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Originally Posted by southernstar
Yes, the Cayman has more precise handling because, as a hardtop, it has substantially more torsional rigidity. However, this is inevitably the case as between convertibles and hardtop versions of the same car. Brad
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One of the magazines did a Boxster Spyder v. Cayman R with a pro ALMS driver behind the wheel of both on a very tight karting track. The Boxster Spyder was faster over every lap and the driver, forget his name, said the Cayman R was much more work to manage the still slower lap time. The Boxster Spyder was a point and shoot breeze he said.
So I'm not so sure about the more precise handling bit. Perhaps the weight up top negates the rigidity.
I also remember another Magazine test where a Boxster Spyder manual was faster than a Cayman S PDK from the first lap on. And of course there was the TC Kline Boxster Spyder that without any engine/exhaust mods was lapping Laguna Seca faster than modified 997 GT3's and took FTD for each day it ran.