Interior question for the Boxster

[steved0x]

My hot tip would be to go to one of those small type auto dealers that typically have a handful of cars and are not affiliated with a brand of car. I test drove 2 boxsters from places like that, and both times they tossed me the keys and said go drive. I probably put 50 miles on those two boxsters. I did gas one of them up. No pressure from the first one, and the 2nd one did try to put the hard sell on me but I made my escape (which was the hardest part). I would have bought the first one but several things didn't work and the 2nd one had bad wheel hop on takeoff (and neither was an S, the first was a 98 and the second a 2000), but it was a great way to see how I fit in the car and how it drove.

I ended up buying on from out of state, flew in and drove it back after a thorough PPI that came back very clean and installation of the LN Ceramic IMS bearing.

Steve

Your profile says Louisville KY; here is one close by from a place like I described:

http://www.cars.com/go/search/detail.jsp?tracktype=usedcc&csDlId=&csDgId=&listingId=121548438&listingRecNum=0&criteria=sf1Dir%3DASC%26alMdId%3D20705%26mkId%3D20 081%26stkTyp%3DU%26mdId%3D20705%26rd%3D30%26crSrtF lds%3DstkTypId-feedSegId-mkId-mdId-pseudoYear%26zc%3D40202%26rn%3D0%26PMmt%3D1-1-0%26stkTypId%3D28881%26sf2Dir%3DASC%26sf1Nm%3Dpric e%26sf2Nm%3Dmiles%26isDealerGrouping%3Dfalse%26yrM x%3D2004%26alMkId%3D20081%26rpp%3D50%26feedSegId%3 D28705&aff=national&listType=1

[Herr Oberst]

Oh yeah BTW, Tom Gray Auto Sales is a joke. My mom bought a car from them and it was way overpriced. I did see it though on a previous search and thank you for the link. I am eyeballing one here in J'Town (Jeffersontown) which is on the outskirts of Louisville. We all use "Louisville" on our location because basically the county is louisville metro or so they say! :-)

[BYprodriver]

I recently drove 250 miles non-stop in a new Civic rental car. I could not find a comfortable seat position & my shoulder blades ached. I eventually realized the bottom seat cushion was to short to give adequate thigh support & I'm 5'10".
I once drove my 986 from Dallas to west coast in 1 day with zero comfort issues.

[ccstud17]

6'3" 175lbs luckily narrow is not my issue lol! I am all legs, seat max back and down, and i have driven CO to OR 3x in it non stop. yes it is a lil crammed, my biggest issue is getting my legs in/out of the rather narrow door frame haha. get the Box, you will have so much fun driving you wont notice how your sitting!

your biggest problem isnt height, its that ugly Avatar you have

[fullthrottle52]

Originally Posted by Herr Oberst

Oh yeah BTW, Tom Gray Auto Sales is a joke. My mom bought a car from them and it was way overpriced. I did see it though on a previous search and thank you for the link. I am eyeballing one here in J'Town (Jeffersontown) which is on the outskirts of Louisville. We all use "Louisville" on our location because basically the county is louisville metro or so they say! :-)

Herr,
If you want to sit in a boxster just send me a private message and we can meet up. I would be happy to let you see if you fit. Might even do a short drive if you like. My office is near the malls in louisville.