My wife and I picked up our very first Porsche (a beautiful lapis blue, 2001 Boxster 2.7) last winter. Price and availability for convertibles in the Pacific Northwest is really good for buying that time of year, and the prices on these 986 gen Boxsters have just gotten surprisingly reasonable / affordable! (So, I easily could justify this instead of a newer subcompact car I was looking at, which actually would have cost more than the Porsche.)
I was looking at newer econobox type cars (actually really appreciated the new ford ecoboost fiesta 1.0 liter turbo), and realized for less money I can actually get a really nice, used (and somewhat high miles, but well maintained) Porsche that my wife and I have always appreciated. When we saw this particular car from a private party, (the Aerokit makes is pretty unique, and we also really like the lapis blue color, and of course I've always liked those turbo-look wheels), and the price was doable, so we just had to have it. And so, we did.
We figure the maintenance costs will likely be higher with the Porsche, I'm kind of a car nut so might end up doing some of the work myself. And even if I had to hire folks to do all the work, I figure not having new car depreciation will probably at least completely offset the maintenance costs. (And then, there will be the benefit of, in the meantime, getting to drive a sweet Porsche rather than an economy car.
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My wife also recently battled (and beat) a bout of breast cancer (the whole nine yards, with chemo, radiation therapy, and lumpectomy), and so after all that, we figured it was time to celebrate life and get that Porsche we always wanted. It will be parked outside and daily driven by the way.