I love my Boxster!
Like you I was in the market recently. I had pretty much set my heart on a BMW Z4. My wife (we're both car nuts) was 'ok' with the Z4, but not very excited. She kept bugging me about the Boxster.
In the interim I checked out the Honda S2000, the Subaru WRX, the Mazda RX8, the Nissan 350z, the Chrysler Crossfire, the Mercedes SLK 350, and many many more... All of them seemed like fine cars, but none of them really blew me away.
Then my father went out and bought a BMW Z4. That really gave me a chance to drive the car around, and the more I drove it the more I felt there was something lacking. The handling wasn't as tight as I thought it should be, it didn't corner as well as I thought it should...
So, on a whim, I decided to take my wife up on an offer to go check out the new Boxster.
The second I sat down in the car I realized what all of the other cars I had looked at had been missing. I didn't feel "at home" in any of them. The Boxster fit me like a glove (and I'm 6 foot 2).
After test driving it the deal was sealed. Lucky for me the only one they had in stock (it was still in detailing when I got there, the thing hadn't even hit the showroom floor yet, and I was the first customer to test drive it) had all of the options I really wanted. Well, minus power seats, but that really wasn't a deal breaker for me. Besides, the manual seats on the Boxster are so well done, I don't even miss the power seats.
I've had my Boxster for a few weeks now and already have over 1k miles on it. When I'm not driving it...I'm wishing that I
was driving it.
The handling on this car blows me away every time in get inside it. I can blow through corners and hardly even feel it. It's fast, responsive, and as a driver you truly feel like you and the car are one.
I can guarantee you one thing. My next car...is going to be another Boxster.
Edit:
Here's a pic of mine.
