09-20-2006, 08:22 AM
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jeez...your a wet blanket.
I'm assuming your being facetious but I've never understood this Boxster 'entry level' Porsche talk. Its the roadster of the Porsche brand. Parts and hourly labor are just as expensive as its rear engined brother. The funny thing is that even Porsche promotes this 'entry level' nonsense with its own Factory Race Car drivers. I read an interview a few years back with Patrick Long who had just become an apprentice Factory driver and he said that that he and the other newbies got Boxsters while the full time factory drivers got 911's. He said something like "just to remind us we hadn't moved **UP** in the food chain"
My immediate response was so they promote you by giving you lesser handling sports car??
At more than $50,000.00 There is nothing entry level about any car with that price tag. Even repeating that is buying into the mental brain washing Porsche wants you to believe to justify spending $80-$100K on a rear engine car simply not worth its price in terms of performance. $50K is a heck of allot of dough for a car even a sports car, a luxury indeed.
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09-20-2006, 08:31 AM
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Hey, fifty years from now we may all be swaggering around congratulating ourselves for having the perspecacity for buying the successor to the Speedster.
When the top goes down, the price goes up ... but maybe not right away.
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09-20-2006, 10:12 AM
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I've owned mine now for 5 /34 years and i still do it.....Specially when shes clean
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09-20-2006, 10:12 AM
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Perfectlap,
I couldn't have said it better myself !
Before the Boxster, I had a 1987 Porsche 924S.
I great little car, just a little too old and a little too slow.
After I bought the Boxster, I thought that when I paid it off I would start looking for a 911 Carrera.
I recently drove a 1999 911 Carrera and I think I like my Boxster better.
The Boxster is plenty fast, handles like a dream, and you can't beat the drop top.
Not sure if I would give up a mid-engine convertible for a rear engine hard top.
( considering that a 911 Carrera Cabriolet runs about $37k more than a base Boxster )
With the new Boxster S coming in at 295 hp, I can't imagine when I would need the extra HP of the 911.
IMHO...
Nick
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09-20-2006, 11:35 AM
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There's no deficiency in the 911 and its one of the most visually appealing and recognizeable forms in auto world. (well no deficiency if you can deal with pendulus cornering-- I find that unerving and unacceptable) But I don't consider it a superior sports car to the Boxster. The standard Carrera has a bit more power but also weighs more and it's power is still somewhat underwhelming given its price tag. GT2/GT3/Turbo/C4S is enough extra power to make a different animal. But that's no more than common sense: you're paying a heck of allot extra for it!!
But for serious driving there's more than enough HP in both the Boxster and the standard Carrera. Take either out on the track and you'll be hard pressed to maximize the limits of either. So why do you need more if you've got enough to get you into trouble??
But Coupes are Coupes and Roadsters are Roadsters.
Two very different designs, purposes and experiences.
If I were in the market for Coupe and a Roadster I might be inclined to
make the Boxster my roadster choice and make the MZ4 Coupe my tin top.
I think the MZ4 Coupe has a much much nicer/racier interior, front end and
comes in at $25-$40K less than the rest of Porsche line up with decent power.
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09-20-2006, 12:37 PM
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My Boxster
I had wanted a Porsche since high school. In college I drove a 1960 VW Bug that I had tricked out with headers, oversized wheels and tires, etc. Until now it was the closest thing to a Porsche that I had ever owned. It was a lot of fun to drive, too. I long ago sold the Bug and put aside those desires for other joys and priorities.
After two marriages, raising two sets of two kids and driving family sedans for more than 30 years, I bought my first Porsche, a 2002 Boxster S, last year. It only had 6K miles, so it was practically brand new.
It has been an absolute joy to drive since the day I got it. And yes, I still go to the garage and look at it admiringly. I go to Home Depot to buy light bulbs or screws one at a time just so I can drive it. My wife had never seen me wash a car until I got my Boxster. I keep it under an all weather OEM cover in the garage. It gets washed gently every week or two and waxed at least once a month.
I am not one to have a lot of toys, but I have never received so much pleasure from anything like this.
I love my wife dearly for her support of this purchase and maybe one of these days I may even teach her how to drive it.
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09-20-2006, 01:52 PM
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Lets see,in the past year I have replaced;
~MAF
~oil seperator & "j" tube
~the intermediate shaft connected to the throttle body
~$300 flat tire
....I can still be found in my garage looking at it with the same grin on my face from when I first bought it.
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09-20-2006, 02:00 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bnorman
I had wanted a Porsche since high school. In college I drove a 1960 VW Bug that I had tricked out with headers, oversized wheels and tires, etc. Until now it was the closest thing to a Porsche that I had ever owned. It was a lot of fun to drive, too. I long ago sold the Bug and put aside those desires for other joys and priorities.
After two marriages, raising two sets of two kids and driving family sedans for more than 30 years, I bought my first Porsche, a 2002 Boxster S, last year. It only had 6K miles, so it was practically brand new.
It has been an absolute joy to drive since the day I got it. And yes, I still go to the garage and look at it admiringly. I go to Home Depot to buy light bulbs or screws one at a time just so I can drive it. My wife had never seen me wash a car until I got my Boxster. I keep it under an all weather OEM cover in the garage. It gets washed gently every week or two and waxed at least once a month.
I am not one to have a lot of toys, but I have never received so much pleasure from anything like this.
I love my wife dearly for her support of this purchase and maybe one of these days I may even teach her how to drive it.
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LOL one of these days....
Cinamon Brown? please post pics I was looking at an '01 996 TT in that color for a steal last year but it got away from me  (too busy posting on 986forum.com  )
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09-20-2006, 03:53 PM
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Cinnimon Brown Interior PIX
Quote:
Originally Posted by Perfectlap
LOL one of these days....
Cinamon Brown? please post pics I was looking at an '01 996 TT in that color for a steal last year but it got away from me  (too busy posting on 986forum.com  )
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