Oh def sporty!You're a little short for a really good 911 unless you go for a 996, non-widebody car. A couple more grand will get you into a 996 carrera 4S which is worth pushing for. Make sure it's manual and the PSE - Porsche Sports Exhaust, which is turned on by a wee button to the right of the stereo.
Otherside, get the newest Cayman S that you can (or Boxster if you prefer wind in your hair) for the money. In this case, you can get PDK with the optional paddles on the sports steering wheel, PDK is from around 2009/10 on the facelift cars, don't mistake is for Tiptronic on the earlier cars which is pants and must be avoided.
I've assumed you want a sporty Porsche and not a 4X4 or Panamera type.
Cayman is a great car. Noise of the flat 6 just behind your head in a closed cabin is epic.Cayman appeals more than Boxster, def not a wind in hair man as I haven't got any!
Both great classic Porsche. I’m more into the “modern” stuff from early 2000 onward to own myself but these are great tooSadly not a manual but they
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Buy the best Boxster or Cayman you can afford. Avoid 911 at this price as a false economy. Same advice as with most cars, in that you should buy on condition and history rather than age and mileage alone. 20k should get you a 987 variant. 987 come as 987.1 and 987.2. The .2 is a much safer buy if you can find one in you budget as they don’t suffer with a bearing failing called the IMS. This is the main Achilles heel of the .1 cars but doesn’t exist on the .2 cars so they are a safer bet.
Boxster and Cayman are epic cars, massively underrated and anyone who says they’re a poor mans Porsche has probably never driven one or been driven in one (and doesn’t understand what poor means).
Cayman R is wonderful but out of budget.
I agree with those saying 987 Boxster and one with a chassis number post IMS issues such as this, thoroughly sorted (this one owned by a friend of mine who has just upgraded to a Cayman R):
2005 Porsche Boxster 987 2.7 Manual, 46K Miles - SOLD
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