Boxster = too poor for a 911?
yeah, I have no problem with that. I know I cant afford a 911 for a long while yet (not even 100% sure I can afford this one haha). When I can afford a 911 Ill no doubt have too many responsibilities to buy one anyway so think its the time to give an impractical car a whirl.
It is a shame you have to wade through the hairdresser/gay jokes tho because the car is frankly outstanding. As long as the car keeps making me smile like an idiot whenever I turn a corner Ill put up with the grief from the lads.
Im actually considering cancelling my plane ticket to Valencia in Feb, setting off a couple of days early and driving down instead. Not wanted to do something like that in a car before outside of rallys. Ive never got out of a gti/type-R and thought about an extra trip to the shops just so I could drive it again.
edit: oh btw, for the OP I looked at running costs in quite a lot of detail. The petrol costs of this one are a bit higher than the 2.5/2.7s since its the 3.2litre S version but its still ~20mpg which isnt crazy. The brake pads and all the little stuff arent cheap but again not crazy assuming you pick a good dealer and are used to BMW parts anyway. The biggest unexpected cost appears to be tyres. The boxster will eat rear tyres if you let it. You can choose compounds and alignments to reduce this but something to be aware of. Also, you cant just swap them forwards as the back and front wheels are different.