How common are Boxsters in your area?

[TVC15]

As a former LAian and current SoCaler, I find it odd that LA has so many convertibles but on a relative basis, so few people drive top-down. Not sure that I could quantify it, but it was enough to notice. Have other LA people noticed this too? I guess it's because of the very real possibility that you can get hit by a stray bullet driving through some parts of town.

I have always owned convertibles and always lived in L.A. and in the last 10 years the top is definately staying up more frequently when driving in town. As trafffic congestion becomes worse, it becomes really unpleasant to have the top down in the broiling sun, inching along, surrounded by fume-spewing diesel trucks and buses, and cars with their stereos blaring.
I now reserve my top-down driving for off-peak times and more pleasant and condusive environments like Santa Barbara, San Diego, Palm Springs, etc, where you can be on the (somewhat) open road with the wind in your hair.

[TriGem2k]

Originally Posted by TVC15

As a former LAian and current SoCaler, I find it odd that LA has so many convertibles but on a relative basis, so few people drive top-down. Not sure that I could quantify it, but it was enough to notice. Have other LA people noticed this too? I guess it's because of the very real possibility that you can get hit by a stray bullet driving through some parts of town.

I have always owned convertibles and always lived in L.A. and in the last 10 years the top is definately staying up more frequently when driving in town. As trafffic congestion becomes worse, it becomes really unpleasant to have the top down in the broiling sun, inching along, surrounded by fume-spewing diesel trucks and buses, and cars with their stereos blaring.
I now reserve my top-down driving for off-peak times and more pleasant and condusive environments like Santa Barbara, San Diego, Palm Springs, etc, where you can be on the (somewhat) open road with the wind in your hair.

I can second that...I always see more top of driving in covertibles then i do top down. My top usually stays up for the very reasons you stated. I like to keep my down at night...

[asnigro]

I live in the Western Suburbs of Chicago and maybe see one boxster every 2 weeks. I've never seen a Caymann on the road, I've seen one 987 on I-290 about 2 months ago, and a 996 once every 3 weeks or so. They're not that common out here in the burbs (if there are some, probably garage queens). I'd bet I see a Cayenne once a week.

[Mark Miller]

I live in a small town in South West Georgia, and there are only three Porsches here, my Boxster,a 996 and 911 Speedster.
But I'm in Tallahassee FL twice a week and I usually see at least one per trip.