New RUF Boxster S conversion

[MNBoxster]

Hi,

People in the know realize that it's time to stop Bashing the Corvette.

Granted, it took Chevy 50 years to get it right, but in the end, they did get it right!

The C6, and especially the Z06, are World Class. Take off your SNOB Hat and come into the light!...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99

[Perfectlap]

shhhh.....your not supposed to tell everyone the c5 won at LeMans.

if you gave me the choice of a 911 or C5 for the track I would take the C5.

Now if you told me I had to drive home in it, I'd take the 911
well at least the interiors aren't still stuck in the 80's, but still wide of the mark.

p.s.
in the Caymans galore thread, the Porsche dealers who autocrossed the Caymans vs. (cars supplied by Porsche) the 05 vette said it had visible chasis flex, (the m3 had ****************ty brakes, the SLK was useless what else is new).

[Brucelee]

Good point Jim. I have a C5 and three 911s right now. They are all very fine cars.

Time marches on!

Originally Posted by MNBoxster

Hi,



People in the know realize that it's time to stop Bashing the Corvette.

Granted, it took Chevy 50 years to get it right, but in the end, they did get it right!

The C6, and especially the Z06, are World Class. Take off your SNOB Hat and come into the light!...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99

[Perfectlap]

don't let Chevy off the hook that easy. The corvette Its still very far from being the car it could be. It almost makes me want to drop everything, go to design school and build my own coaches like in dem olden days when you only bought the engine and chasis.
Somewhere someone said that the corvette may be fun to rip but you still feel like your sitting in a rental car.

p.s.
in France the the French line up at the start line at LeMans just to hear the Corvette engines fire up. They think they are like what would be Ferraris to us Americanes.

[Dave996TT]

And I thought this age-old argument was isolated to other cubby holes on the internet.....both cars are great machines. For $60k, the vette is looking pretty good, especially when side by side with my 996tt (at $125k yech!)

Ultimately, however, my Boxster S is the best car I've owned. Maybe not the wow factor of the chipped tt, but it is better balanced, and puts a ****************-eating grin on my face everytime I take it out. It gets my vote.

Now, if I can only find about 75hp somewhere.....

[Adam]

Dave, toss a 3.6L in that S and you'd have the perfect Porsche roadster

[Brucelee]

"Somewhere someone said that the corvette may be fun to rip but you still feel like your sitting in a rental car."

Certainly not to me they don't.

I have a $125K Porsche TT in my garage, next to the $44 C5.

Which one would I buy if it were my money?

Hmmm

it is a shame but we never see any new corvettes here, the old imported restored ones on occasions and only in exhibitions or car show, is the old vettes to you like the 993/996 debate we have with the porsche purists?
the newer vettes looks like a handful, would'nt mind to have a go......