986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners - View Single Post

SD987 · 05-20-2006, 08:18 AM

"The SLK350 will beat a 2.5 boxster ..."

Yes, but I don't think a CLK350 would, which is what blkboxster is talking about. Same engine as the SLK, but more than six hundred lbs. heavier.

The published 0-60 times are the same (around 6.7 seconds), but assuming blkboxster is driving a manual and rows pretty well, he should beat the CLK which only comes in an automatic (and the manual shifting feature doesn't add much).

I've found the seven speed automatic tranny to be just "okay" on short sprints, but don't race him to more than sixty, as his acceleration in higher gears will be decidedly better than yours due to the torque differential. On a track, I think you'd have no problem as you'll brake better than him, turn better than him, and accelerate out of a turn better.

05-20-2006, 08:18 AM	#5
SD987 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: San Diego, California Posts: 874	"The SLK350 will beat a 2.5 boxster ..." Yes, but I don't think a CLK350 would, which is what blkboxster is talking about. Same engine as the SLK, but more than six hundred lbs. heavier. The published 0-60 times are the same (around 6.7 seconds), but assuming blkboxster is driving a manual and rows pretty well, he should beat the CLK which only comes in an automatic (and the manual shifting feature doesn't add much). I've found the seven speed automatic tranny to be just "okay" on short sprints, but don't race him to more than sixty, as his acceleration in higher gears will be decidedly better than yours due to the torque differential. On a track, I think you'd have no problem as you'll brake better than him, turn better than him, and accelerate out of a turn better. __________________ http://i7.tinypic.com/24ovngk.jpg http://i7.tinypic.com/24ow0id.jpg 06 987S- Sold Carrara White / Black / Black/Stone Grey Two-tone 05 987 5-speed - Sold Midnight Blue Metallic / Metropol Blue / Sand Beige 06 MB SLK350- Lease escapee Iridium Silver Metallic / Black We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true. - Robert Wilensky Last edited by SD987; 05-20-2006 at 08:30 AM.