looking at a Boxster

You may remember me as the owner of a gorgeous yellow Cayman, but alas it was sold a while ago Anyway, I am looking to get back into a Porsche, and it seems that a Boxster is going to be just the ticket for me. I'll mainly be using it for weekend driving- AX, maybe the track at some point. No commuting.

Tonight I looked at this car: 2004 Boxster S

It's nicely optioned with:
XLA 986 and 987 (Boxster) tailpipe
XSC Porsche crest in headrest
X47 Carbon handbrake
X58 Carbon gear lever
X70 Door sills in stainless-steel with model insignia
288 Headlight washers
375 Sports seat, backrest shell left
376 Sports seat, backrest shell right
415 18in Turbo Look wheels
424 CD shelf, centre console
446 Concave wheel caps with traditional coloured Porsche crest
454 Cruise control
551 Cabriolet wind deflector
601 Litronic headlights
659 Computer
680 Bose sound package from MY 2002
983 Leather seat covers, front and rear
Looks like an aerokit as well.

Based on the carfax it appears to be local, and to have had most of the services done at Stevens Creek, so I'll probably call them and ask them to check the VIN to see what kind of history they have.

Given the year and mileage, does the price ($21.5k) seem reasonable? There were a few niggles I encountered on my test drive:
- really had to press the clutch in to get it to start
- slight rattle sound from exhaust
- short shift kit?
- driver side seat height adjuster didn't work
- non-retracting driver side seatbelt

I would of course have a PPI done before parting with any $.

Thanks.

How many miles are on it? Is the drivers seat height adjustment manual or power?

64k miles. I think the height adjustment was manual, so maybe I was just using it improperly (see image).

Just spoke with Stevens Creek, and they said it's been serviced there regularly for the last 30k miles. It was in most recently for some transmission work, which, according to the service guy, would explain why the shifting felt "tight" on my test drive.

$21.5k is not a bad price as long as everything else on the car looks good. Did stevens creek do the 60k service? That's a big one so it would good if it was done already.

Sounds like it has not been maintained. Nice options, reasonable price.

There are hundreds of Boxters for sale...I wouldn't be looking to pay top dollar for something that hadn't been well maintained.

OTOH, the clutch replace will give a chance to replace the RMS and IMS at the same time.