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Old 09-19-2005, 01:10 PM   #11
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The engine should be able to take frequent revs. It's a Porsche and part of the driving experience is "spirited" driving.
Having said that, the history books are filled with cars that did, and did not, meet the standard. Triumph TR4 and TR6 engines were noteworthy for their reliability (yep, much of the rest of the cars were junk). The GT6 was known as frail - the transmissions and gearboxes couldn't take the load of the 6 cylinder engines. History will judge the Boxsters honestly and openly (this differs from a marketer's hype or the lawyer's esculpatory warnings).
Second thought: there was much concern in a recent thread on rev-matching so as not to load the drive train. Frequent accelerations also load the drivetrain. Still, a Boxster should be able to take repeated accelerations, braking, and even downshifting - all normal attributes of spirited driving. Equally true though, if you can drive "smoothly", it will last even longer. On the road or on the track, smoothness counts.
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