06-02-2009, 09:42 AM
|
#81
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Guelph, Ontario
Posts: 131
|
I took the picture myself.
__________________
01 Boxster - Lapis Blue - Aerokit II Daily Driver.
98 Pontiac sunfire - Winter beater- TRADED IT IN FOR 200 DOLLARS
2010 Honda Civic Coupe - Gunmetal Grey - Lease ended and returned
2011 Mercedes Benz GLK350 - Gunmetal Grey
|
|
|
|
06-02-2009, 09:46 AM
|
#82
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Ohio
Posts: 76
|
Smart Alec answer...
How fast have I driven my Boxster??? The smart alec answer version: "door unlocked, top down, jumped in seat, left hand on ignition key, left foot on clutch, right foot on accelerator, right hand on gear shifter, took off in under 1.2 seconds... That's how fast I can drive my Boxster!
|
|
|
|
|
06-02-2009, 11:41 AM
|
#83
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: NEPA
Posts: 343
|
140 down the front straightaway at The Glen. Ed
|
|
|
|
|
06-02-2009, 04:06 PM
|
#84
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Tennessee
Posts: 37
|
160/158 Mph
I have had the RS 60 up to 160 on the speedo but the GPS only recorded 158 as the top speed.
That was all she had even though Porsche specs it out faster.
I am very fortunate that I have a place to do this type of driving. Close to where I live, there is a 7 mile section of road that runs around a small curvey mountain for 1.7 miles and then flattens out for 5 miles of the smoothest, straightest road I have ever seen.. There is a lake on both sides of the road with guardrails for the entire 5 mile section....no side roads, no possibility of an animal strike and NO OTHER TRAFFIC. The road is used by the TVA to access a hyydroelectric dam.
I usually make a run down at normal speed to check the road and look for any hazards. At the end of the 7 miles, I turn around and turn it loose.
I have been wringing cars and bikes out on this road for 30 years.....'79 Stage 3 Herb Adams Trans Am was my first real runner to my 2008 Boxster with many very fast cars in between and I can say without reservation that the Boxster handles at these speeds as well or better than anything I have ever driven.
__________________
RS 60
Last edited by chrisdridley; 06-02-2009 at 04:36 PM.
|
|
|
|
|
06-02-2009, 04:16 PM
|
#85
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: st.louis
Posts: 26
|
I've done about 125 with the top down. thought i was gonna lose the wind deflector. started flapping really loud. did u all remove it before goin that fast or am i just chicken?
|
|
|
|
|
06-02-2009, 07:37 PM
|
#86
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Clarksville, Tn
Posts: 339
|
My 986 S will do over 160 and that's all I'm going to say.
__________________
'13 S - Guards Red / Luxor Beige - Options - Loaded to the Hilt!!
'01 S - Guards Red / Beige - Surrendered - 04.18.12
|
|
|
|
|
06-02-2009, 07:44 PM
|
#87
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Southern California
Posts: 61
|
105, and it was only in my garage for a night, haha.
|
|
|
|
|
06-02-2009, 09:53 PM
|
#88
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: near Chicago
Posts: 523
|
I've had my Boxster pretty fast, but not as fast as my other car. In other words, I'm not going to say anything that will incriminate me.
The car is for the track though. I agree with those who've said that the car is not about straight line speed. It's about the twisties. That's why I love taking it to the track where I can really drive it the way it's meant to be driven.
|
|
|
|
|
06-03-2009, 03:07 AM
|
#89
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Newport, KY
Posts: 202
|
I have had mine up to 109mph twice once top up and once top down. When you adjust for the inaccurate Porsche Speedo I was most likely actually going about 38mph.
__________________
Greg
2002 Triple Black, Desnorkled, Bumper Plugs, LN IMSB Upgrade
|
|
|
|
|
06-03-2009, 03:19 AM
|
#90
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Use 2B NW Ohio, now NE Ohio
Posts: 563
|
93..... still learning the car.
So I have stayed out of triple digits... for now.
__________________
My Porsche mechanic drives a Saturn.
'98 Artic Silver w/ Tip
|
|
|
|
|
12-29-2009, 08:33 PM
|
#91
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Music City U.S.A.
Posts: 166
|
166 MPH prior to installing the lwfw, udp, and ecu reflash (mind you my girlfriend was in the car on both accounts). 147 MPH with the top down and without the above modifications installed. Ideally, I am confident in obtaining 170 MPH.
*Mind you this was conducted outside the confines of the United States of America in a controlled enviroment*
__________________
2003 Porsche Boxster S 3.2L l AASCO Lightweight Flywheel l FVD Brombacher ECU l FVD Brombacher 100 Cell Sport Catalytics l FVD Brombacher Sport Headers l GiroDisc 340mm FR Rotors l IPD Intake Plenum l Litronics l KW Variant 3 Coilovers l Porsche 997 75mm Throttle Body l Road Sport Supply Underdrive Pulley Kit l Sachs Stage 2 Racing Clutch Kit l TechArt Short Shift Kit l TechArt Power Flow Kit l TechArt Sport Exhaust.
|
|
|
|
|
12-30-2009, 08:27 AM
|
#92
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Posts: 178
|
114, top down. I580.
__________________
Jonny Wonder
1999 Porsche Boxster 5 Spd
Stock, with GAHH A5 Glass top.
Previous Toys:
2005 RX-8, RIP
1989 GTA, 5 Speed, Procharger Supercharger and 2 Core Intercooler, 1 3/4" headers, 3" Flomaster Exhaust, cat-delete, digital ignition, bigger fuel injectors
|
|
|
|
|
12-30-2009, 07:01 PM
|
#93
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Central Florida
Posts: 17
|
125 down the back straight at Sebring. Should be able to get that a bit higher when I learn to take turn 16 a bit faster and brake a bit later into 17.
Honestly going flat out is not as fun as taking the twisties at much less speed. Give me turn 7 at 50mph over the back straight at Sebring any day!
__________________
Mark Dreyer
Kissimmee Florida
Daily Driver: 09 Jetta TDI
Weekend Fun car: 02 Boxster S
|
|
|
|
|
12-31-2009, 07:52 AM
|
#94
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: London, UK
Posts: 155
|
156 (GPS Verified - Speedo was showing 165) in Germany.
|
|
|
|
|
12-31-2009, 11:40 AM
|
#95
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Florida
Posts: 529
|
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Mark Dreyer
Give me turn 7 at 50mph over the back straight at Sebring any day!
|
Give me BOTH! and Bishop's Bend flat out! 
Happy Boxstering,
Pedro
__________________
Racecar spelled backwards is: Racecar!
|
|
|
|
|
01-01-2010, 03:24 PM
|
#96
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 33
|
About a week after I got my S, my son suggested we take a run to Vegas. We were buzzing along an almost empty freeway out of Barstow when I decided to pass this "slow" guy in front of me. After passing him, I glanced down and we were doing 126! YIKES! I would never intentionally drive that fast with my kid in the car, I just wasn't used to how smooth the car is at speed. Felt like we were doing 50.
Mike
|
|
|
|
|
01-15-2010, 12:06 PM
|
#97
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Indiana
Posts: 5
|
270 kmh on highway in Germany, recorded by Garmin GPS
|
|
|
|
|
01-15-2010, 12:19 PM
|
#98
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Madison, Georgia
Posts: 1,012
|
This thread is pathetic, the real question is how fast have you driven your boxster BACKWARDS.
Just kidding around, I think 90 is about tops for me. I would drive as fast as the car can go on the track but here in the countryside you have to watch out for deer as a hood ornament and I like the way my head fits on my body.
|
|
|
|
|
01-15-2010, 04:12 PM
|
#99
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Torrance, California
Posts: 132
|
125 between Vegas and Los Angeles on the 15.
|
|
|
|
|
01-16-2010, 06:50 AM
|
#100
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: CONNECTICUT
Posts: 22
|
Top Speed
135 m.p.h. on Rte.8 on way to Lime Rock Ct.
JDBOXSTER
|
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is On
|
|
|
All times are GMT -8. The time now is 03:05 PM.
| |
Felicity
Buttercup
Brodie - The blue car of awesome!
Linear Mode
