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The fact that you need to put it up in the air to work on it and, according to a lead Porsche tech. at a nearby Porsche store, there’s more often than not the need to drop the engine – just hearsay, but seems a reliable source. A friend who has a top & upholstery shop that mostly services dealers tells me that every time he picks up a customer car from Porsche there are Boxter engines sitting around the shop. The mechanic I mentioned (my buddy’s friend) wouldn’t own one based on what a pain in the mule they are to work on; and he’s a very experienced factory trained tech.!

I’ve never driven one but everything I’ve heard and read is positive re their performance and handling (I hear that the base model is kind of short on hp).

From strictly an appearance standpoint the Boxter never particularly excited me. However, when they roofed it and called it the Cayman it became, in my opinion, the best looking of all the Porsches.