02-07-2014, 12:20 PM
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Front trunk or Back trunk
which do you use? my shocks are out in the back and its too shallow for my bookbag anyways... which trunk do you usually use?
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02-07-2014, 12:22 PM
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Mostly the front. Real nice comfy space for groceries. 
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02-07-2014, 12:26 PM
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we do lots of long trips, so generally need both. The rear gets pretty warm, so you have to be careful not to put anything there that the heat will hurt ( wine, beer, twinkies, etc)
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02-07-2014, 12:32 PM
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The rear trunk is great for keeping pizza hot on the way home.
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02-07-2014, 12:43 PM
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Will not fit in trunk....
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02-07-2014, 12:43 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark_T
The rear trunk is great for keeping pizza hot on the way home.
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Yep be careful what you put in the back trunk. You may find that some foods maybe halfway cooked by the time you get home if your using the back trunk. 
Anything that can benefit from being warm in the back and everything else in the front.
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02-07-2014, 01:08 PM
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as a teenager looking for his first job soon, the thought has crossed my mind many times how cool it would be for someone to have their pizza delivered to them in a porsche haha
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02-07-2014, 03:57 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rp17
Yep be careful what you put in the back trunk. You may find that some foods maybe halfway cooked by the time you get home if your using the back trunk.
Anything that can benefit from being warm in the back and everything else in the front. |
Yeah, I always put carry-out pizza in the rear trunk. It would make an excellent pizza delivery vehicle.
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02-07-2014, 04:34 PM
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Barring keeping food hot in the rear, I use the front.
Car is already rear-biased re weight, so if I'm adding any, makes sense to put it up front.
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02-07-2014, 04:40 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pothole
Barring keeping food hot in the rear, I use the front.
Car is already rear-biased re weight, so if I'm adding any, makes sense to put it up front.
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Yeah, rear weight bias is only a real concern with Chicago style pizza.
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02-07-2014, 05:12 PM
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since it seems most use the front trunk same as me, do you feel stupid opening the front, maybe even like a show off, what sort of looks do you get? With me most people are like awesome is it mid engined, others just assume you broke down untill you pull out grocerys then they just sit puzzled.
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02-07-2014, 05:32 PM
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On my 2000 the key fob operates only the rear trunk lid. So, unless whatever I'm carrying won't fit in the rear, it goes in the back. However, if I were carrying anything that needed to stay cold, it would go in front.
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02-07-2014, 05:37 PM
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When I was showing my Boxster to a friend for the first time just after I got it he asked to see the engine so I opened the front trunk and played confused at the empty space. So I said "oh yeah - Porsche - rear engine" and popped the rear. Then he was really confused!
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02-07-2014, 05:49 PM
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haha thats the real fun, alot people are ohh okay its in the back and then you open the rear trunk and thats when they really get puzzled, one guy (knows nothing about cars) thought it was electric haha.
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02-07-2014, 06:26 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BIGJake111
since it seems most use the front trunk same as me, do you feel stupid opening the front, maybe even like a show off, what sort of looks do you get? With me most people are like awesome is it mid engined, others just assume you broke down untill you pull out grocerys then they just sit puzzled.
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You often get the "omg, where's the engine, then?" question from friends. Hard to believe it's not fairly obvious the Box is mid engined.
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02-07-2014, 07:06 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pothole
You often get the "omg, where's the engine, then?" question from friends. Hard to believe it's not fairly obvious the Box is mid engined.
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Farm kid at IFA (farm store where I get chicken feed) put one bag in front. Then I opened rear trunk.
Is this thing electric????!!!!
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'13 F150 Super Crew long bed 4x4 w/ Ego Boost
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02-07-2014, 08:11 PM
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Wet saw, 12" compound mitre saw or air compressor/nail gun go in the front trunk. Hand tools in go in back trunk.
Material goes in the interior (kind of). 
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02-08-2014, 05:27 AM
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Twice now I have crossed the border with the Boxster, and both times the border guard asked me to pop my trunk, which I obligingly did, but just the rear. Neither of them asked me to open the front trunk, and I didn't offer. I guess they just assumed it was a front engine car.
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02-09-2014, 12:07 PM
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I am my own mechanic....
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BIGJake111
as a teenager looking for his first job soon, the thought has crossed my mind many times how cool it would be for someone to have their pizza delivered to them in a porsche haha
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'08 VW Touareg T-3 wife's car
'13 F150 Super Crew long bed 4x4 w/ Ego Boost
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02-09-2014, 12:25 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Timco
Will not fit in trunk....
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I bought a hard rifle case that is just big enough to fit in the rear trunk. all I did was make a cutout for a top and lower in the foam and it all fits nicely back there. granted it won't fit the both of them you got there. where do you get 203 rounds?
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