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"Don't want to start a flame. But most comments up here are from the type "mines better than yours", instead of "this is an genuine issue yours". "
Really? You should go back and read the quotes again. Please note that most of them are from current honest 'S' owners or people have owned an 'S' in the past (some had to sell it b/c of the 6 speed, as was the case with CFG)! I should mention that Meredith is an 'S' owner.
What would you say if the 'S' had a tranny designed for a BMW M3? Sure it would work and to you it would probably feel fine. Is it wrong? YOU BET!
BTW- the 'S' having 996 brakes is an entirely different matter. The brakes are not part of the drivetrain. The tranny is a special part of a car, indeed it is the bottleneck between the engine and power to the wheels. If this bottleneck isn't designed specifically for the car you are not going to have optimum power delivery at times (go back and read Excellence magazine's comment about the 5 speed being better for city driving than the 6 speed) and shifting will be less than optimal in general vs. using a tranny designed spefcifically and optimized for a particular car.
You can't say all the shared 996 bits in the 'S' are wrong (for example, head lights, console buttons, seats, etc..) because they are not part of the drivetrain. Nobody has ever complained about the numerous 996 bits in the 'S' except for the tranny. I have heard complaints only about the 6 speed and in makes perfect sense why it's just plain wrong. Great marketing though, I have to admit.
Any way, I am starting to repeat myself and I have nothing new to say. If you are happy with your 6 speed so be it. I do not really care. I am merely trying to warn people who are contemplating buying an 'S' of a problem not widely known because the most widely used boxster board (PPBB) deletes my posts, even though they contain factual and valid points.
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