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Old 04-01-2010, 09:31 AM
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Originally Posted by syoo8
no room for anything
You must be talking about the interior since overall storage capacity is nothing short of amazing for such a small car.

We had a full size cooler in the nose, helped with high speed braking...
Old 04-01-2010, 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Hacker-Pschorr
You must be talking about the interior since overall storage capacity is nothing short of amazing for such a small car.

We had a full size cooler in the nose, helped with high speed braking...
Agreed, best grocery getter, I've ever owned. period.
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I want one.
Old 04-01-2010, 06:15 PM
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I have owned my '99 for 7 years as my every day driver. About to hit 90k. I still love it. With the front and rear trunks, it is the most useful sports car there is. I have grocery shopped for a family of four with my wife and had no problem getting it all home. But if I was looking for one now, I would prefer an "S".
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I want to thank everyone for taking the time to respond to my post. From the responses I've gotten and the additional research I've done, I have decided to pass on this spacific car for the time being. We will continue searching for the right car and if it is a Boxster it will most likely a 2000+. We are not in a hurry, so we'll just bide our time till the right one show up at the right price. and when/if I find another candidate we'll do this all over again.

Thanks again,
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LOSER!

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The Cayman is the one I think is the sexy one, with a styling that rivals the 928. That's the one I want.
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Originally Posted by linderpat
The Cayman is the one I think is the sexy one, with a styling that rivals the 928. That's the one I want.
+1 - I'd consider a Cayman.. only modern Porsche I like the look of.
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BMW Z3 or Z4?

Hardtop coupe for the win!
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I'm fond of the Cayman and the M Coupe, and if it where for me that's the way I'd go. However this one will be for the the wife, so it's wants, and she wants a convertible. We're considering the Z3 and M Roadster variant of it in addition to the Boxster and at the moment think that is probably where we'll focus.
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What about one of these:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2002-...item3efe743d79

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We've considered an SLK. It was one of her first choices, and we've checked out a few, but the early years (which is what we could afford) have serious interior durability issues. the entire consoleis painted and the paint didn't adhere well and flakes off, the dash cracks out of the corners of the glove box, the door panels are held together with glues that didn't bond.... and we're talking on cars in the 50K mile range. If it weren't for that, it would beat the top of the list.
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Originally Posted by 76FJ55
We've considered an SLK. It was one of her first choices, and we've checked out a few, but the early years (which is what we could afford) have serious interior durability issues. the entire consoleis painted and the paint didn't adhere well and flakes off, the dash cracks out of the corners of the glove box, the door panels are held together with glues that didn't bond.... and we're talking on cars in the 50K mile range. If it weren't for that, it would beat the top of the list.
Wow, I'm glad my wife's '02 C32 AMG doesn't have those problems

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I think the "face lift" cars post 2000 got better, and the issues may also be limited to the SLK. I don't know that the Cs had the same issues.
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