My Fist Boxster !!!! - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Porschekid · 11-10-2006, 04:30 AM

Beautiful car... nice choice. How did you like your 928 GTS? Are they as fast as some people make them out to be? I have always loved those cars. Got any pictures?

smagerstein · 11-10-2006, 05:06 AM

Yes the GTS was a monster!! The sound of the engine/exhaust was the best i have ever heard on any car any make, it was truly sick.

Mine was an auto unfortunantly. The manuals are heaps quicker. But top end spead was awesome. The car didnt ever feel happy unless it was doing over 100!

Got rid of it because I moved OS. The problems were starting to mount though with heaps of expensive work needing to be done. I did sell it fairly cheap to a friend who has now fixed the problems and says his grin is ear to ear when he drives it. Would happily have one again in the future if I can afford a second toy. was handy having back seats though and a big boot. The next will be black..

Cheers

z12358 · 11-10-2006, 06:18 AM

Steven, congrats and welcome. Slovenia is beautiful and full of twisties just made for the Box. How long do you plan to stay there?

smagerstein · 11-10-2006, 06:24 AM

Thanks mate,

Im here sorta perminantly. The roads here are fantastic and the police dont care how fast you go realy. Speed limit is 130kmph but 150-160 is tolerated no problem.

I got pulled over the second day i had the car by some police waving me down on the side of the road. quick rego check and questions about car.

people here are into cars bigtime but not many porsches on the road so its a bit of a novelty for them

The roads here are fantastic and i cant wait for next summer with the roof down purring through the mountains and country villiages. winter is kicking in pretty quickly now so i will have to behave myself on the icy/snowy roads. need to get some winter tyres next week. any suggestions?

been here now for 10 months so have had to put up with a pussy pug 307 company car now. my wife gets the pug now.

Cheers,

smagerstein · 11-10-2006, 06:30 AM

thanks mate,

the subaru was pretty quick and handled very well but oh so boring!! my wife ended up with it and i drove my 928 daily.

Im happy with the color combination I ended up with. Cant wait for a sunny sunday to give it a wasn and wax.

previous owner kept it very very clean.

the car is as new in and out...only a couple of stone chips...will fix maybe one day but not for now.

thinking of getting some different wheels, not sure if i like these 17's but we will see. dont think my wife will let me.

Perfectlap · 11-10-2006, 06:36 AM

90% of a Carrera Cab? at 40% of the price?

The Boxster is the benchmark of roadsters. The Cab is not really that type of car.
Its more of "cruiser"
It doesn't handle as well as Boxster and its got that pendulus cornering that some guys love and I personally find unacceptable. And most pro racing teams find it less than desirable as well because every "purpose race built"(intended only for racing) Porsche has been one with the engine in the middle.

So what I'm saying is that the things that the Boxster is lacking when compared to a Carrera Cab are things that it does not need.

unklekraker · 11-10-2006, 06:42 AM

steve...IMHO, enjoy it stock first before you let the mod's itch get into you! your car is already awesome....do some mods' after you got tired of being stock