The Boxster is a REAL Porsche!!

[Perfectlap]

Originally Posted by pothole

Have to be honest. when I see a 986 here in the UK, it's usually a chic driving it.

This is where Europe and the U.S. are very different. 99% of women drivers (except PorscheChick) will not go near a manual transmission.

The only typically manual shift car I've seen women drive around these parts with any frequency is the Mini Cooper. But it's hard to tell if its not actually a slush box from the outside.

9 times out 10 if a chic is driving a Porsche here, it's a Cayenne. Hands down.
In fact over the last 10 years of owning my Boxster S in a part of the country where they are not at all unusual to see, particularly in the morning when I will drive into NYC and like every 5th car is a Porsche, I could count on the fingers of one hand the number chics I've seen driving Boxsters. There have definitely been more women driving Carreras, almost always the current model, never a vintage example, and they tend to be in the 30's and 40's which makes me think they probably have kids at home, hence the need for a backseat.
A few years back Porsche ran ad campaign where they tried to tout that Porsches could be family cars, nearly every ad featured kids with their parents.

p.s.
This chic car topic reminds me of something I used to notice everyday. I would park in this certain garage where you'd park your own car.
It had about 7 levels or so. The top floor was the "Porsche floor". Most people were too lazy to drive up that far so it was generally empty.
There were other sports cars up there like M3's and the sporty Audis but mostly Porsches. All were parked far away from each other.
After a while I saw each driver getting out at one point or another. All dudes.
And on the drive down to the exit, I would always pass quiet a few Cayennes. By the stuff hanging from the mirrors I could tell many chics were driving these cars. But the ultimate chic car in NY/NJ/CT is the Range Rover. That's their 'dream car'.