I can’t believe no one has suggested a Toyota Camry (4 cylinder of course) or Crown Victoria yet 
Advice towards purchasing used Porsche
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The trick is to find a shop with racecars inside/outside
Agree 110%.....especially late model variants 65-69.
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Or a Hyundai Sonata, not N, but the 1.6T.I can’t believe no one has suggested a Toyota Camry (4 cylinder of course) or Crown Victoria yet
My brother bought an early 2010s boxter used. The seller had replaced that IMS bearing, which for its year range was the most known troublesome part for it. I’ve had some seat time in it.
1. I found the seats to be better than the run of the mill bmw seats by a large margin. Supportive, tight bracing, if you are not largely overweight they will soak up some miles.
2. His is the smaller motor. 2.7? Sings like a sewing machine. Stick is spot-on.
3. Suspension tuning reminds me heavily of bmw, and is superb.
4. Dash seemed average to me, they could have done better, but that’s largely stylistic.
5. Convertible has limited use. Highway drone is present and there is some chassis flex. Were it me, I’d get the version that was a hardtop vehicle.
6. Drivers car? Absolutely. No offense against the mustang suggestions - I’d very much enjoy one of the newer manual ecoboost stangs! …. but as a drivers car the boxter is simply in another league. the handling and footwork, even in ragtop guise, is well-refined and conveys the best of German sports car dna, IMO.
1. I found the seats to be better than the run of the mill bmw seats by a large margin. Supportive, tight bracing, if you are not largely overweight they will soak up some miles.
2. His is the smaller motor. 2.7? Sings like a sewing machine. Stick is spot-on.
3. Suspension tuning reminds me heavily of bmw, and is superb.
4. Dash seemed average to me, they could have done better, but that’s largely stylistic.
5. Convertible has limited use. Highway drone is present and there is some chassis flex. Were it me, I’d get the version that was a hardtop vehicle.
6. Drivers car? Absolutely. No offense against the mustang suggestions - I’d very much enjoy one of the newer manual ecoboost stangs! …. but as a drivers car the boxter is simply in another league. the handling and footwork, even in ragtop guise, is well-refined and conveys the best of German sports car dna, IMO.
No IMS in 09+.
If it was the 2.7 it would have been older. If it had the M97 (late 05-08)then you had to split the case to actually replace the bearing. Most just remove the clutch-side seal and the bearing lives a long life.
I was waiting for that as well- along with the admonition to only pay with cash.I can’t believe no one has suggested a Toyota Camry (4 cylinder of course) or Crown Victoria yet
Post '64, the Corvair was a decent car, to be sure. Not sure if there's a solution to the fanbelt flipping though...? Wish they had gone to frt disk brakes. Sorry, off subject; OP wants a pretty young car.
One thing to realize is that P-cars age, just like everything else does. Plastics age, vinyls age, rubber ages. Buy a young car that has been garaged and/or covered a lot..
IMO you want one with some miles on it.
Helps you avoid some infant mortality.
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TRD! Camry TRD!I can’t believe no one has suggested a Toyota Camry (4 cylinder of course) or Crown Victoria yet
Is the u on your keyboard not working?
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Hey, don’t joke with that. If it is TRD Pro, there goes 911 GTS.
I hear they're grounded to the ground.
I can’t believe no one has suggested a Toyota Camry (4 cylinder of course) or Crown Victoria yet
Or a Vibe.
Thank you for the correction, after i posted I started to wonder. I know it has the 2.7 and had that bearing done.
Yes! Let the man buy what he wants. Just be informed on what you are purchasing and don’t expect Toyota reliability.
The Buick of sports cars? I’ve heard it all.
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There is absolutely no car like my 4 cyl, white, awd,186hp crossover.
have you considered the all-new redesigned for 2022 TOYOTA GR86 or the exciting and invigorating MAZDA MX-5 MIATA 
While not Porsche's and therefore the cachet is obviously absent those two are clearly sportscars. The GR86 I believe has vestigial back seats, no frunk (which admittedly is pretty deep on a 911) - but does have a trunk - and you can't argue re the handling (and now, reasonable enough power with the 2.4 litre). 0-60, 6 secs? I believe the flat-four in the GR86 is even-firing (if you can't stand Subies that sound like they're running on 3 - like me)... and I believe they are largely absent vibrations, resonances. In fairly short order (with, arguably, the onset of widespread BEV's) I believe the GR86 will become very sought-after.
And it's a new car; no-one has molested it.
And it's a new car; no-one has molested it.
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