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I was told that the 2002 model and newer was the model to look for. I do not know if thats because the RMS problem was finally resolved or that Porsche finally worked out most of the bugs. The car has been in production for ten years now so something has to give as to their appeal and popularity. I am not bashing the Boxster, in fact their have been times that I would have traded my 1973.5 911 for a Boxster. For handling and overall performance they are excellent.

I experienced 12-years of 944 ownership and spent a small fortune keeping that water-pumper going. Luckily I was able to perform my own work so my fear with the Boxster is that its not the Porsche for the home mechanic and that goes beyond transmission and crankcase fluid changes. In fact I was at a Porsche/Audi shop this past weekend and this guy pulls up with a Boxster with a front headlamp bulb burned out. Simple enough I thought, but the mechanic had to remove the entire light assembly (two-feet long) and change out the bulb that way! Weird engineering to me. Cost him half an hour in labor and cost of a bulb. Thats just not right, unless something else was going on.

Pound for pound, dollar for dollar against the Boxster nothing beats the 993 as a wiser investment. I feel that the Boxster will go by way of the 944, where they will get beat to death with high miles, bought by teens with 5-7K in their pockets thinking that they can buy parts at Autozone and Midas Muffler can do a brake job for under $200!!!!!!