Who Drives Your Boxster?
 

I went to town with my wife the other day and I encouraged her to drive my Boxster I could be sure she was familar with the car if she ever need to drive it. Even though she has driven a manual transmission for years, she did a pretty poor job of it, I was cringing when she tried shifting below 2K. I also let my son drive my boxster when I am with him, he normally can drive it properly. It got me to wondering who others allow to drive their Boxsters.

Ed

:cheers:

My wife tried one time, a year ago. I was a good sport and kept my mouth shut as I was bouncing like a bronco.. She saw the stress in my eyes and hasn't asked to drive it again.

I think we will try again soon, it would be a great car for her to play with if she can learn it.

Me, Me, & ummm Me.

Not my Father, Not my Mother, Not my Brother, Not my Sister.

If that was the only car left at home and one of them needed to go somewhere they know to call a cab instead. I have trained them all well.

Oh and in case of emergency dial 9-1-1.

My wife is a very capable Box driver and will take it on occasion to "arrive at parties".
Otherwise she says it's too firm and sporty so she prefers the Lexus.

So far ....
 

My experience was somewhat similar, in that I encouraged my wife to give it a try, but she did not seem too comfortable with it. The funny part: I selected a Tiptronic with her in mind (as well as the traffic jams here) but I think it was the low-slung seating position and no roof that had her 'off-balance'. This try was within a week or so of the purchase (a few weeks ago). It was only after that experience that she realized she had never even been in a convertible (She's from Buenos Aires, Argentina, and now that I think of it, I don't think I've even seen a convertible in all the times I've visted there....).

It did not help that there must have been some LEO action going on in the industrial area that I had her driving, and there were marked cars seemingly around every corner, which, when coupled with my 'instruction', made her more than a litte nervous ...

My wife will not since it is a manual transmission. The only other body behind the steering wheel was a friend I have known since highschool

my wife drives the box.....she prefers her murano but she's gotten pretty good on the box, the first time out she literally gave me motion sickness

We have a 2000 Vette and a Boxter S. They are both equally fun to drive. It just depends on which car has more gas in it. . .I think you guys see where I'm going here and which car I'm left with!!

The only person I gladly allow to drive my car is Mark (Houston_C4S). He drives my car better than I do and he lets me drive his new 987S anytime I like as well.

That's my short list. Everyone else makes me nervous because they have curb-rashed the rims; almost killed us by getting on the freeway too slowly (petrofied driving a Porsche for the first time); drove it like they stole it (with me in the passenger seat no less); or killed the motor so many times that I had to tell them to get out or I was going to lose my sanity and my savings to Hans if they continued doing what they were doing.

Its funny this thread came up. I took my wife for her second Box session yesterday. She did okay starting and stopping at first, but then stalled out and lost some confidence in starting out.

She did enjoy turning sharply, though, and shifting gears. I also made her go in reverse a couple of times so she's used to where R is.

I think she'll really like driving it once she's comfortable with starting from a stop.



I've also let my dad drive it. He had a 911 Targa back in the 80's when I was a kid, and a 944 before that, and a 924 before that.

We had to go run an errand and I asked if he wanted to drive it (my 986S). I then turned to put my shoes on and when I turned back he was already in the car starting it up. We drove some cloverleaves and he kept the RPMs between 4k and 5k... and had a huge kid-in-a-candy store smile the whole time. :D

HA , HA . I had to laugh when I saw this question. I don't even like another person in the passenger seat. I hope some of you will understand that,, lol. But seriously no one gets behind the wheel but me. When I was shopping for my box I tried to get my brother to drive it but he declined ( go figure ) . Since then it's been only me that gets to caress that baby. :p

My wife hates driving the 911SC, doesn't like to drive the 300ZX turbo, doesn't care either way about my BMW, and absolutely loves to drive the Boxster S. All are sticks; she prefers and drives an auto.

When my wife's parents visit every year or any of my close friends visit, they have their choice in any car they want to take (they almost always take the BMW or the wife's Disco because they think it is the cars we care the least about.)

The funny thing is, though, if I were to get upset about losing one of the cars, it would be the one that is worth the least (the 300ZX turbo - because I have owned it for over 20 years and it still has the original paint.)

They way I look at it, my close friends and family are way more important to me than any car could be.

My older brother, younger sister, and 75 yr old mother all drove my 01S. I think my Mom particulary enjoyed driving it because it gave her bragging rights and a great story to tell at her social functions. She did stall it once but I can't really fault her because it takes some practice to know what gear you're in with that 6spd slush box in the 01.

I recently let a golf friend of mine drive my LE. He owns a C4 Corvette and takes immaculate care of it and his golf clubs. I knew he wouldn't drive it like he stole it. When the weather gets nicer (it has to eventually), I'm going to see if Mom wants to drive Punkin. She doesn't like my LE but I think I can win her over with the extra 45HP and the silky smooth 6spd.

While I won't just let anyone drive my Boxster, it's still just a car. And imagine the thrill you can provide by letting someone drive their first and maybe only Porsche. They will remember that 15 min for the rest of their lives.

I bought my Box last July. Had it three days before I went off on a two week business trip. Came back and found the wife had put 400+ miles on it!

I must add that she is a great driver and enjoys the car just as much as I do. She steers the hell out of all our racing sailboats as well! That's why I married her.

My wife adored the 911 SC and occasionally drove it to work. She's less fond of the box (????? I'm totally confused by that one but that's what she says), but has taken it to work a couple of times too. She'd rather sit in the passenger seat I think. Fine with me! OH... and my soon to be 20 yo son. I let him take it to three proms. He detailed it (rather well I might add..ok, he had a little help), and I had him totally convinced that I could download the computer readout from the car and tell how fast he went, the rpms he hit, etc. So I'm pretty sure he kept it under him. Darn it all.. he's now an engineering student in mechanical engineering and I don't think I can get away with that one any more. But I did promise him I'd take him with me to the track this year and he could be a second driver. YIKES! I won't be able to watch.

Bob

Well once I let my father drive it and told him the only rule is no smoking in the car in no way shape or form, when i got it back, He smoked in it and did a half ass job of hiding... there was ash on the outide part of the drivers door that didnt blow away in the wind and afew spots of ash on the steering wheel horn pad... I told him he could never drive anything of mine again.

Then i let my brother "Drive it around the block" on thanksgiving day 2 years ago and about 1hr later when i remembered he should have been back 59 minutes ago, I give him a call and he answers his phone by saying "What do you want?".... I ask him where he is, and he replies with Im at my friends house (10 miles away), he says this in a tone of voice as if im bothering him, I asked him to get his ass back NOW. He does and I hear him arrive cause i can hear the engine racing up the street. Now he and his children and childrens children are permanetly banned from driving anything I have... even a Riding Mower.

I told him, "Your actions are why you drive Honda CRX and lesser cars". :mad:

Mostly Me!

But I have let my sister and dad drive it. My mom can drive a manual well, but she sits with the clutch pushed in during stop lights which drives me nuts.
And although many of my friends have asked, I always say no, because none of them know how to drive a manual, plus I don't trust them with my car.
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I use to do that but then I didnt want to have a normal looking right leg and a totally ripped and toned left calve haha

Me.

I let me Dad drive it once.....out of the driveway.

I let my girlfriend take mine 1 day a week. I have no worries of her driving it.

So far just myself. My wife will get to drive it soon. I think.

It's my daily driver, but my wife not only drives the boxster, she is my co-driver when we autocross. And I have several other autocross club friends I will let drive my cars. :D

I let my mother and father drive my boxster. In fact, I lent it to them for the winter and have been without it for almost THREE MONTHS. I will be picking it up again in a month and I can't wait.

Funny, my dad does not drive it very much - I have to get on his case to make him drive it once per week. Uggg. At least thats better than letting it sit around all winter.

I was hoping the sportscar/convertible "experience" could turn him to the dark side and I could convince him to get a maserati or something cool like that. Looks like my plan failed!

me - 90%, she - 10% total - about 3k/yr.

I hear you on the low shifting.. My fiance said she knew how to shift and her dad told her always to shift below 2.5k. Well please not on my car.

She now finally has a car and she told me I can't drive it.. Fine I drive mine and you drive yours. By the time she reached her destination I have had a :cheers: or two :p

Well, I've only had mine three days so far, and only I've driven it. I took my dad for a ride and that's the only person who's even ridden in it yet. Nobody really seems all that interested. Now, my brother has some coworkers that have been wanting to see it though.

I would let my parents or my brother drive it, but I honestly don't think they want to. Beyond my family, I'd be willing to let another person drive it who has a respect for it and can afford to fix it if they mess it up. I'd also be willing to let a friend drive it if I drink too much, which happens on rare occasions.

I've only had a friend drive it once as my wife doesn't know how to drive a manual yet.
Chris

My wife will drive my car, when I have had too much to drink :eek: She then gets mad at me because I need to tell her ahead of time that she is gonna drive as she likes to wear the right shoes for it. Also she is always telling me to slow down, but when she drives she starts racing people. She did not like it when I put on the ssk as she is still not use to shifting quickly from 2nd to 3rd, I don't want her to get use to it as she will keep asking me to borrow my car. :D

Let my dad drive it once when I purchased the car, my brother twice (upon purchase and after my header install), and then, it's only been MEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! Thank goodness! :dance:

I have discovered that about 90% of the shoes in my closet are not the "right" shoes for this car. Today I drove to work barefoot. :p

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i bought the car for the wife.......i drive it!!?!?!? until she HAS to drive it, then i can't get her out of it !?!? ....i'm confused!!!!

As Bill Murrey put it in What about Bob “there are two types of people in the world, those that like Niel Diamond and those that don't, my x-wife likes like Neil Diamond”.

Well we actually both don't care for Neil and so she's still around, but she couldn't give a rats @$# about my Boxster. I changed my wheels from black to silver, then proudly asked her what she thought, she said “ what am I looking at ?"

So, until my 3 yr. old takes the initiative (got to get him watching Speedvision) I'm alone in my adoration.

Regards, PK

I don't let others drive it, or my previous S/C Miata because I know how I would feel if I were driving someone else's baby and something unfortunate happened. It isn't like my daughter's Saturn or my Acura.
My SO refuses to own anything but a manual - hence her '05 Legacy GT. Around town she short shifts ( :( ) and leaves her foot in at red lights (more cringing) all the time. I have stopped saying anything, because when I did she just gave me "the look" and reminded me that she had 100,000 on her Toyota when she sold it, and then 100k+ on the Maxima.
Having said that though, when she wants to move on down the road, or pass on the thruway - Yikes - she knows what the turbo is for - and I love the smile! :D
Hafta see what this Summer brings for the Boxster.

I have let my dad drive it after I got it as he let me learn to drive manual on his RX-7 when I just starting driving. Only other person to drive it was my brother-in-law, which resulted in him buying a boxster himself after always wanting a corvette! :)

seems like most of our dad's were the first or only drivers. that is the case with my boxster also.

i screwed up my first night with the car. i met some of my friends at night and pretty much forced my friend to drive it around the block. well we were in a housing complex and he took it around the complex and back. i asked why he didnt take it to the road and ripppp it. he was drunkkkkkkkkk!!!!!! dam!!!!! well atleast he didnt take it for a drive. he told me that he barely even took it out of 1st gear....

So far me and only me. We have a road trip to Yosemite coming up in June which will mean either spending the night somewhere in between or letting my g/f learn stick all over again to make it in one day.
I think a hotel room will be cheaper than a new transmission though... easy choice

Interesting thread.

I do not mind letting others drive it as long as they know what they are doing. My wife is very good with manuals..... funny thing, she does not like my Boxster too much. She thinks is sits too low, sprung too aggresively and not comfortable enough. She does not mind it too much when it is sunny and warm and I am driving.

This leaves me more driving time for me, myself and I. :D

What are the wrong shoes? I like driving with heels and 'platforms'. Flats are OK, but i have to be closer to the steering wheel.

I wanted to spend some time goofing around in the mountain twisties one Sunday. My [former] boyfriend grudgingly consented to go. A third of the way, I gave him the key. He never gave the driving back to me, and complained the whole time about EVERY thing [fit, visibility, a German word on a display, etc.] What a jerk. I could have had FUN. My nephews want to drive it, but they have to learn manual shift so it will be a while. I let two enthusiasic friends drive it. They were appreciative and had a blast. I like driving cars, and appreciate anyone that will let me at the wheel of their cool ride, so I like to share the same opportunity.

[QUOTE=cheetah
This is the only person who has driven my Boxster S.[/QUOTE]

Hey Cheetah,

Does your friend or her friend want to drive my LE? ;)

Smokin' hot.