Interesting Sports car options around £5000?

[Wixzylol]

Hey all,

I currently own a FN2 Type R (09) that I've had for 2 years now and love however I want to get ahold of something a bit more fun whilst I'm young, I want to be spending (+£2k) around the same as what I'll be selling my current car for (£4500).

The cars that have caught my eye currently are:

Boxter 986 (2.7 or S models)
Nissan 350Z
BMW Z4
Mazda RX-8

Any advise would be greatly appreciated, I'm most intrigued by the Boxter 986 but considering its age range I would need a lot of advise around the risks and prices

[kambites]

At that price it's hard to look past the Boxster, but you do need to go in with your eyes open because they can suffer pretty catastrophic failures. You should read up on IMS failures and bore scoring; check which might apply the the car you're considering and make sure remedial work has been done where possible.

I'm sure someone else will know which actual models suffer from what failures.