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Originally Posted by der Geist
The Mercedes C63 is a luxury/sport grand touring vehicle. There is no way to build it with all the options without it being so "bloated". The 911 purists complain every year when the new model comes and it's 100 pounds heavier than the previous year's model. All the options have thier price in weight and performance. The additional ponies more than make up for the weight in straight line performance. And like the 911 turbo with all this HP it is getting harder to shift as good as a computer, especially with a 7 speed auto trans. In fact the last few years 911 turbos actually posted faster times with the tiptronic trans than the manual. I just bought a CLK55 AMG and while it is an entirely different car than the Boxster it is a blast to drive. The steering wheel paddle shifters took a bit getting used to on hard acceleration and while not the same as rowing your own it is nice to not have to go up and down in city traffic all the time. I don't miss the manual as much as I thought I would. I just got in a HPS supercharger to really pump up the HP-should go over 500 with this.
Even so-I would never trade or think of selling my Boxster. Just too much damn fun.
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You're exactly right, it's a GT car. As is the 911T. Neither of which appeal to me. I drive an A6 wagon as a daily driver. It's performance figures weren't much of a consideration in it's purchase.
The GT3, while it too is also unnecessarily hefty, is more my style. I'd love to see even more of a purist model from Porsche, similar to what they did with the RS America in the 90's. There is much more to a car than straight line acceleration. That simply doesn't interest me much. The sporting aspect of a sports car is what I prefer. It's the old sledgehammer v. scalpel argument and the reason why other lesser powered cars, such as the Boxster, remain so attractive to many.