Chicks Car?

[Dragonwind]

Are you being serious or just trolling? :troll:

[nieuwhzn]

Says more about your friends than about the car.
Of course women like Boxsters, they drive like a dream.
Did you ever drive one?

[husker boxster]

That's just one of the insults hurled at the Boxster ("poor man's Porsche", "not a real Porsche", etc). Heck, 'Two and a Half Men' did an entire show about the Boxster being a chick car.

There's a good chance the people who sling those statements have never driven one before. Or they own a 911 for the status it gives them, so belittling a Boxster owner only improves their status. Neither is a group you want forming your opinions.

Several yrs ago I took my 01S to a Cubs game. Scored a great parking spot just NW of Wrigley. A group of about 5 people in their late teens walked by. They checked out my car as they walked by. One wanted to impress the group by saying "that's not a real Porsche". I bet if I tossed him the keys he'd have jumped at the chance to drive it.

[PhilNotHill]

My wife loves the Boxster S.

She's a chick. LOL

PS. Her at the wheel.

[AndyA6]

And Miata is gay

[PhilNotHill]

Originally Posted by AndyA6

And Miata is gay

Watch it.

I used to have a Miata. Great car...at sea level. Not so great at 8k ft. No power.

[DFW02S]

A friend in the UK used to have a Boxster and I mocked him when I had a 996TT.

Having switched through multiple cars since and tracked my Boxster, I apologized last week.
Drive one and decide.

[thstone]

I bought my Boxster AND Miata because they are the modern versions of the Triumph TR-6 and Spitfire that I owned back in the 80's (and if anyone thinks that a Boxster is unreliable, then they never owned a 1960's or 70's British sports car!)

For me, the Boxster and Miata provide the purest sports car experience on the road today at almost any price.

Also, I looked at a few 2010 Boxsters last weekend at the dealer and a $60,000 Boxster is hardly a "poor man's" car. Funny but no one ever called my BMW X5 a "poor man's" SUV at about the same price?

[surf40]

Originally Posted by Dragonwind

Are you being serious or just trolling? :troll:

No trolling, just what my friends said. It won’t stop me from getting one. Though my friends did back down when I threatened to not give them rides in it down Pacific Coast Highway here in Southern California. I live in Ventura County, and can get to the PCH north of Malibu in 10 min. Lots of really good canyons above PHC in the Santa Monica Mountains.

[jacabean]

that is without a doubt the best place to drive a boxster. the roads are incredible up there .

[jacabean]

when my buddies start to pull that **************** , not a real porsche or a ********************es car. I tell them where is the engine located on most high dollar , high performance and race cars . in da middle . most don't get it cause der dumb and jealous ! then I start to tell them about how much of a P.O.S. my 2010 Evo X is compared to my 8 year old boxster S .

[Johnny Danger]

Originally Posted by jacabean

that is without a doubt the best place to drive a boxster. the roads are incredible up there .

You must live in a part of Mass. that the rest of us don't ! LOL ! After a winter like this,
the surface of the moon will seem smoother by comparison !

[thstone]

Pulling out of the driveway yesterday afternoon and there are two 11-yr old boys standing on the sidewalk. As I pull out, they both stop, stare, and one says, "Mister, that is the coolest car I've ever seen!".

'nuff said.

[tawheed]

At the end of the day for what 996 C2s are going for I could have easily bought one over my 986S. I just prefer convertibles for a summer only car and am not a big fan of 911 Cabs. I think between the two the Boxster is a better driver's car. I don't need 1000hp to have fun..

As for people having their opinion about it being a "lesser" Porsche or a chick's car - I bought the car for me to enjoy, not to prove something to or impress anyone else in any way, shape or form. If that's what they want to think, by all means they can.

[jacabean]

i was talking about the Santa Monica mountains CA not the surface of the moon roads we have in Mass.