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The return of Marty Wild said:

^^^^^^Don't know whether to laugh or cry!

I say buy a looked after 986 with as many of the usual bits having being done as poss, pocket the savings over the 987.

Then do the easiest bits yourself, brakes, yearly oil changes etc. Have a car that you are not worried about resale value or where you leave it. Keep the car for ever! Any bits you can't do yourself, take it somewhere you trust.

The money you have left over you now have as a slush fund. My Insurance on a 986 with all mods declared with 6 track days is under £300. Car tax around £23 unlike my Cayman which was 55.

I too became a dad, my sorted Cayman S ceased to be used, got out on Sunday mornings to blow out the cob webs 5 times in 9 months. Yeah I miss her big time, but the originator Boxster provides 70% of the experience at a fraction of the price.

That's what I did anyways.

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The return of Marty Wild said:

They don't have anywhere near the presence of the 987 IMO. Interior not as nice place to be.... but in terms of the drive, they're all from the same blood line.

I picked up a cracker for 4k from Precision (well regarded Indy on here). There is no way my Cayman, as much as I loved her, delivered over 4 times the driving experience.

Went to a wet Snetterton in November, my mate with a 997.1 S came with and we shared the driving. He got there in another mate's 991.2 Turbo S, at the end of the day he maintained that his 997 and indeed the Turbo S didn't stack up against the lowly Boxster when you factor in the costs.

As it turned out, mate in his Turbo S and his mate in a GT4 did 8 laps before calling it a day due to the goons out there writing off their cars. Also stating they had big targets on their backs, everyone in our party agreed that on the day, I had the best car :lol:

So bottom line, you could get a Boxster, tinker away, and not worry when you go to bed. Not that I personally worried with my 987.1 when I had her. Look up Baz's advice to looking after the 9x7 gen 1 engines, drive them properly and crack on with enjoying the journey.

Let us know how you get on!

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deMort said:

987 Boxster ..

Front crossover pipes corroding .. circa 1 K .. wheel on a full lock each side and look at the pipes .. pretty obvious .

brakes / suspension .. running items .. if not previously replaced then circa 60 k Your going to need coffin arms .. diag arms are a noise but no play so you can leave if you don't mind the knock .

You want a car with a sensible history .. ie one that has some items replaced each service .. you want a car that has no or very little smoke from a cold start .. you want one that stops tapping very quick from a cold start .

A fault code readout tell you an awful lot .. lambda / cat efficencincy is what i'm thinking here.

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deMort said:

987 Boxster ..

Front crossover pipes corroding .. circa 1 K .. wheel on a full lock each side and look at the pipes .. pretty obvious .

brakes / suspension .. running items .. if not previously replaced then circa 60 k Your going to need coffin arms .. diag arms are a noise but no play so you can leave if you don't mind the knock .

You want a car with a sensible history .. ie one that has some items replaced each service .. you want a car that has no or very little smoke from a cold start .. you want one that stops tapping very quick from a cold start .

A fault code readout tell you an awful lot .. lambda / cat efficencincy is what i'm thinking here.

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kurlykris said:

That`s pretty much bang on where I am with my 987 S Iain, front coolant pipes and cats starting to get past their sell by date :roll:

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