[BrakeExpert]

I've driven tons of cars, the boxster brake feel is relatively direct. Some factors of course, sounds like your brakes may need a flushing, lots of people don't know how to bleed them on the 986, its not hard, but that's a first guess. Also what type of brakes are you running. The OEM brakes use the german "soft iron" rotors with pretty hard metallic pads made by Pagid Jurid or Brembo most likely. If the brakes have been changed to use off the shelf regular grey cast iron rotors (like Autozone blanks), people like to use ceramic pads with these, but there also exist less agressive ceramic pads, which removes the all to common ultra black brake dust that Porsche has had since forever with its heavy amount of dark iron debris every time you stop. Though these are aluminum calipers and are monoblock, they're pretty stiff for a roadcar. I would absolutlely check your brake fluid first, and then of course look inside the car around the brake pedal to make sure nothing is wet, brake fluid smells sort of kind of like celery? At least to me.

The brake 'feel' on the Base and S model is pretty much the same, same pads, only with a ton of heat will the difference show.

If you are wanting a pedal that you can push hard and doesn't sag as much, the standard upgrades of more aggressive metal pads and stainless lines are gonna be what people recommend.