Porsche: Want to buy Boxster

"Guenter Scholz" <uwaterloo.ca> wrote 

Might have been me... We bought a (used with 38K miles) 2000 Boxster
(from a guy in California - many more down there.) for $30K US, two years
ago. So the one you're looking at is too high in price IMO.

The 2000 model saw the 2.7l engine (from 2.5l) and some engineering
upgrades to the engine (mostly oil seals - they all leak.) It's been
quite reliable (now 56K on it IIRC).

BTW, if you want to see a good selection online, go to autotrader.com
or cars.com and search within 100-150 miles of San Jose, CA.

FloydR

It use to be "Buy the newest Porsche that you can afford". That all
changed in 98 when the last 993 ended the air cooled P-cars. Now just
buy what you like. Here in South Florida today I counted 73 Porsches in
the service shop. There was only one 993 the rest were all water cooled
cars. Including 3 new $450,000 Carrera GTs with tow hooks on the bumper.
Get a car that's in good condition and enjoy it. They all have
problems eventually, it all depends on how you take care of them. It's
very easy to blow incredible amounts of money on repair bills and parts
are always outrageous however it's still the best sports car ever made
and it should bring you years of fun. Chris

Guenter Scholz wrote:
 

thanks for the tips Floyd, much appreciated,

cheers, guenter

ps if I may ask, did you ever consider a 911, possibly a bit older for the
same price?


In article <supernews.com>,
Floyd Rogers <com> wrote: 

"Guenter Scholz" <uwaterloo.ca> wrote 

Not really. We were looking only for convertibles, and there aren't many
available and consequently higher-priced. Also, the mellower handling
appealed to Judy (it's her car), and Boxsters are in her opinion far better
looking than C2/C4 Cabrios (also IMHO!)

FloydR

> It use to be "Buy the newest Porsche that you can afford". That all changed in 98 when the last 993 ended the air cooled P-cars.

What's better about the air cooled engines, they're simpler?

cp

On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 08:52:30 GMT, "cp" <com> wrote:
 
The biggest gripe about the new engines is that the air-cooled cars
were competition engines made for the street, while the water-cooled
cars are built to a price point. They aren't proving as durable as the
previous generation, and Porsche used the air-cooled case for the GT3.
epbrown
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In article <com>, E Brown
<net> wrote:
 

I don't understand, what do you mean by "competition engineers for the
street" vs. "to a price point"? Isn't it just a different heat
transfer mechanism?

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In article <121120051305033428%com>,
com says... 
yes and no

An air cooled engine used air and oil.
The oil ways would be bigger and once moving air flow was unlikely to
disappear unless the engine got totally sealed and isolated.

A water cooled engine has to find space in a similar physical size of
unit to fit both oil and liquid coolant.
That will mean thinner oil galleries, and the ability to close off some
of the air flow so you can sound deaden the engine bay to keep the
greenies happy. And unlike an aircooled engine, it is very possible to
lose major coolant source at speed (hose pops off/headgasket
goes/radiator pops). Combine that with less airflow at speed, and less
oil and engines get hurt real quick if it happens when you are seriously
playing.
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