Chris Harris drives the new Boxster

[Perfectlap]

I find it interesting that older buyers who enjoy 997 and 996 Cabriolets are excited about this car. Saying things like "this is the first Boxster I actually like".
If Jeremy Clarkson is to be believed, who openly mocks the Cabriolet as being THE actual hair-dresser's car, actually he used much less PC language, then you really don't want to have the car that the Cabriolete and bloated BMW convertible buyers like.
But whatever buy what you like just don't be shocked when the purists in the Car Magazines say its for yuppies and their dad.

[blue2000s]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

But whatever buy what you like just don't be shocked when the purists in the Car Magazines say its for yuppies and their dad.

+1 Everyone should buy what they like, and I'll (and you and a few others) get to keep criticizing it.

[NoGaBiker]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

...Saying things like "this is the first Boxster I actually like".

Lighter. Faster. More Fuel Efficient. Are these attributes now anathema to the "purists?"
Pray, what would you have Porsche do? Slow it down? Beef it up? Reduce the mileage?

One would think Porsche has slapped a Boxster badge on a 645i, fer crying out loud. I suggest that condemning such a potentially wonderful car for subjective qualities such as steering feel before having driven said car is a bit premature.

And I'll be the first to come on here lamenting the wooden steering if that's what it has, after I spend time driving one.

[fatmike]

I read the first review (Pistonheads in the original post) as being very favorable to the new boxster.


I also interpreted the second review as favorable. The author discusses a weakness (steering feel) while admitting its a more capable car.


Both reviews are worth reading. I look forward to driving this car (and maybe more importantly the new Cayman).



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[Perfectlap]

Originally Posted by NoGaBiker

Lighter. Faster. More Fuel Efficient. Are these attributes now anathema to the "purists?"
Pray, what would you have Porsche do? Slow it down? Beef it up? Reduce the mileage?

One would think Porsche has slapped a Boxster badge on a 645i, fer crying out loud. I suggest that condemning such a potentially wonderful car for subjective qualities such as steering feel before having driven said car is a bit premature.

And I'll be the first to come on here lamenting the wooden steering if that's what it has, after I spend time driving one.

I don't think those are the reasons the 997 and 996 Cabriolet buyers (and BMW Convertible drivers) are citing for their change of heart on the Boxster.

They aren't really the types who make it out to a DE or autocross regularly. So the improved engineering wasn't something they really had a chance to examine before proclaiming that this was the first Boxster they could envision themselves in. They decided on other more image-based criteria. The fact that it's quicker and more technological wasn't what was keeping them from embracing the 987 since the 3.4 and Boxster Spyder peforms well already.

The 981 is more status symbol in its visual appeal which has an obvious appeal for a Cabriolet buyer.

[NoGaBiker]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

I don't think those are the reasons the 997 and 996 Cabriolet buyers (and BMW Convertible drivers) are citing for their change of heart on the Boxster.

They aren't really the types who make it out to a DE or autocross regularly. So the improved engineering wasn't something they really had a chance to examine before proclaiming that this was the first Boxster they could envision themselves in. They decided on other more image-based criteria. The fact that it's quicker and more technological wasn't what was keeping them from embracing the 987 since the 3.4 and Boxster Spyder peforms well already.

The 981 is more status symbol in its visual appeal which has an obvious appeal for a Cabriolet buyer.

Could one not argue that NOT liking a car for no other reason than because it appeals to people who also like 911 Cabs is just as poor a reason as LIKING a car because it is a "status symbol?"

[jacabean]

no doubt . this car looks great. i can see the hair dressers and poseurs lining up for it.

[Perfectlap]

Originally Posted by jacabean

no doubt . this car looks great. i can see the hair dressers and poseurs lining up for it.

The funny part about this is that my haird dresser drives a 997 Cabriolet and his husband drives a Cayenne and is thinking about geting a Panamera.

They think my Boxster is too impractical.

[pothole]

Originally Posted by NoGaBiker

Could one not argue that NOT liking a car for no other reason than because it appeals to people who also like 911 Cabs is just as poor a reason as LIKING a car because it is a "status symbol?"

Perhaps.

On the other hand, if the one and only thing I knew about the new Boxster was that it was the first to appeal to people who liked 911 cabs, I would definitely consider that to be a very bad thing.

[NoGaBiker]

Originally Posted by pothole

Perhaps.

On the other hand, if the one and only thing I knew about the new Boxster was that it was the first to appeal to people who liked 911 cabs, I would definitely consider that to be a very bad thing.

Ah, I gave you credit for knowing more than that about the new Boxster. My bad.

[pothole]

Originally Posted by NoGaBiker

Ah, I gave you credit for knowing more than that about the new Boxster. My bad.

Props for entirely missing my point.