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Originally Posted by jb92563
Sounds like the Boxster is quite a durable racing machine even in its stock fitment.
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The stock Boxster is not only quite durable, it has an amazing amount of performance in stock form. For the first year, the best place to invest your money is in seat time.
As your driving skills progress, you'll know when you need something more from the car and can upgrade it as you go.
The time to go to racing tires is when your car control skills will allow you to: routinely drive at the limit; overdrive the limit and intentionally slide the car; recover the slide and drive away. Slapping on r-compound race tires too early will waste money and might even make learning these skills harder.
Same thing for brake pads; initially the stock pads will be fine. Then you'll start using the brakes harder. Eventually you'll be going fast enough and braking hard enough that you'll cook the stock pads. Then its time for an upgrade. To do the upgrade earlier just costs more money.