Im a few years away from paying off my daily driver Mazda and looking for a fun convertible. I’ll be looking no more than 23k$ so my question is are the early 2000s Boxster worth it? Are they fun to drive? Or should I look for something else. I had a 944 turbo 20 years ago and I freaking loved that car. I’d love to have a Porsche again but 911s are probably out of my price range
Funny, I was in the same situation. Ended up with an inexpensive Mazda 3 after my divorce, but after getting past that, I did just as you suggested: IN 2019, I bought a 2006 Porsche Boxster with 40k miles on it for about $23k. (The sale woman messed up the paperwork and accidentally wrote $13k. The front office approved it. I was driving home with the car and she was blowing up my phone, begging me to come back and write her a check for $10k. I politely declined. She fired off an expletive-laden rant, and everyone lived happily ever after. Lol! But, I digress).
I love the car. In 2020, I also bought a Macan GTS. But, the Boxster has become my daily driver (unless it snows, then I drive the Macan). It’s fun to drive (I have a manual transmission) and my fiancée and I love to drop the top and go out to a winery. If you can afford it, it’s the best little fun car to drive. Highly recommend. Even as a 2006, people tell me “Great car!” Just about every day.