OK, my wife doesn't like the idea of a yellow Boxster. The black Boxster (without S) at my dealer is nice and the price would be interesting too but it lacks two important options, the sport exhaust and the sport chrono package. The sport exhaust retrofit is expensive (aprox. 2300 EUR) as hell and sport chrono cannot be retrofitted...yet.
Ordering a new car would take at least three months, so this option is also excluded.
I found another agate met. car, fully optioned with all the sporty stuff like 20mm chassis, sport exhaust, PTV and sport chrono but the car is used. Still an interesting offer for the price the dealer is asking but I'm not sure. My wife doesn't seem to know what she wants to be honest.
Today we also looked at a Chevrolet Camaro V8 Cab., fully optioned, low mileage (only 1700 km) for 38k EUR. My wife didn't like the car though, so the Camaro option is dead.
I also found a SLK55 AMG with 421 hp, almost new, for almost 40k below the new price tag but paying 55k for a used Mercedes SLK? I don't know. The exhaust sound is amazing (close to the C63 I had) but this would be a car we would keep for at least 6-7 years since I would buy it for pure enjoyment only (as a Cab).
So me and my wife decided to go the more rational (and financially prudent) way: She is going to keep her X3 for another two years (this is when the lease runs out), we won't get any "fun" Cab for those nice weather days and when her X3 lease runs out, she is going to get a 991 Cab (lease) on her business. This is the only solution which makes sense right now, also considering our very limited garage space.
I would have loved to drive a Boxster or Boxster S from time to time with the top down but it is just too expensive to get and keep a Boxster for sunny days only. It just doesn't make sense.
I was even looking into a Shelby Cobra (the real deal) but you cannot get a good car under 150k EUR and most of them actually have a manual transmission, which would be a no-go for my wife. Also a nice fun car for sunny weather: A BMW Z3M Roadster (remember the "old" thing?), kind of a Shelby Cobra for the poor. Unfortunately "good" used cars are over 35-40k EUR and there is manual only.
Case closed.
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RC (Germany) - Rennteam Editor Porsche 991 Turbo S (Sept. 2013), Cayenne GTS (958), BMW X3 35d (2013)