hand, there was that Starting price of $ 14,500 which, with a 56% loss without data, fell short. O the juxtaposition of praise and approval may not have aligned, but I hope that this cool truck still finds a new owner.
Speaking of new owners, many of you know this I I recently purchased an older Porsche Boxster and am in the process of detailing the joys and labor pains of your property to share with all of you.
My experience may well have one or more of you take the “Porsche dip” and buy your own sports car reasonably capable of a wrench from the German automaker. If you are of this trend, then maybe this Porsche Boxster 1999 it’s a good place to start. It certainly seems to be the cheapest.
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This black Savanna Beige ad is light in detail, although it does provide some relevant information. The photos also tell a story. Here is everything the seller provides in the car description:
175K miles.
convertible.
In a very decent way.
He runs and drives very well.
Looks good.
Personalized escape.
Top works manually. Not electric.
Right price for quick sale.
Clean title in hand.
OK, so first we find out that the car has traveled the road 175,000 miles. This is a good stretch for a 986 and can make you wonder about the condition of suspension consumables and the like. Perhaps to alleviate these concerns a little, the salesman observes that the car “runs and drives very well”. Not just great, but “really great”.
On the negative side, the seller challenges the car’s aesthetics by saying that its appearance is just OK. The photos confirm this, especially when we get to the interior. On the outside, there are some obvious flaws. This includes some paint chips and dents, as well as the absence of intake grilles and front side marker lights.
The car has 996 rear lights with more subtle color flasher lenses. Some people very much prefer these. The rear trunk lid uses a Porsche emblem in place of the expected Boxster script. The factory Twists appear to be in good condition, but there is no mention of how much life is left in the tires.
At the top, the convertible roof looks intact, albeit with a blurry rear window. This is very common in these cars. Less common is the failure of the electric hood mechanism, which is good because it is an expensive repair. This failed in this car and requires muscles from the man (or woman) to put the hood up or down.
Lowering that top reveals an interior that has seen better days. The seat upholstery is cracked and broken on both sides, showing foam filling in some places and gaps for swallowing coins in others. The rest of the interior looks dirty and needs a thorough cleaning, but at least it looks intact. The rubber trim also appears to be holding.
Other things to note here are what is described as a “custom exhaust” and the vendor’s claim that the car has a six-speed transmission. We couldn’t see anything from that exhaust other than a double-ended outlet under the rear plate, but luckily, the customization still keeps the entire catalysts. As for the six speeds: Uunless you have a replacement gearbox a later Boxster S, the only way to have so many gears is if you count backwards.
A quick VIN check shows that this Boxster is not an S and has the 201 horsepower 2.5 liter six pancake under its now manual roof. For those of you with your panties on in a twist on the infamous IMS bearing problem, you can relax. The failure rate at 2.5 was about 1 percent, and if this car’s engine were to explode, it would have done so long before it reached 175,000 miles.
The car title is clean and, in fact, we can see it in one of the photos in the ad. This is a good thing. From other photos, we can see that the record expired in December and the car is still tagged 2020. This may indicate old snapshots, or it may simply be that the seller simply did not want to recharge a car that was for sale. Whatever the reason, 2021 will be needed tags and – if you live in California, where this car is located – a smog test to get them.
The car will cost $ 3,500 before all the registration bureaucracy, and that makes it the cheapest Porsche Boxster in the country to drive and drive (great, remember). Does that look like a deal?
What do you think, is it worth losing so much this worn, but apparently not spent, Boxster? Or is this really too cheap, considering how much more likely you will have to spend to do the right thing?
You decide!
Sacramento, California, Craigslist, or go on here if the ad disappears.
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