Prairiedawg

Thanks for the nod. Yes, that's exactly what I'm looking for, a GTS lite car in that range. Sadly, the stop sale may be keeping some of those cars off the market right now.

Four Ring Circus

I watched the 981 market for two years. The GTS cars IMHO are way overpriced in the used market. They make great financial sense when buying new if you were going to choose those sportier options anyway, but in the used market, people price them like they are GT cars. Whereas a new GTS may have been 10-12% more expensive than a judiciously optioned 981 (and actually cheaper if you matched the options exactly a la carte), the used market seems to think the extra 10-15hp or whatever it was on the GTS is a gift from the Porsche gods and deserves a 20% premium used. Makes no sense to me. I bought a used S with quite a few track upgrades (third radiator, LSD, roll bar, suspension upgrades, SS brake lines, etc) for $15K less than a GTS two years ago.

All that said, I can’t fault the owners of a GTS asking those prices if people will pay them. I think the people paying those prices are making a big mistake.

Prairiedawg

Still looking if anyone is thinking about selling

cyran

You may have seen this. PTV, PASM, sport chrono. No PSE but easy enough to add - finding a Boxster S with PTV and PASM is a lot harder IMO.


https://www.bmwofdavenport.com/used-Davenport+IA-2013-Porsche-Boxster-S-WP0CB2A86DS130303?stocknum=X5844A

Prairiedawg

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Sub

I literally havent seen anything pop up for ya. Keep looking!

Prairiedawg

Still looking

Diamond Dave

Did you have a budget in mind ?

TEF

Like many of you, I am in search of a 981 Boxster S. While I have some experience with Boxsters (I currently have a 987.1 BS), I am wondering about what would be the drawbacks of a high mileage 981. For example, I acquired my current Boxster with about 45K miles and thus far the car has performed flawlessly: no IMS issue or bore scoring. In fact, there is no faults with the car and some might question why I want to move on to a 981 BS. Therefore, if I were to acquire a high mileage 981 (with say 80K miles on it) would I regret it? Is a higher mileage 981 something to be considered or are there issues I should avoid? I recognize that this is a trite question, but I am not aware of any universal issues (like IMS or bore scoring) in the 981 line. Any input is welcome. Thanks in advance.

Prairiedawg

Sort of. I would like to stay under 60k. Less than that really. I'm coming to the conclusion that's not likely to happen based on the escalating prices. I'll probably give up soon, I've already stopped looking in Carguru's etc and just looking passively. I've already had several members offer theirs for sale only to change their mind when I expressed some interest or were just trolling for the way over market sale. Well over CPO prices. I'm not interested in that. I don't understand the "my car is for sale but I changed my mind all of a sudden" bit, and am a bit bewildered by it. Either you want to sell your car or not. This has happened about 4-5 times.

Maybe in the fall or winter something will come around and the prices will come back to earth.

Diamond Dave

Mine is 28000 miles S crono PDK , It would take more than 60 to part with , with the fab speed performance exhaust & brand new tires. Sorry I couldn't help.

Prairiedawg

Yes, I understand the thinking. I'm not interested in "convincing" someone to sell by paying above CPO, warrantied car prices. I have a manual 997 to drive that's a blast. Just looking for something nice and exiting that my wife can also drive. This is a luxury item, not a necessity so there's no point in overpaying.

saabin

Agree, and lets be honest, buying a Porsche of any model is an emotional decision.. and it only takes one person with extra $ to say "what the heck.."

From the looks of things, you will prob have to wait for a while for pricing to come back to earth.. otherwise, well, ya know that emotion thing again..

And for the record, I love my 981, I dare say more than my 997.. I've taken to tracking it now and it is superb on both the street and track, and my wife an I can take wekend trips in it..

forestial

There is a 2013 Boxster S at a CarMax in Phoenix that may be of interest to OP. Although it does say "On Hold" so maybe too late....

Prairiedawg

Still looking.