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Boxster S Anniversary Questions

Good look with the search Tim - my mate bought a used 550 back in March - 04 plate, 5k miles only, form OPC - he got it for just over £30k. The price had been steadily dropped from their original forecourt price of £34k, and he got £2k more trade in for his 03 plate 2.7 986 than a trade in against a new 987! It was almost due to go to the Porsche UK auctions as it had been on their books for almost 90 days.

The original lady owner paid £47k for it, she sold it back for £24k - nearly £5/mile in depreciation alone !!! Ouch [:(]
 
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Good look with the search Tim - my mate bought a used 550 back in March - 04 plate, 5k miles only, form OPC - he got it for just over £30k. The price had been steadily dropped from their original forecourt price of £34k, and he got £2k more trade in for his 03 plate 2.7 986 than a trade in against a new 987! It was almost due to go to the Porsche UK auctions as it had been on their books for almost 90 days.

The original lady owner paid £47k for it, she sold it back for £24k - nearly £5/mile in depreciation alone !!! Ouch [:(]
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Some places are still asking over 30K for them :0( There is one I've seen that has done 1900 Miles (!) and they want £36K for it ! That price IS 987 territory.

We went and looked at the 550 at Camtune yesterday afternoon. It was our second visit.

Had a test drive too ..... boy is that car fun to drive ...

To put everyone out of their misery :0) we ended up BUYING it !

So thats a 2004 Boxster S 550 Anniversary, just under 25K miles, standard 550 Spec plus SatNav, PCM2 and BOSE, with this years service, MOT, Tax and 12 months warranty for £28,500. Not a brilliant bargain I know, but they are an Independent Dealer, the say they will fix anything that needs doing, and hence will give me a years 'no major problems' motoring.

Oh yes, a suprise was that it had a Trackstar Plus tracker system fitted, which saved me a few quid too.

So in a few weeks I'll be joining the ranks of 986 Ownership ... thanks to all those that have made this journey possible.

I include a photo of my 'car to be' .... and they tell me its not been properly prepared yet .... so it will be even more shiny when I pick it up. A week of two to go.

Stay posted.

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Well done Tim ..that is realy a OK price the way it is speced with some extras over the standard 550 , and with there quarantee ,Happy motoring
 
Thanks again guys ....

Look at todays weather ....... must be because I bought a convertible :0)
 
Just in case anyone is interested, I went through the entire 986 parts pdf looking for the differences between the standard 986 S and the 550 S (designated M091) and found that apart from the exhaust being different, the Air Box and Air Cleaner Cartridge is different too. The Air Cleaner Cartridge has a 987 prefix on the part number, rather than 986. The combination of these probably gives rise to the extra 6BHP of the 550 over the standard S (not that you can feel it I guess)
 
Sorry ... full of questions today ... (must be the weather)

The 550 is designated M091 by Porsche, but this number does not seem to appear in the Vehicle Identification information in the handbook/service book or label.

Am I to assume that this is just a 'designation' and not physically marked anywhere ?

According to the service book the

Model Number / Model Description is 986 331
Paint Code / Interior Trim is LM7Z U2

Cheers

Tim
 
Tim,

Just wanted to share a little post-connitive assonance with you (I think it's called.) After three years of lurking I purchased a silver Spyder from an independent dealer in the North West in July. Your vehicle and mine are very very nearly identical, including mileage. I think that I paid pretty much the same £££ as you. I've used the car every day since, including a run to the south of France and back, and I could not be happier. Hope that your user-experience has been the same.
 
Hi There

Thanks for the information, it makes me feel like I got a reasonably good deal :0)

I have only had the car for just over a week and I am LOVING IT !

My first convertible, and my first modern Porsche

Thanks

Tim
 
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