I’m smoking crack
My brain is wack
I think my car’s fit for a king

Yes, it appears to be in the middle of the “good” condition range on NADA and a smack-dab in the middle average listing on KBB.

Beautiful article, well considered and well written. You make me want both cars and share your painful awareness of how far from affording that I am! Thank you.

My sister-in-law had one of these with a manual. Excellent car, fun to drive, roomy, and reliable. The 6 speed was surprisingly forgiving and easy to work through. This was an excellent car to teach veteran automatic drivers to drive a manual.

Wait, 1990 was just the other day, wasn't it? 

Um, why won’t the hood close? Rusted latches? Doesn’t look that rusty. Misaligned hinges after front end repair? Seriously worth checking out. Or the seller is just too lazy to close the hood all the way after taking snaps of the engine compartment. Either way, it’s a warning flag.

In mathematics, “normal” is a line perpendicular to the main line. Rob, you are indeed a standout!

Damn, the intermittent 5th flips the balance to CP, and the sunroof pins it there. Knock it under 2500, and np all day

Im one of a very few for whom this really is an NP. What qualifies me? I have a friend, a friend who is a very talented Mercedes mechanic, and has been very generous to me. He is gifted at diagnosing and sorting electrical issues, and keeps things like spare transmission computers in a cabinet. Therefore, the flood…

I believe you mean because they don’t have enough poor taste!

I agree completely. This is a nice car! Hell, it’s a Damn Nice Car! I want it! but at 15K, its roughly double a dealer price on a damn nice original Boxster. Can’t see the 15K price tag, even though I want exactly a car as light as this that drives like this assuredly must. Sorry, CP.

For me, it's the perfect vehicle. The price, however, is far from perfect.

Does the dog come with the car? If so, double NP.

You missed a chance to describe the engine as “simple as a pimple so it should have plenty of pop.”

Precisely because of the back seat. I have one of these, same year, different color. It is (to me) the ultimate family car - seats four adults (did a 2000-mile road-trip with two kids in their 20s and my wife and I). Comfortable to a fault. Just quick enough to get out of its own way (though I do pine for the AMG C36…

A Ford Tempo was used to insult us once.

Thank you! I was afraid the driver of that SHO might read this and remember the event. What’s the statute of limitations for grudges about boneheaded driving?

I have often asked why do bad prices happen to good cars. Here, given the text of the ad, I have to ask: Is this a good car for the bad price to have happened to?

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