Reviews, Comparisons and Flying Low - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Mantis · 06-20-2006, 02:44 AM

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Originally Posted by TerryB

Several weeks ago I had a problem sleeping and went downstairs. After awhile my wife came down to see if I was OK. She found me in the garage sitting in a lawn chair. I was admiring my Boxster with a glass of Pinot. She said "unbelievable" and went back to bed.

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I got busted doing the same thing, how funny. Grigio or Noir?

scubaguy10 · 06-20-2006, 07:48 AM

I had a lot of people looking at my BoxsterS last weekend. At a local autocross, only the third time I have raced this car, I ended up winning my class, winning the PAX index, and having the 4th fastest time out of 60 competitors. I had to flog the bejesus out of it to beat a fast young kid in a new Evo SM, but managed to clip him by .10 sec.

THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE.

jzmd1 · 06-20-2006, 03:21 PM

During my 23 years practicing medicine, I indulged my youthful fancies by owning 12 sports cars: (3) 911 Turbos, (3) 911s, (3) NSXs, a Viper R/T 10, Lotus Espirit S4S and a Corvette ZR-1. I guess my wife was correct when calling me "a maniac" (something I heard on more than one occasion).
Disgusted with the state of medicine, I retired several years ago. Uncertain about the future, we "downsized", selling our Lake Las Vegas home, my '96 993 Twin Turbo/2000 NSX, my wife's '03 E-55 AMG and moved to Florida. To replace these terrific cars, we purchased a 6-speed Volvo V70R wagon. I have been in a state of withdrawl ever since.
Not wishing to tempt fate-or start WWIII at home-I resigned myself to driving drudgery. To my incredible surprise, my wife presented me with a pristine 1997 Boxster for my recent birthday. Joy of joys, the "permagrin" has returned!

RandallNeighbour · 06-20-2006, 04:58 PM

Coming from far faster cars, I'm surprised a 97 Boxster does it for you.

I do love mine. But I've never had a Turbo! It would probably be hard for me to go "backward" that way.

deliriousga · 06-20-2006, 06:07 PM

Randall's first post...ditto.

A few other things:

1) It fits the tall, sexy woman who drives it to work every day.
2) Even with the lower hp, I can still keep up with the best of them (Ferraris get really upset) in the North Georgia twisties.
3) Being on other forums where they dog the P-cars, then say "so many people ask if my.....is a Porsche" and being able to reply "nobody asks me if my Porsche a......"
4) Being able to answer the age old question......it's POR-SHA.
5) I own a freakin' Porsche!!!

Love this car! :dance:

jzmd1 · 06-21-2006, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by RandallNeighbour

Coming from far faster cars, I'm surprised a 97 Boxster does it for you.

I do love mine. But I've never had a Turbo! It would probably be hard for me to go "backward" that way.

If this were 2003, you would be correct. In fact, the Boxster is no match for my previous cars in terms of acceleration. I will say, however, the Boxster's steering, handling and "tossability" is vastly superior to my ZR-1, Viper (both were pieces of junk, but that is another story)and 1988 911 Turbo (lift throttle oversteer), while slightly better than my 1995 NSX-T (a disappointing car).
My 1996 993 TT (stock) and 2000 NSX (special order coupe, modified by CompTech, Dali Racing) were well and truly special machines. Retrospectively, I very much regret not keeping one of them.

mnavarro · 09-29-2006, 07:37 PM

S2000

Nice car, I like the handling, but didn't like the lack of torque. Liked the reliability and looks

Solstice GXP

I really wanted to get this car and drove the base solstice. Handling is good but not quite the precision of the boxster. The engine technology is incredible and provide a much more cost effective platform for modification than the boxster. The GXP will eventually be out accelerating the boxster s. The interior is very cheap. There's little room to store anything. It's really not very practical. Fit and Finish overall is just ok.

Cadillac CTS-V

Nice car... just not the right car for me in my life. Felt a little heavy. Transmission was better than expected, ride quality was nice, fit and finish were pretty good.

MB SLK 350

I really liked this car. It had the right combination of torque/hp. Liked the hardtop/convertible . Looks and drives much better than expected. Nice compliant ride. If I could get a used one 35K I probably would have gotten one. Not much trunk space though and questionable reliability.

04 Subaru STI

I love this car and still own it. I have extensively modded it: about 500 hp on 100 octane/ coilovers etc. Incredible reliability. This claws around the corners while the porsche is like a scalpel. The torque is so much better in the sti that it makes me wish for about 50hp more in my boxster.

03 Boxster S

Love this car. I honestly didn't think about it because I drove the the base 2000 boxster and felt it was gutless. The handling seemed pretty good and engine sounded pretty cool, but not enough go to experience the visceral sensation of speed. Overall I was more impressed with the S2000.

However. I liked that the Porsche had enough storage for clubs and for luggage. I recently revisted the porsche boxster and decided I would try to test drive it. I liked a few things about the 2003, like the glass window.

What a fun car this!. It has reasonable power and the sound is only what a porsche could be. Brakes feel great. Handling is superb. I didn't understand what refined meant until I drove the boxster... I know the difference now and I can appreciate the delicate balance in handling/power/brakes that the boxster has. I sold my 58 corvette about a year ago so I've been longing for a drop top. I love this car! This is my 3 day of ownership. Now I feel like the rest of my life can begin.

myfirstporsche · 05-01-2009, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Mantis

I got busted doing the same thing, how funny. Grigio or Noir?

I just got my 1999 Boxster on Monday. It has 30K miles and is in showroom condition. My friends had it and stored it in a heated / air conditioned garage. All maintenace was done at the Porsche dealer. I have put both kids to bed and then walked to the garage to pull the car cover up to about mid hood and stare at the front badge....my wife laughs at me every night. Will it ever wear off??????? LOL

eightsandaces · 05-01-2009, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by myfirstporsche

I just got my 1999 Boxster on Monday. It has 30K miles and is in showroom condition. My friends had it and stored it in a heated / air conditioned garage. All maintenace was done at the Porsche dealer. I have put both kids to bed and then walked to the garage to pull the car cover up to about mid hood and stare at the front badge....my wife laughs at me every night. Will it ever wear off??????? LOL

No it only gets deeper into your blood but since we all are mortal, go look at the badge and celebrate being privileged enough to have one to drive, the hell with what year it is, it's a Porsche!!!

TEX · 05-31-2009, 07:42 PM

Hi All,
First time Owner of a Porsche!!
Very pleased with it ,has done 93,000 kms and is a Forest Green Colour.
Having owned other sports cars through the years , i am very impressed with the handeling and performance.
Also have owned a Lotus Elan S4 , a Austin Healey Sprite and Nissan Sports 1600.
Service seems to be the number one issue with this car, is it all that expensive compared to other modern day Cars?
Cheers to all ,
Tex ps a great web site ,Love IT!!

sd_boxster · 05-31-2009, 09:55 PM

I have never before owned a car the valets leave in front of the restaurant with the Bentleys...

The Boxster is a wonderful piece of machinery.

jaykay · 10-03-2009, 07:34 PM

A 986 done right has got to be one best looking cars ever made. I think the original curves especially MY 2000 look much better than even the 987 (a very fine car). 986 full leather int is on par with the 987 int

The 986 has a certain sixties sports car look that is kind of lost on newer model P cars

dbw · 11-02-2009, 04:25 PM

Got my 2004 Boxster (my 1st!) last may and have out 22000 km on it since then. Age is 56. Should have done it years ago. One of the best mental health tools out there.

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Squozen · 12-23-2011, 09:42 PM

Hi all, I bought my first Porsche just this month, a silver 2003 Boxster S with extended red leather throughout, Litronics, Bose stereo, M030 suspension, active mirrors and rain sensors, heated seats, etc, etc..

I took it out for a nice 2-day holiday last week and just clocked 33,000 kms. Yup, it's pretty much brand new. Hopefully I haven't already lost my license due to the speeds I was 'accidentally' reaching.