How fast have you driven your Boxtser?

[Bavarian Motorist]

Surprisingly, I have not hit 100 once since I got the car. I only got up to 99 once to pass an idiot who was hanging in the left lane (people in NY think it's ok to do that and then speed up when you try to pass them)


I would like to go to a track and have an instructor show me what to do. Is it true the 987s have actual roll bars and not just style bars? I can't tell the difference.

Originally Posted by Bavarian Motorist

I would like to go to a track and have an instructor show me what to do. Is it true the 987s have actual roll bars and not just style bars? I can't tell the difference.

Yes, the Boxsters (987 & 986) have "REAL" roll bars.

[Bavarian Motorist]

So they are track accepted...generally speaking?

[orthofrancis]

The question was just how fast you've gone - no specifications, so yeah track speed is fine - we want to know what it was like.

[z12358]

Originally Posted by Bavarian Motorist

So they are track accepted...generally speaking?

First things first. Sign up for membership to your local pca.org chapter. Then sign up for a Driver's Education event with them next spring. Depending on high tall you are and what the rules are for the local chapter you will figure out if you satisfy the track requirements. Typically if you pass the "broomstick test" (a broomstick resting on the roll bar and the windshield pillar cannot touch your head with a helmet on it) you should be fine. I'm 6ft tall and I pass with no problem.

[MikenOH]

120mph on the back straight at Mid-Ohio; Had the 99 up to 120 on an interstate before I started doing DE's--none of that anymore.

[mn box s]

top down, 146
hard top, 154

[steve00s]

130mph before I lost my nerve. What was more fun was sustained 105-115 on winding Interstate through about 20 miles of foothills. Middle of the night with no one around. The car was just planted around the corners. Yes, its time for PCA DE's.

[Rodger]

I had my '99 Boxster up to 132 on a totally deserted road in southeastern Idaho. I had just competed in a two-day autocross event and the car had been thoroughly inspected prior to the event. It was rock-steady, but really wheezing over 130. I ran out of straight road so I didn't push it.

I haven't had my '00 S over 85 yet. I didn't want to risk breaking anything after I bought it in AZ since I had to drive it home to Anchorage. I really don't have any inclination to go really fast in it, either. I think I've outgrown the need for speed.

[NickCats]

125 mph ( so far )

Car ran smooth as silk, but I was afraid to go any faster...

160 mph on a GSXR-750 is my record.

Oh, to be young and stupid again

( it's a miracle I made it into my 30's )

Nick

[YellowPorscheMan2002]

I had my 2002 Boxster up to 130 mph last summer on Route 95 South going from MA to CT. The car's alot quicker from 60 mph upward than from 0-60......Agree with the other posters that said the curves are what brings the most pleasure. For raw speed I drive my C32 AMG.

[Boxter]

Top down 130 in the Boxster and seemed rock solid with no vibrations or issues at all, didn't feel the need to go faster. However, in much younger days I ran flat out in a 1989 Chrysler Conquest at 3AM here on the Garden State Parkway with not another vehicle in site...that little 4cyl turbo's speedo topped out at 150 although the needle was much further down the gauge. In retropspect I have to admit it was surprisingly stable. As a very inexperienced driver (at the time) I could actually feel the car getting lower just above 100 (I just read that the drag coefficient was .32 and for its time was considered exceptional). I ran it that way for what seemed like an eternity but was probably only a few minutes until I saw tail lights on the horizon. With my knees shaking and my hands tightly gripping the wheel I let off the gas and began the journey back down to reality passing that car at around 90 on my way down to 75 where it stayed for the rest of the night.
It was a surreal experience... Illegal, irresponsible but equally exhilarating when compared to navigating through turns in the Boxster.

[Oaktown 986]

114, top down. I580.

[billy@EUPHORIAworld]

140 top down

157 top up, on a slight down hill

all freeway