OT: Which Boxster, My Dad is retiring and thinking about... Options

[KaptKaos]

My Dad is retiring and thinking about getting a sportscar. He likes the Boxster. He is looking at used ones. I do not know much about them from a reliability perspective.

If my Father were to get a Boxster, which year/model would you recommend? He wants a tiptronic, so please let me know your thoughts about that too. Once he retires, I would expect that he would put less than 4K miles on the car per year.

Thanks in advance for your help.

[airsix]

Gotta brag about my Pop. He's wanted a sports car all his life but never let himself be that impractical. I helped him talk himself into it finally last year. He's in his early 60's and wanted something sporty, yet not too uncomfortable for an old man to take on long trips. He didn't want to spend more than about $12k on his "toy car", so I helped him pick out a decent mid-90's 300zx (short wb). Holy crap! He's had it less than a year and he's put 34,000 miles on it! He loves it and it's nice to see him having some fun.
-Ben M.