I was feeling a bit old so a nice 2003 face lift Boxster 3.2S manual did the trick, i now feel a Mike Rainbird but never mind note the BBS split rims genuine Porsche, lovely, not a bad car clutch is a bit heavy!

 

Very nice Phil,so how long will you have this one for?

 

Really fancy one of these

 

The flat 6 sounds spot on!! Deffo the value car this owes me 6.5k not bad imo, i will certainly keep the summer. Very easy to work on too, did an alternator change in 1 hr lol.

 

sorry never liked these cars, you have way to much money mate

 

i like everything about them engineering and mechanicaly wise, but i could never own one, and they defo are a poor mans 911, quick aswell!

very small inside and i cant handle that, im not tall but iccle cars piss me off

perfect otherwise

 

Sean yes roof on very small, poor man's 911 no, i got a 360 F1 so i have to disagree personally.

 

Nice car mate its gona be wicked with the summer time coming up.
Only down side is my Ford Escort is quicker and I can do the alternator in about 15minutes

 

whats you owning a 360 F1 got to do with it being a poor mans 911, the boxster took over from the 924 as the poor mans porsche although i think they are nice looking but being 6ft 3 couldn't have one

 

The 944 was the poor mans porsche, the 924 was a vw hash lol, the point i make is that if i wanted a 911 i'd buy one, so to me this 986 is not a poor mans version and thats not me being arrogant, i live in a poor mans house lol.

 

don't like the wheels. even though they're not, they look like cheap aftermarket

 

Do quite like these. A cheap car now too, fun toy for second hand mondeo money.

 

Is this one Cat C or D Phil???

Ł6500 seems VERY cheap !! and what tacky plate have you got on it ? haha

 

I think the only people who think of a boxster as a poor mans 911 really are people who miss the point of a really sweet handling mid engined chassis and havent driven one.

In many ways they are actually a more fun car to drive, the modern 911's manage to go round corners despite their ludicrous layout just because they are so well engineered and developed now they handle well despite that, but the boxster is just a naturally well setup car.

I think the way to look at them is to ignore that there are other porsches and just look at the boxster on its merits as a car and I think it has plenty.

If you ignore the hairdresser image, there really isnt much not to like about them.



You still got the v6 clio phil?

 

Nice motor .. Not very practical but decent

 

i had the above opinion that there a poor mans porsche but i got to say driven loads of 911's 996's 997's ect and there great fun but on a daily basis there a bit of a pain ! I had a boxster 3.2 for 2 weeks and im converted great fun car and real easy to live with

 

Great cars and nothing poor about them imo.
Wheels are called sport designs, I had them on one i had. Corrode like fuck and are a bitch to clean!

 

I really like Boxsters... they're pretty under rated because of their bigger brother, which keeps values reasonable. I would definitely consider one, along with a Honda S2000 if I wanted a soft top 2 seater.


Cheers,
Grant

 

Thumbs up from me, ive had a few go's in a 2000 3.2s. They look and sound nice, they go pretty well and they handle superbly...
I wonder what sort of mods are available to give them abit more poke and increase that flat 6 burble, the usual chip, filter and exhaust?
With regard to prices they have been tumbling for a while now, so 6-7k is about right and is a bargain car!

 

This is HPI clear!!!!! It was very cheap for a facelift yes but then my Uncle is a car trader

My wheels have BBS stamped on the inside and Germany i assumes sport design is there name?

Yes Chip clio here, only sold the Jag to have this instead.

Overall quite impressed as its the first one i have ever driven!

 

I didnt realise until today the facelift is just not the clear lens

Modified air intake
Retuned exhaust
Different front and rear bumpers
Glass rear window
10bhp more, now 260bhp
Clear lens
0-60 sposed to be 5.3secs and 170mph top speed.

 

I've never been a fan of the looks of a normal Boxster but the Boxster Sypder is very nice:


Rich

 

nail.......................head

 

i,ve been watching these for some cheap summer fun dan,they are falling RAPIDLY cheap now phil says he gave 6.5 for this 1 ,but he doesnt mention the miles,if it is average with fsh then quite a good buy,this 1 for instanve 6k would buy it
http://pistonheads.com/sales/3770543.htm
from 4k and up for a boxster good summer cheap motoring
(touch wood)
the later model 987 are dropping as well ,thats the model i might get(next summer?)

 

I looked at these before i bought an M3 and test drove a couple and they are nice cars! didnt know they depreciated that fast

 

Mine has 94000 with full porsche service history, which although average miles is high for a convertible i guess? Looking at the ads 2003 models are still up for 9-12k

 

Cool, you planning on keeping it long term then?

 

Its one car i wont sell Chip, its owes very little money and great fun.

 

Well if you do change your mind let us all know on here first.
As Im sure a lot of people on here can see its true value is far more than what it would sell for.
I'd certainly snap it up if my circumstances were right at the time.

Proper little bargain and I couldnt give a monkeys its a write-off etc!

 

ill give you Ł6550 lol

 

your looking in the wrong places phil
http://pistonheads.com/sales/3736856.htm
cheaper by the day,like i said i,m waiting for the 987 to peak under 8.5 which will be in my eyes very shortly
http://pistonheads.com/sales/3770065.htm

 

As said RC4 9-12k lol, still i am happy at my price!

 

If honest the cash price was Ł6100 but i wanted to p/ex the Jag hence a Ł400 lose on that for me to make this owe Ł6500 but i felt it was still a good deal

 

Saying Boxsters are a poor man's 911 is such a retarded cliche. Does that mean that a Focus is a poor man's Mondeo, or a Corsa is a poor man's Vectra? It's a comment that smacks of jealousy if you ask me.

 

Nowt wrong with that i`ve just swapped my unfinshed Kitcar for one of these and i love it to bits and the sound it makes is awesome. poor mans 911 i don`t think so.

 

http://motormotormotor.com/search/ca...1&insurance=-1

Nice cars though, never liked them or the 911 but a guy i know has just bought a really tidy boxster and it looks very smart! The cayman has grown on me too. I've tried to talk the girlfriend into one but she's not having any of it.

What jag did this replace?

What jag did you replace?

 

kinda agree, but think that a focus in a way is a poor man's mondeo.

unless you had a physical constraint like a garage or drive that a mondeo wouldn't fit in, what reason, other than being cheaper (both to buy and run), would you have to want a focus over a mondeo?

when it comes to things like the boxster vs 911, looks and driving pleasure all come in to it more, and i can see that plenty would prefer the mid engined layout of the cheaper model.

 

they are only jealous, you buy what you can afford, unless youre rich most people buy second hand preformance cars, when beckham (very rich) sells his fleet of footballer specials as he spends most of his time in america now, someone is either going to pay way too much or get a real bargain

 

proper drivers car

 

are you sure, rumour is they are bought by hairdressers