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Originally Posted by JayG
If you do have a short shifter it could be a bit stiffer. The stock one can be a little stiff until the tranny is warmed up a little. Since you don't know the service history, it would not hurt to change all the fluids including the trans fluid. Generally it is best to use Porsche trans fluid. It is a 90k service IIRC as well. If you do have a short shifter and would rather have a stock one, I am sure you would have no problem either selling it here of doing a swap with someone.
don't be afraid to take her all the way to red line, there is a rev limiter and in any case it wont hurt the motor. many would agree that it is actually a good idea to run it really hard every now and then to clear out the cob webs. Power does start to drop off a little around 6500.
The saying is "drive it like you stole it"
Where the Boxster really excels in in the twisties. A higher HP car may pull away in the straights, but you will be crawling up their ass in the turns, even a 911.
Still say, no matter how good a driver you may be, getting an instructor on a closed course will allow you to really see what the car can do and unless you are Patrick Long's clone, the car will probably have more capability than you do. It would also give you the opportunity to see how far you can push it before it will spin on you. A Boxster is pretty hard to spin, but once it starts, it really hard to recover and you are along for the ride
What tires do you have that the car will stick to a wall?
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if it is a short shifter i'll stay with it
i prefer short. not sure on the tires. i'll have to look. i know they are soft, i could sink my finger nail in it like the ones on my vette. as far as breaking it loose... it did break loose on me this morning around a corner in 2nd gear... scared the ___ out of me cuz it whipped fast, but like a champ .... i recovered lolol gotta love my arrogance guys lol
i'm sure i would enjoy a course in driving with this car but i will probably never head down state to do it. we are happy hermits out in the country.
so I've been so busy defending vettes and my driving skills that i haven't said much about the car as far as what all it is or posted up to many pics. soooo like mentioned in another post i was considering a miata or a datson z and found this porsche online about 2 hours from me at suburban ford in sterling heights. it was listed for $7400, had 99k on the odometer and said it was clean with no rust. when i called the sales person said the only thing they could find wrong with it was a rip in the cover by the window but it had the hard top as well. said he had three people on there way to buy it including someone in transit driving up from ohio. so i bought it over the phone to hold it. pics below are ones i just took before it got dark. the last pic.... i have some mad body skills and by the end of next summer it might... might look like that
