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Is it a good time to change my Boxster for a Cayman, I’ve seen a Cayman at my local OPC it is as near as dam it the spec I would choose if I were buying a new one. It has only done 25 miles and has PDK. sports chrono, sports steering wheel as well as a few other options. It’s priced at about £3000 under the list price I have a Boxster to PX I would appreciate any comments.

I tend to wait until the Boxster or Cayman cars are about four years old before I change to another one. That way you can buy one privately that generally has a good OPC history and a bit of OPC warranty for about half the price it was new, well at least that's what I do. For instance I bought a 2008 Boxster RS60 with PCCB's 25K miles with a year left on the OPC warranty. I've had it just over a year now and so far the £26K I paid for it seems to be an absolute bargain. I went down to an open day at my local OPC and saw a new 981 Cayman in glittery black, PSE and PCCB's it was £70K retail and I said to myself in about four years time I'll buy one like that for less than £30K and probably be able to sell my Boxster for a decent price, this idea of mine saves me quite a lot of money.

If it 's the spec you would choose then go for it. The 981 Cayman is brilliant and there are times when you have to let your heart rule your head.

are you sure you want the newer 981. I was put off by them when I looked, much more Audi than sports car. depends what you want I guess but you might find it a bit of a shock driving one.

Go for it, what's not to like.

Not this again! We get it, you (mrdemon) and cmoose don't like them, not even with bucket seats, pudding stick gearbox and the teensiest-weensiest wheels from the options list.

Which model Boxster? The new 981 cars drive brilliantly and the noise is simply divine, even without PSE.

You might consider selling your Boxster to me and get more for it? (Spec / price depending of course hehe).

Will you not miss the open top motoring experience?

BIRMA said: I tend to wait until the Boxster or Cayman cars are about four years old before I change to another one. That way you can buy one privately that generally has a good OPC history and a bit of OPC warranty for about half the price it was new, well at least that's what I do. For instance I bought a 2008 Boxster RS60 with PCCB's 25K miles with a year left on the OPC warranty. I've had it just over a year now and so far the £26K I paid for it seems to be an absolute bargain. I went down to an open day at my local OPC and saw a new 981 Cayman in glittery black, PSE and PCCB's it was £70K retail and I said to myself in about four years time I'll buy one like that for less than £30K and probably be able to sell my Boxster for a decent price, this idea of mine saves me quite a lot of money. I have to agree in a kind of way, I bought (privately) my current 56 Boxster 2.7 when it was 4 months old with 1000 miles and saved £4000 from list price.

mrdemon said: are you sure you want the newer 981. I was put off by them when I looked, much more Audi than sports car. depends what you want I guess but you might find it a bit of a shock driving one. I don’t see driving one as a shock, as I have been driving my Boxster for 6 years the only thing that would be different would be PDK gearbox.

You are in for a shock then :-)

There is no such thing as as good time to swap a Boxster for a Cayman.

+1

BIRMA said: I tend to wait until the Boxster or Cayman cars are about four years old before I change to another one. That way you can buy one privately that generally has a good OPC history and a bit of OPC warranty for about half the price it was new, well at least that's what I do. For instance I bought a 2008 Boxster RS60 with PCCB's 25K miles with a year left on the OPC warranty. I've had it just over a year now and so far the £26K I paid for it seems to be an absolute bargain. I went down to an open day at my local OPC and saw a new 981 Cayman in glittery black, PSE and PCCB's it was £70K retail and I said to myself in about four years time I'll buy one like that for less than £30K and probably be able to sell my Boxster for a decent price, this idea of mine saves me quite a lot of money. With you on this. As soon as they hit 3 years old and need MOTing people don't seem to want them and you can bag a mint low milage car that's depreciated by 15-20k.

juansolo said: With you on this. As soon as they hit 3 years old and need MOTing people don't seem to want them and you can bag a mint low milage car that's depreciated by 15-20k. No need to wait three years, I just sold a four month old 981 CS and lost 12k Ouch

moe19 said: juansolo said: With you on this. As soon as they hit 3 years old and need MOTing people don't seem to want them and you can bag a mint low milage car that's depreciated by 15-20k. No need to wait three years, I just sold a four month old 981 CS and lost 12k Ouch Ouch indeed. I think you need to hold on to a new car for 5 or 6 years to flatten out depreciation. I'm looking at an Audi at the moment that's dropped £18k since it was new in March.

I am sure most cash buyers do have the depreciation of this type of car at the forefront of their thinking unless you have money to burn of course. It's man maths I know but my study of the market did throw up the fact that these cars are about half price at the 4 year period. I figured out if I bought a car for say £26K run it for four years I should be able to get about £15K for it when it comes to sell so running costs aside I should only loose about £2.5K a year. So after the four year period I could buy a really high spec 981 Cayman or Boxster for say about £30K with about a £15K lump sum from the sale of my current Boxster. OK there are people who have to have a new car and long may they buy new high spec ones, I'm quite happy to really enjoy the older one I have bought at half price.

It amazes me how expensive the ex-demo cars can be - bairly any cheaper than as new (althought they are absurdly option-heavy, so I may be missing some of the discount). Sure, they have only done 1000 or 1500 miles, but I cant imagine much worse treatment for a new car than sitting around for a few hours, getting ragged for 20 mins from cold...repeat, repeat, repeat. Wouldnt you expect the car to have "aged" in over those 1500 miles as much as the average new car would age over 5-10,000 miles? I agree re 3-4 year old cars(because I bought one) - it seems to be a decent compromise between two objectives: (1) A recent car with little a load of life left in it and (2) Avoiding the worst period of depreciation.

mrdemon said: You are in for a shock then :-) Yes...he will be amazed how brilliant a 981 is! Only my opinion of course.

mrdemon said: You are in for a shock then :-) Your brother using the family brain cell at the moment?

_Leg_ said: mrdemon said: You are in for a shock then :-) Your brother using the family brain cell at the moment?

Thanks for all the comments; I had a test drive today in a Cayman with a PDK gearbox and I must say I was very impressed with it, very smooth acceleration all the way up through the gears. My only problem is that its Guards Red my first choice would be Basalt Black. It seems to be a slack time of the year as the OPC are very keen to give me a good deal.

Guards Red over black for me!

+1 Guards red all the way.

If it's black you want hang in there as one will come along sometime, there's no point buying a car in a colour you don't want. Been there done it...lasted less than a year.