Of course I agree with you about the Boxster out driving the SLK. I bought the Boxster
I drove my friend to the dealer to pick up the car and I asked the salesman why you can't get a manual trans in these cars and he basically told me that they believe that their auto is a better driver than you. Im not so sure about that, but there is no question that a manual is just more fun to drive. My friend never learned to drive stick and I wasn’t about to teach him on my Boxster so this was a good solution for him.