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healthservices 12-15-2011 07:45 AM
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Originally Posted by blue2000s (Post 268780)
Fun? Aren't Lexus cars for people who don't like driving?
I guess it depends on what you are doing. When driving from OC to LA during heavy traffic, I would pick the Lexus over the boxer each and every time. The drive is so much more enjoyable when you don't have to hear each and every sound the cars around you make as you drive. The ability to shut the hardtop and the outside noise is a big plus. The softer ride is also a plus with the horrible roads we have here commuting

Johnny Danger 12-15-2011 07:56 AM
First off, comparing a Solstice to a Boxster would be like comparing Sarah Palin to Sofia Loren ! As far as regrets are concerned, at one point the amount of money that went into mod'in my boxster became equal to, if not eclipsed, the cost of a pristine, low mileage 360 Modena . Oh, well, what's done is done. If things go as planned, sometime in the next year I'll have both (possibly even a 430 instead :)) .

Johnny Danger 12-15-2011 07:57 AM
She would definitely be better served by a man from Toronto .

ketsa 12-15-2011 08:20 AM
356 or Europe model 912 were my dream cars, but I couldn't find good enough for reasonable price, so I made compromise and bought the Boxster. But those are Porsche models... Maybe someday really old VW transporter will be the reason to sale my Boxster.

BYprodriver 12-15-2011 08:53 AM
"Instead of a Boxster I wish I would have bought..." 2

SeanZ4 12-15-2011 09:02 AM
Instead of a Boxster I bought a bmw z4....Oh yeah... then I traded it 2 years later for a 3 year older Boxster. Never looked back!

sean

blue2000s 12-15-2011 09:10 AM
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Originally Posted by healthservices (Post 268793)
I guess it depends on what you are doing. When driving from OC to LA during heavy traffic, I would pick the Lexus over the boxer each and every time. The drive is so much more enjoyable when you don't have to hear each and every sound the cars around you make as you drive. The ability to shut the hardtop and the outside noise is a big plus. The softer ride is also a plus with the horrible roads we have here commuting
I guess that could be fun. Like in the way a nice long nap is fun.

ekam 12-15-2011 09:15 AM
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Originally Posted by blue2000s (Post 268811)
I guess that could be fun. Like in the way a nice long nap is fun.
Hey it's a moving sofa with a very nice sound system... what more can you ask for when you need a nap? :cheers:

AndyA6 12-15-2011 10:21 AM
My next car will be a GT3 and as long as I cannot afford one I stick with my Boxster.

blue2000s 12-15-2011 10:37 AM
Now that Ferraris don't come with manual transmissions, there's nothing to keep you interested in driving. So you may as well have a leggy blonde along for company. Even if she's only talking about shoes and the dog she carries around in her purse.

healthservices 12-15-2011 11:30 AM
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Originally Posted by ekam (Post 268812)
Hey it's a moving sofa with a very nice sound system... what more can you ask for when you need a nap? :cheers:

exactly my point. Makes a horrible drive so much more pleasant. :cheers:

Overdrive 12-15-2011 11:58 AM
No regrets, but if we're gonna go into shoulda-woulda-coulda territory, I'd say a Lotus Esprit...ergonomics be damned.

thstone 12-15-2011 01:08 PM
My original plan was to start with a used 996 and then in a few years, move up to a 997. Then I drove a Boxster and decided that I could buy the Box and use the money saved to pay for track time/upgrades/repairs and learn how to properly drive first. This plan has worked out perfectly (thus far) except that I'd still like to own a 911 model (even test drove a used 997 Turbo last month - nice car!).

Dale_K 12-15-2011 01:32 PM
I owned a fully paid for C6 Corvette when I bought a 100k mile Boxster. I like driving the Boxster more, so I sold the Corvette.

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kabel 12-15-2011 01:40 PM
Instead of a Boxster I wish I would have bought... a boxster s LOL

Jake D 12-15-2011 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Dale_K (Post 268768)
I actually looked at a 2008 Solstice a few days ago and was considering trading in the Boxster. It was a nice car - only 10k miles and it had the 260 hp turbo motor but they wanted $20k for it.

I also looked at a Miata and I really do think the overall ownership experience would be better but I can't fit behind the wheel comfortably (6'3"). I am thinking about a new Jeep. You can buy a new soft top Wrangler with 285 hp for $22k around here.
I believe Jeep is a synonym for Junk... or is it an acronym? Junk Each and Every Part.... I can't remember. All I know is I got my mom to get rid of hers for a Toyota FJ and she couldn't be happier.

tnoice 12-15-2011 02:07 PM
this is where she would have been kicked out of the car. Messing with my mirror......

I have absolutely no regrets buying the Boxster and could not imagine having a different 2 seater sportscar.

Brockmeister 12-15-2011 03:28 PM
A 911. Period. It just wasn't in the budget. I've been a Porsche guy all my life.

DenverSteve 12-15-2011 03:34 PM
No regrets
 
No regrets...If I did I wouldn't have traded it in for another.

fivepointnine 12-15-2011 04:02 PM
I had the OK from my wife to buy a 996, but I still ended up with my Boxster S because it actually felt much more nimble and is pretty darn near as fast


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