Would you buy an automatic Boxster?

Well, would you if it cheap enough to keep for a few months, fix some minor things (tires electric seats etc) and flip or trade?

In reply to Adrian_Thompson:

PDK? Maybe. Full slusher, no.

Full slush 986

I wouldn't buy a Boxster, period.

No. PDK or otherwise. It would be like buying a SMG M3. Absolute speed is not why I would buy a car like that.

Huckleberry wrote: In reply to Adrian_Thompson: PDK? Maybe. Full slusher, no.

This.

Except I'd take the PDK over the true manual.

What on Earth is the point of a slushbox Boxster?

Hell, no.

Speaking for myself, no. I'm not a fan of automatics in general and I don't see any point for a car like a Boxster being equipped with one.

Adrian_Thompson wrote: Well, would you if it cheap enough to keep for a few months, fix some minor things (tires electric seats etc) and flip or trade?

Absolutely. If I could drive a boxter for the summer essentially for free, I would. The auto would probably make it slightly less fun, but it still sounds like a heck of a lot of fun for no monies.

Plus, the auto probably has a bigger buyer market making the resale go faster.

I've looked at them. They seem to go for $2-3k less than manual ones around here (probably rightly so. ) On the one hand, hey, cheap Boxster to cruise around in! On the other hand it'd be to sell again because most potential buyers want a manual. If you're intending to flip it for cash it's probably not the model you want.

This one's been tormenting me for a while. It's ~$2k cheaper than what seems to be the bare minimum ask for a decent manual. I love the color combo, it looks great, has everything I want, the mileage doesn't scare me, and I could totally afford it in cash if I sold my Pug. It's been for sale for months. If it were a manual it would have sold in 15 mins (maybe to me.)

Don't any of you go buy this, I want it.

Since my wife needs an auto now I would buy her one tomorrow if I had the extra cash. She loves them.

Is it cheap enough that you can swap in a manual and save enough money to be worth the effort? :)

Depends upon price and deferred maintenance.

It's the squishy soft top version of the car I actually want. With that many compromises it would make me sad to look at it.

Likely not unless it was really, really cheap.

Every time I put it into 'D' I'd have a pang of regret.

codrus wrote: Is it cheap enough that you can swap in a manual and save enough money to be worth the effort? :)

You could use an audi A4/B5 Passat transmission since it bolts up to save some costs

Jay said: It's been for sale for months.

I'm not sure Boxsters sell all that fast in general. I've been eyeballing one (manual) for a couple months on my local CL and was getting close to possibly going to look and offering on it. Then the seller decided to relist it yet again but raised the price a couple grand (too make it seem like a better car???) so I lost all interest again. Not sure what that means for a potential buy and flip scenario, but not very promising in my opinion.

Jay wrote: This one's been tormenting me for a while. It's ~$2k cheaper than what seems to be the bare minimum ask for a decent manual. I love the color combo, it looks great, has everything I want, the mileage doesn't scare me, and I could totally afford it in cash if I sold my Pug. It's been for sale for *months.* If it were a manual it would have sold in 15 mins (maybe to me.) Don't any of you go buy this, I want it.

If that's bottom dollar up there you should shop down here and do a fly and drive. I constantly see manual boxsters that are cheap enough in converted USD to get you a plane ticket, and they uhhh, have manuals. I know this because CL sends me email updates on every Boxster posted within ~200 miles, every day.

I thought about buying one for winter autocross because you can get a decent one for five grand but I wouldn't want it as my primary Porsche.

PDK = YES

TipTronic = Oh, hell no!

I did! It was ok but I sold it to go back to a rabbit GTI. Maybe that tells all you need to know?

On this note, I've heard scuttlebutt that Tip cars are more prone to IMS bearing failures because of higher stress on the bearing (and presumably the fact that you don't get to change it when replacing the clutch.) Any truth to this?

I dont understand that assertion. The only significant differences i can think of between auto and manual are a lack of thrust load (on the crank) from the pressure plate, and the inability to lug the engine at low rpms and high loads, and i dont think either one of those would benefit the IMS somehow. Maybe i'm overlooking something but it smacks of hogwash!

I just wanted to use those two words together.

In reply to Jay:

I have heard the opposite. Either way, they are cheap sports cars at this point. Buy one, enjoy it until it dies, part it out and start over.