HP is Overrated

[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.

[SD987]

You can put this one next to your detailing trophies...

[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.

[Bavarian Motorist]

I'm sure it's different in other places, but around here... Porsche and Corvette owners seem to be the most calm and docile drivers on the road and neither show any signs of being uncivilized in any way or form.



I am the exception. I disgrace Boxster owners