HP is Overrated

[MNBoxster]

Originally Posted by eslai

So how does your love of the C6 come into play then? Or actually I guess that's more brucelee's fetish. You can troll around in fourth gear on that car and never need to shift.

I agree with the article about the "crap stereo", but I still think the base Cayman is a tragedy. Sure, it's a fun car, as is any 987 variant, but the fact that Porsche is protecting their anachronistic 911 is pretty uninspiring.

Hi,

I have no particular love for the C6, though I do respect the job Chevy did on it. It's the 1st Corvette to actually Handle, and w/ decent Brakes - the car is finally Balanced. It is a lot of car for the $$...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99

[SD987]

I don't know about more HP...I can pretty successfully scare the bejesus out of people in the cockpit (including myself) with a 280 hp Boxster S driven at the limit (or at least my limits).

It takes a lot of HP and a lot of money (C06 excluded) to gain a half second off the 0-60 and a second off the 1/4 times of the 987S. It's pretty much a definitive example of diminishing returns.

As far as the C06 goes, in most cases if one can afford a new Boxster then one can afford a new Vette. It's not like Porsche buyers slap their foreheads and say "dang, I could have had a Vette". To state the obvious, it's a question of personal preference. Besides I don't own enough gold chains to drive a Vette and prefer crew-neck tee-shirts to wife-beaters.

[eslai]

nonono I only mentioned the 'vette in response to the criteria Jim gave for what constitutes a sports car. I'm not trying to say it's somehow a better car just because it has more horses or something.

I can scare people with the Boxster, but I could just as well scare them with a Miata. But if you want to scare someone on a track, you need something like an Evo or what not. A Cayman won't cut it.

Anyhow, I'm not out at the tracks much anymore so I guess it doesn't matter.

[Bavarian Motorist]

I can only scare someone in first gear... other than that ..

[Brucelee]

."Besides I don't own enough gold chains to drive a Vette and prefer crew-neck tee-shirts to wife-beaters."

Well, since you drive a "chick car" and a "Poor Man's Porsche," you can't really hurl insults can you?

Just kidding! See how stereotypes work, there is always a retort!

[Perfectlap]

Scared??? that's for chicks man.

I rode in a nervous GT3 going fast IN THE RAIN. Was I scared?
No way man..I have hair on my chest and drink my vodka straight!

If I trust the skill of the driver and I'm in a genuine sports car with good tires
and a stable platform, there is no reason to be scared at any speed.

p.s.
the funny thing about stereotypes is that they are generally true, that's how they became a stereotype to begin with.
Sure 911 Cabs aren't for homosexuals as TopGear's Jeremy Clarkson contends
but guess what Vincenzo my gay hairdresser drives? 911 Cab (tip).
And the last guy I saw driving a C6 in SoHo was wearing what?
moustache and gold chain playing some awwwwful cheesy 'freestyle' dance music from the 80's. And not far from Mr C6 was a Range Rover being driven by a guy who looked allot like MasterP.

[SD987]

Yawn...

OK Plap, you're the best car driver on the Internet..congratulations, you can pick up your award on the way out.

[Perfectlap]

haha...no I'm the best passenger!!
that's the whole point, scaring your passenger doesn't prove anything about the car.

[demonz]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

my gay hairdresser drives? 911 Cab (tip).

What does it say to have a gay male hairdresser? (not that there's anything wrong with it.) I kid. I kid!!


Only a woman cuts my hair

[Adam]

Stereotypes are almost always incorrect and misinformed, my dad owns two vettes SD987 and not one gold chain. A 66 and a 99 to be exact. Never seen him wear a wife beater either.