dude, go ahead and sell your car for horsepower but I highly suggest for you to check this one out before jumping in to...what was that car again?

http://986forum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13835

I think the airfare is worth it if you live close by the owner :D

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blkboxster, I like your idea of selling your Boxster and buying a GTO. You should also consider selling your Cayenne and get a 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee. It is a much nicer SUV than the Cayenne.

Blkboxster, if you want HP, drive your Mercedes. How can you be bored with your Boxster? It has less than 17,000 miles. How many miles have you driven it during your 3-year relationship. You need to drive it more. Become one-with-it. Say to yourself, "Be the Boxster"! Now go do the right thing! :)

Do you think maybe she is cheating on you? :(

I sat in a new GTO the other day. I was impressed with the car from that perspective.

I understand they are wicked fast.

Enjoy and welcome back if you ever get another Box.

Good luck.

:)

Here are my two cents, for what it's worth. I understand the appeal of the GTO. I think I just saw in Car and Driver this year that the GTO was the biggest bang for the buck regarding horsepower. It's the cheapest 400 Hp you can buy, especially now on the used market with low demand. Just make sure you're getting the later model (I think it's got a fake hood scoop). Wasn't the first year of manufacturing just 350 Hp or something?

If you like torque and squealing tires, then the GTO seems like the way to go. Back in my high school days this would have been my pick. But I demand more from my cars now. I don't want to just go fast in a straight line. I want a car that is refined inside, comfortable, sexy looking, and can handle the twisties too. The Boxster you have can do these things MUCH better than the GTO.

Switching from looking at the Mercedes to the Pontiac I believe is probably driven ultimately by price and the bang for the buck that the GTO offers. Be careful by just looking at the dollars. I think you ultimately may be very disappointed if you just focus on that.

Kirk

Has Pontiac build quality gotten any better since I last sat in one a few years ago?

They make so few cars compared to Chevrolet that the interiors are always falling apart after a few years of normal wear and tear.

I know our boxsters are filled with plastic inside (dash, doors, center console if one didn't pay a bunch more for leather) but it feels or seems like the quality of the plastic is better.

I can never ever go back to US made cars. In fact, I don't even want another Japanese car for my sedan-daily-driver. It's gonna be a 5 Series BMW.

American cars just feel cheap to me. Call me a snob, but I can't stand the way they look, feel, or the quality of the interior parts. Corvettes included.

Good luck with the Pontiac purchase. If you keep it a couple of years and trade it when you are bored again it won't be a decision you have to live with all that long.

Hopefully, we'll see you right back here with another newer, faster boxster!

If i were in your shoes i'd buy a used 996 if you want more power.

the videos are temping me :o ,

http://youtube.com/watch?v=TGsCXhzxu4A&feature=RecentlyWatched&page=1 &t=t&f=b

I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO!!!!

All I can do is hang my head in shame. I wanted a GTO real bad, but now that im not in highschool anymore it just seems like the silliest idea ever. Sure it has back seats, and 400HP, but I would not be near as happy if I had bought it over the box. Heres my suggestion if you want something cool and have to have power.

http://www.350z-tech.com/zwiki/350Z-TECH

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/L-K-2003-NISSAN-350z-TOURING-COUPE-L-ADED-BELOW-BOOK_W0QQitemZ160172446520QQihZ006QQcategoryZ31864 QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://www.350z-tech.com/zwiki/GReddy_Twin_Turbocharger_Kit

The 15 grand plus the 6 grand turbo kit comes to 21,000. It puts 360 to the wheels and doesnt look like a giant turd.

Im trying to be constructive, but its like assisted suicide. Your never gonna be happy cause when you get 400HP your gonna want 500... I feel sorry for you.

I already have A 500 hp car so i wont need it, So dont feel bad, i was thinking about a Z, but idk i just dont like them.

[thinking out loud ;) ] something tells me a decision won't have to be made between a GTO or C32 AMG if the BIN = reserve price.....

I'd love to see '99s selling for $22K (or anything above $20K), but it's really a function of supply and demand. Lots of '99s out there as well as '97, '98, '00, '01, '02, '03, and '04 plus the Ss. Oh yeah.... and the recent R&T article ('99 s/b sub $19K IIRC) doesn't really 'help' either. :o

[/thinking out loud]

See, proving my point. Why do you need a 400HP car then?

Dude, I've been thinking about your dilemma and going over your older threads as well as the videos you've posted. You seem to like straight-line horsepower, 0-60 runs and the ability to smoke the tires at will. Maybe I have a couple of possibilities for you...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imR8vEGVOsE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22L5f8pcegc

Ha, Sell the box, buy a junker trans am and put a new $12,000 engine in it from jegs. Youd have a grand total of $12,400 (not including labor, but its an american car so thatd be like 400 bucks for everything at any mechanic nation wide, so really $12,800) and you can do burnouts and straight line stuff all day.

Those vids are great! I keep expecting Clark Griswald to get out of the wagon!
haha

I forgot the name the dealer called it????

Lol, no thanks

Seriously those last 2 youtube videos are all you need if you want burnouts!

IF you want 400hp you should get a used vette, for the price thats your best choice. GTO's look like every other pontiac out there, and you'll see 16 year old kids driving them and kids in subarus trying to race you at EVERY stop light, thats probably not what you want in the long term.

The Family Truckster

@ Grizzly,

Dude did you see this video that was linked on the side......... :eek:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibGkaftzo5E