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This past week I test drove a Artic Silver 2002 Boxster S at a used car dealership in WMass. It felt zippy, responsive, smooth idol & shits, plus quiet over bumps. The asking price is $11,999 and it has 133642 miles on it. The seller had most, if not all, of the service records which we went over and demonstrated the car appears to have been well cared for. Per Carfax it is a 2 owner car and was in a front end collision when it was about a year old. The seller admitted the car had two strikes against it, the high mileage and all the 17" tires need to be replaced. It comes with a 2nd set of 18" Porsche rims (who's mounted tires also need to be replaced) and a matching hard top which looks really good on this car. The only other major features are the Litronic headlights and aero kit. Based on Kelley BB's definitions the overall condition is close to good but falls into fair on a few items (i.e. tires bad, due for 120K service, see more below).

I had a PPI performed at a local Porsche dealership and they found the compression/leakdown is within tolerance, redline history was stated as "really good", however the RMS shows oil seepage, as well as the right cylinder head. They quoted me $2200 to fix those two issues, $600 for the 120K service (which was not done) & $150 to fix one bent rim. There were a few other minor items but not sure they are worth mentioning, mostly about imperfections that one would expect of a car with this many miles (i.e. pits on windshield, imperfections on paint, wheel scratches, etc). When the seller picked the car up he was provided with a copy of the PPI report.

So what do you all think? According to Carfax the vehicle was offered for sale on 12-12-11. I'm looking for advise of an offer. Anyone's thoughts would be appreciated.

This past week I test drove a Artic Silver 2002 Boxster S at a used car dealership in WMass. It felt zippy, responsive, smooth idol & shits, plus quiet over bumps. The asking price is $11,999 and it has 133642 miles on it. The seller had most, if not all, of the service records which we went over and demonstrated the car appears to have been well cared for. Per Carfax it is a 2 owner car and was in a front end collision when it was about a year old. The seller admitted the car had two strikes against it, the high mileage and all the 17" tires need to be replaced. It comes with a 2nd set of 18" Porsche rims (who's mounted tires also need to be replaced) and a matching hard top which looks really good on this car. The only other major features are the Xenon Litronic headlights and aero kit. Based on Kelley BB's definitions the overall condition is close to good but falls into fair on a few items (i.e. tires bad, due for 120K service, see more below).

I had a PPI performed at a local Porsche dealership and they found the compression/leakdown is within tolerance, redline history was stated as "really good", however the RMS shows oil seepage, as well as the right cylinder head. They quoted me $2200 to fix those two issues, $600 for the 120K service (which was not done) & $150 to fix one bent rim. There were a few other minor items but not sure they are worth mentioning, mostly about imperfections that one would expect of a car with this many miles (i.e. pits on windshield, imperfections on paint, wheel scratches, etc). When the seller picked the car up he was provided with a copy of the PPI report.

So what do you all think? I'm looking for advise of an offer. Anyone's thoughts would be appreciated.

This past week I test drove a Artic Silver 2002 Boxster S at a used car dealership in WMass. It felt zippy, responsive, smooth idol & shits, plus quiet over bumps. The asking price is $11,999 and it has 133642 miles on it. The seller had most, if not all, of the service records which we went over and demonstrated the car appears to have been well cared for. Per Carfax it is a 2 owner car and was in a front end collision when it was about a year old. The seller admitted the car had two strikes against it, the high mileage and all the 17" tires need to be replaced. It comes with a 2nd set of 18" Porsche rims (who's mounted tires also need to be replaced) and a matching hard top which looks really good on this car. The only other major features are the Xenon headlights and aero kit. Based on Kelley BB's definitions the overall condition is close to good but falls into fair on a few items (i.e. tires bad, due for 120K service, see more below).

I had a PPI performed at a local Porsche dealership and they found the compression/leakdown is within tolerance, redline history was stated as "really good", however the RMS shows oil seepage, as well as the right cylinder head. They quoted me $2200 to fix those two issues, $600 for the 120K service (which was not done) & $150 to fix one bent rim. There were a few other minor items but not sure they are worth mentioning, mostly about imperfections that one would expect of a car with this many miles (i.e. pits on windshield, imperfections on paint, wheel scratches, etc). When the seller picked the car up he was provided with a copy of the PPI report.

So what do you all think? I'm looking for advise of an offer. Anyone's thoughts would be appreciated.