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Old 11-01-2005, 09:16 AM   #12
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the M Roadster and, to a lesser degree, the Z4, seem to have too short a wheelbase for the weight bias. they seem very twitchy to me and not nearly as confidence inspiring as a boxster. in the M Roadster, i could never shake the feeling that if i lifted off the throttle in a fast turn near the limit, it would spin in a heartbeat. the turn-in was attrociously sharp. some people may like that; i hate it.

i find the boxster, even with a similarly short wheelbase, to be so much more refined both in terms of communication and in balance. it's mid-engine layout eliminates the horrific (IMO) biased short polar moments designed into the Z's.

to me, driving is about the zigs and the zags. the boxster hangs with the best of them. at the limit, i always felt like the z's could ZIG great, but was never confident in their ability to quickly and predictably ZAG back the other way. they just don't feel right to me.
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