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Originally Posted by southernstar
To you that is immature behavior that is beneath you. So what? Who appointed you the final arbitrer of what is appropriate, or what people may find enjoyable in the operation of their cars or boats?
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Christ. Talk about putting things into people's mouths! Suddenly I'm calling people immature and telling them what they can and can't do with their boats.
How bizarre!
Also, it wasn't me who brought up mountain bloody roads and I never said a 996 wouldn't be faster. You've got a real knack of reading what you'd like or imagine I posted rather than what I actually did!
For the record, however, in a factual sense, how fast a ricer Civic is has nothing to do with the operation of a Boxster or 996!
Like I said, if your main concern is being faster in a straight line than other people, neither 986 or 996 (assuming we're talking C2) are good choices.
To be honest, I'd love to know where these situations are when straight line speed matters. When I've driven in the US, I've rarely seen anyone going over 80mph anywhere. Even in a 2.5, that's a very modest speed. You're barely at the top of third gear.
On a real road in real world driving, how fast you cover gorund depends mostly on how the extent to which you are first willing to risk you licence, and then life and limb - both yours and others. Even a 2.5 Boxster is up to 100, even 120mph fairly rapidly. I happen to drive a lot of very powerful cars in a work related capacity. A to B pace is really a non issue. It's down to the driver and how fast he is willing to go.