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Originally Posted by pothole
Personally, I think a turbo four would be awful.
It won't sound right and it won't go right. You often read about such and such new turbo engine being lag free. But I driven enough of the latest turbo engines, including the new BMW 1M, to know it's bollocks.
The problem isn't so much as the time delay, which is admittedly getting pretty small, it's the way the boost swells the torque. It spoils the power delivery and disconnects you from the car - it feels like the car is driving itself.
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Yep. The BMW engines are "lag free", but I feel that it's the throttle response that suffers. The Boxster's throttle is quick and precise. If you are in a corner, you can drive the car on the throttle and feel every minor change in the throttle through the steering wheel and pedal. The BMW throttle is more like a light switch, either on or off. If you try to take a corner in 2nd gear at 5K RPM, you'll find yourself overcooking it...backing off too much...over cooking it...ugggh.
Also, I found the BMW turbo to be a very "lazy" engine (or I became a lazy driver when driving it). I always seemed to be in the wrong gear @ 1700 RPMs -- and it never really mattered because the car had so much torque. With the Boxster, I always seem to be @ 3K+ RPMs and the car and driver are much happier...
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