Whoa there. Let's not get all high and mighty calling people brand whores. Just go to the S2K website and do a search on "boxster". You see people ragging on the Boxster and claiming the superiority of the S2K (facts...Boxster < S2K < Boxster S). I'd say that's a bit of brand whoring on their part...no?
And your claims of every S2K driver knowing how to drive stick...that's a bit of bull**************** pride. And seeing more S2K's at the autocross? BFD. Maybe more Boxster owners prefer the track to driving around in parking lots.
Here's the bottom line...the S2K is being discontinued even with a modest price of $30K. Meanwhile, the Boxster continues to sell. Maybe Honda should've came out with automatics so they can continue to sell cars. Interestingly, what are the 2 cars that don't sell well at Honda? NSX and S2K. Does Honda not know how to make a sports car?
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