Hi Guys,
An offer of a car has landed on my lap.
It's a facelift 2003 Boxster 2.7, 73,000 miles, 5 speed, 996 Turbo style wheels, Michelin PS2 tyres all round, new pads and discs all round, New O2 sensor, new battery, serviced annually, wingback seats, bodywork is straight, roof is good..
Looks idnetical to this car (actually, it's silver, not seal grey) which I found on google images.
Now the main bits.. I can have it for £3500, great. But, it only has paperwork from the current owner for the past 4 years and is a cat D. The guy said he got it from a repair centre of whom repaired it. The damage was to the rear bumper, nothing else, it was reversed into something apparently. The exhaust looks original (I know they rust within 1 day of being outside) although the tip has a dent and from what else I could see, all looks fine and original under there, I can't even tell that the rear bumper was replaced. No signs on crumpling in the boot, 1 rear light has a chip out of it, perhaps a seperate incident but really, it seems honest and genuine.
MOT history online ties up fine and I'm hoping a call to Porsche may offer some early history on the car.
I'm not after a show car or something for an investiment, more something to buy for the sake of it being cheap and use for the commute or something..
Would you?
I'm going to see it again now that I've done some research into Boxsters and things to check, not much it seems but I thought I'd ask here, what should I look for on a 2003 2.7 and do you agree that it's worth a punt for the money. I guess even if the engine was to blow, I wouldn't be out of pocket by much which is the main thing with this kind of proposition.
I'm biased toward it but I just want some advice/guidance just incase I'm getting over excited here
Cheers.
An offer of a car has landed on my lap.
It's a facelift 2003 Boxster 2.7, 73,000 miles, 5 speed, 996 Turbo style wheels, Michelin PS2 tyres all round, new pads and discs all round, New O2 sensor, new battery, serviced annually, wingback seats, bodywork is straight, roof is good..
Looks idnetical to this car (actually, it's silver, not seal grey) which I found on google images.
Now the main bits.. I can have it for £3500, great. But, it only has paperwork from the current owner for the past 4 years and is a cat D. The guy said he got it from a repair centre of whom repaired it. The damage was to the rear bumper, nothing else, it was reversed into something apparently. The exhaust looks original (I know they rust within 1 day of being outside) although the tip has a dent and from what else I could see, all looks fine and original under there, I can't even tell that the rear bumper was replaced. No signs on crumpling in the boot, 1 rear light has a chip out of it, perhaps a seperate incident but really, it seems honest and genuine.
MOT history online ties up fine and I'm hoping a call to Porsche may offer some early history on the car.
I'm not after a show car or something for an investiment, more something to buy for the sake of it being cheap and use for the commute or something..
Would you?
I'm going to see it again now that I've done some research into Boxsters and things to check, not much it seems but I thought I'd ask here, what should I look for on a 2003 2.7 and do you agree that it's worth a punt for the money. I guess even if the engine was to blow, I wouldn't be out of pocket by much which is the main thing with this kind of proposition.
I'm biased toward it but I just want some advice/guidance just incase I'm getting over excited here
Cheers.