Used Car of the Day: 2004 Porsche Boxster S 500

by Tim Healey

Published: October 24th, 2023

used car of the day 2004 porsche boxster s 500

Today's UCOTD isn't a project like yesterday's ride. It's a nearly 20-year-old 2004 Porsche Boxster S 500 that looks to be in pretty decent shape.

It's number 1,842 of 1,953 units made -- only 500 of which made it to our shores. So it's a pretty rare bird, yet the price tag is just $14,900. This car has an automatic transmission and Cocoa Brown interior.

The owner says it's been well-maintained and drives/runs well. The A/C works and so does the convertible top.

The mileage is 168,000 and this Texas-based car once lived in California.

Click here to check it out.

[Images: Seller]

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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The Oracle on Oct 24, 2023

This is a proper clunker from Stuttgart

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Tassos on Oct 26, 2023

For sports cars, and legendary ones too, Porsches have proven surprisingly reliable.

The Boxster is a ton of fun to drive, and actually a real man can fit and stretch in it, while only a dwarf (or should I say, Little Person) would fit in your lame, girlie Miata.

It's on my list, but if TIM chose this specimen, there must be multiple things wrong with it (price, modifications, and old age to name a few).

I do have it in my not-so-short list, but I will pick one Myself when the time comes.

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