heinrich

I've been waiting for this day. Today I saw a Boxster at well under 20k, low miles, immaculate. Here's where the rubber meets the road on Porsche and 928 value IMHO. I think we'll see Boxsters drop hard from this point on .... they were often bought by people who were deciding between a Jetta, or US midsize and the Porsche and took the Porsche for coolness factor. Now, the car is old .... 10 years old, and their friends don't think of it as chic anymore, just old. So they've moved on to a nice new Jaguar; Mustang or Turbo Beetle etc .....

Here's where 928's and 944's get some low-price Porsche competition. Let's see what it does to the market.

rixter

the Boxster is actually going the way of the 944, inexpensive throwaway entry level Pcar
despite the fact they look small, they are actually quite comfortable, albeit limited in storage/stretching room

tv

What the HE!! is wrong with you?? There is no competition for the 928, especially from that tiny girls car.

hacker-pschorr

My father sold his 928 for a 2001 Boxster S. Even the GTS I found him didn't interest him. Its a very nice car, a blast to drive. A "girls" car is a Miata, not a mid-engine Porsche. Try pulling your nose out of the air, you are starting to sound like a 911 owner.

Jim bailey - 928 International

Many were leased cars the "owners" never owned them and now that they are out of warranty too expensive to keep running , sound familiar ? The OBD II system seems to find numerous reasons to trigger the check engine light and you can not smog one with it on ! But the real killer is you can not even see the engine from above so something like fixing a bad filler tube for the oil (common issue) you first simply remove the engine......

Mark Anderson

There was a TV sitcom show (I think 2.5 men) where the guys buys a boxter and everyone he meets say something like oh yea my aunt has one of those. At the end of the show his car gets stolen and is envolved in a chase that's on TV. The news caster said something like "she's driving very fast" . When the other newscaster asked if he could see it was a women he sais he just assumed so.

That said I put a few hundred miles on a new boxter years ago and once I got past the fact that it had no torque I found it very nice but still not a 928.

tv

My opinion hacker, but from my reading, I'm not alone. Although I like porsche very much, I am a 928 fan not a porsche fan. 99 out of 100 would take a GTS over a boxster.

hacker-pschorr

On the drive home with his newly acquired Boxster S - my father called to report a weird surging when taking off (somewhat fast) in 1st gear. After thinking about it for a while, I realized he was banging off the rev-limiter. My father went from owning 7 Corvette's over a 30 year period (even one 427 69) to a 928 and now a Boxster. First sports car he ever drove with no torque. Took him a while to get used to it.

hacker-pschorr

It is your opinion and you are entitled to it. I just find it funny how the 944 / 928 forums & groups I'm involved with commonly feel shunned by the 911 world. Then once and a while I run into a 928 owner who does the same.

The 99 out of 100 thing is a crock of **** though. I love my 928’s, and would never buy a Boxster in place of one. I would consider one as an addition to; they are very fine automobiles with a totally different driving style, more of a go-cart. Some people prefer this.

tv

Sounds like a miata to me.

I wasn't going to say this but, although, i wouldn't buy one or drive one, i do complement people on their choices. I saw a well cared for boxster at a HD and while i was looking at it, the owner walked out. I commented on the condition of his car and he said thanks, then, I asked what kind of WHEELS he had, as they were aftermarket and nice.

His response, "I think they are michelin." The comment fit the guy which of course fits the car's deserved image. Thats a fact!

I'm sure your old man is a nice guy, and of course, i didn't make the comment knowing anything about your family, but I'm quite happy with my attitude and you couldn't change it.

BC

Think of a boxster as a great reason to supercharge. Hard top, supercharger, all the brakes and suspenions goodies you get from owning a car that had over 100,000 made, and you get a nice hobby. Much more powerful 996 engines fit nicely into boxters.

The most recent C/D has a new Pontiac solstic with a 400hp Vette engine in it. = Fun.

MorganRock

I just dont like them because they are slow in comparison to cars you can get in the same price range... Hell, an RX-8 is a lot cheaper, has a lot more features, has more room, and can outhandle-outpace it. When I had an 87 928 S4 auto, I raced a newer tuned Boxster S w/exhaust (can't say what else cuz i just saw it on the street), and EASILY took it. like 2-3 carlengths. The guy must've felt awful... 15 year older car (and now about $40-50k cheaper after mods) just blew his doors off.

hacker-pschorr

It’s obvious you are commenting on cars you have never driven if you think the power band on a 986S or 987S is the same as a stock Miata.

I took no offense to anything you said, neither would my father. Just pointing out that trying to put the Boxster on the same quality scale as a Yugo when next to a 928 is pretty ridiculous.

Richard S

Prices in the mid-teens for early Boxsters are common now. Spec Boxster race series will only be a matter of time. Give the Spec Miata guys something to graduate up to.

Rich

Jessa

There are plenty of guys who aren't so insecure in their masculinity that they worry about their Boxsters and Miatas being "girls cars"