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Byprodriver, I agree - especially if you are not pushing the car towards its limits. However, once you approach or exceed the limits of stability, there is a substantial difference in how a Boxster and a front-wheel drive car will react. In a typical front-wheel drive car, if you go into a corner too hot the car will continue to understeer regardless of whether you let off on the gas, apply the brakes or even give it more gas. In a Boxster, after initial understeer on turn-in, there is a transition to oversteer that will be uncomfortable for the uninitiated. In those circumstances, applying the brakes will just about ensure that the rear end will come around (weight transfer forward and unloading of the rear tires). One has to understand that and moreover, automatically react by reversing the steering imput. Once you have 'caught' the rear end, you can even play with gradual throttle imput. Unsafe handling? Of course not. But different from a front-wheel drive car? Certainly.
Brad
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