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Originally Posted by TriGem2k
Heres one for you guys.....I was beaten by a Mustang Mach 1 today twice, once from a dead stop and the other on the freeway...It was a buddy of mine and i just wanted to see how it goes....Yep I had no chance....The Boxster just doesnt have the go in a straight line.
Oh ya then on the way home I was SMOKED by a RX-7 like theres no tomorrow. Took me and the Mach 1
Its all good though, i still take pride in being able to drive left and right.....
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Well, what do you expect Trigem? You have a 2.5L right? It's amazing what injecting an extra 50-80hp can do for a relatively small/light car such as the boxster. I appreciate the fact that you drive a boxster too but you can't trasfer your driving experiences to all boxsters in general. That's like me driving a V6 mustang and then saying "yup them mustangs are pretty slow." Or driving that standard C5 and saying" yup, those Z06's don't handle all that well." I don't know how a Z06 handles because I've never driven one. I doubt you have driven a boxster S or you would've said so by now. Maybe you should try it out first before making blanket statements. I think the S can hold it's own against some pretty formidable cars. For instance, I have a friend who has a stock twin turbo Rx7 and him and I are dead even in a drag race. Actually I happen to have a pic of it on file. This is him and I at an auto-x.
http://media.racingflix.com/awais/pd/2.jpg
Richard, I agree with you, the vette does have a high degree of lateral grip but through my driving experiences with C5's they tend to feel a bit big and clumsy compared to the boxster. It isolates the driver more and the feeback left alot to be desired imo. The driving position didn't give my any confidence either, I didn't like sitting so far back in the car looking past that looong hood. I think it is a good handling car but the boxster is just on a completely different level in my opinion.