Anti-Boxster Snobbery in Porsche Community

[Bigsmoothlee]

The way I see it?

Who gives a flying F*ck what he thinks!

I don't buy cars to please anyone beside myself. I build them, mod them the way I want, and don't lose an ounce of sleep over their opinions. Be true to yourself. If you like it, and enjoy driving it... just buy it!!

I don't see cars as a sign of wealth, I'm sorry. I see them as signs of debt. Most snobby people are 1 or 2 missed payments away from the bank taking away their GT2 or Turbo... so why is it that they strut around with their puffed chests telling people the boxster isn't a real Porsche? Tell him that his face is bad for his sex life.

You know whats a sign of wealth? A huge bank account, being free Tuesdays at 2pm, and a big house with a security guard... but I definitely wont be impressed by a car that costs merely 10-15k over mine.

[Porsche9]

Buy what you like. I love the 911 and have had two but I like my Boxster just as much just in different ways. BTW the Boxster runs circles around the two 911's I had in terms of handling and the S is pretty much as fast if not faster then any air cooled car expect the 993 and some of the Turbos.

[fusionist]

You should race him!

[Gelbster]

I used to work for a Porsche competitor. We used to sneer at the 911 with it's Tatra layout.We dismissed it as an attempted triumph of development over design. We couldn't understand why they hung on to the engine dangling beyond the rear axle. They certainly understood and had proved that the mid engine layout was superior in development cars.Their development was awesome but so misdirected- we thought.
Much later we realized they were in even worse shape financially than even we were and had even more ossified senior management. Then the bean counters took over and they penny pinched what could have been the perfect solution. In the end it cost them way more in reputation and lost customers/sales .
At last they are now closer to getting the DFI cars right - which is great if you have a new one but if you own an older Boxster like me.....
I know some OEM vendors to Porsche and they tell me the Porsche philosophy toward owners of older models is very different to what I was accustomed to with my employer.
Porsche seemed to just turn their back on owners of the models beyond warranty. Ironically this neglectful attitude created an opportunity for the aftermarket to fix Porsche's problems. An opportunity Porsche could have profited from easily because they doubtless had all the engineering resources to correct the issues with upgrades/changes.Instead, Raby is doing it. Just my experience.