911 Buyers remorse

[Chuck W.]

While owning the Boxster I have also owned a 993 cab and a 993 turbo. The cab was a tiptronic and was bought to be a daily driver after a promotion took away my company car.... go figure. For daily Los Angeles traffic the 993 cab with the tip was fantastic. I would drive it in manual mode 99 per cent of the time. I bought it with 58,000 miles and sold it at 90,000 miles and it was problem free. The top was down unless it was raining. Once I got another company car I sold it and bought the 993 turbo. Of the two cars I liked the cab better with the exception of the tiptronic. The turbo was wild and a beast but for a nice drive the Boxster won out. Then add on the top down driving modern convinces and comfort and the Boxster was a better drive. As far as the "wow" factor, the 993 had it. As far as Porsche heritage, the 993 had it. When I rode motorcycles my last bike was a Harley. Kind of the same thing. The Hondas and Kawasakis I owned were better bikes but the Harley had the wow and heritage thing gong.

Bottom line, they are all great cars with very different personalities.