03-30-2010, 05:36 AM
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love the car, hate the interior. I would love to have a twin turbo boxster S
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Lov'n my boxster!
2013 Lexus IS350awd
2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser
2004 Porsche Boxster S
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03-30-2010, 06:03 AM
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Would love to take it for a drive and witness it's personality. Gemballa is always a bit "over the top" when it comes to styling, but they wish to stand out from the crowd.
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03-30-2010, 07:16 AM
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droooooooooool
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I still wave at Boxsters, but they no longer wave back :-(
2002 Boxster S "Violet" (sold but not forgotten)
2009 Carrera 4S "Kelsey" (current ride)
2015 FIAT 500e "Nikki" my commuter car
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03-30-2010, 08:24 AM
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Price reduced to $105,000 USD.
If you bought it you could also enjoy 50% depreciation over the course of the next year or two and possibly get $50,000 USD for it.
I'd take a pass on this one.
Buy a roller from someone for next to nothing (considering the M96 blows so often it shouldn't be hard) and spend a fraction of that money on a Chevy LS1 and you'll be right there for a far less money... plus, the motor will be far more bullet proof.
The depreciation on a "Porvette" conversion will be high as well, but you'll still have piles of cash left over and the same permagrin on your face.
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03-30-2010, 08:53 AM
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spend a fraction of that money on a Chevy LS1
Then you'd have a Boxster that sounds like a Nascar...I'd rather mine sound like a GT3RS.
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2002 Boxster S
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03-30-2010, 09:42 AM
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Originally Posted by jmatta
spend a fraction of that money on a Chevy LS1
Then you'd have a Boxster that sounds like a Nascar...I'd rather mine sound like a GT3RS.
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No Turbo will ever sound like a GT3RS, the Turbo muffles a lot of the sound
BTW: If you want to listen to real good GT3RS sound, take a look at this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjFxqaAbiNk
This is on-board video (and sound) from a GT3RS from this weekend in Thunderhill 
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I still wave at Boxsters, but they no longer wave back :-(
2002 Boxster S "Violet" (sold but not forgotten)
2009 Carrera 4S "Kelsey" (current ride)
2015 FIAT 500e "Nikki" my commuter car
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03-30-2010, 09:54 AM
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So you're willing to pony up tens of thousands of extra dollars for a different exhaust note? I'd rather have a wicked fast boxster AND a wad of cash in the bank at the expense of a different (sound preferences are highly subjective) exhaust note.
I'm just sayin'
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03-31-2010, 10:41 AM
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That's a blown engine waiting to happen.
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Originally Posted by jmatta
Then you'd have a Boxster that sounds like a Nascar...I'd rather mine sound like a GT3RS.
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No. Then you'd have a Boxster that sounds like a Corvette C5.R. BIG difference!
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03-31-2010, 12:17 PM
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[QUOTE=Mike_Yi]That's a blown engine waiting to happen.QUOTE]
isnt that what we deal with on a daily basis already with our M96?
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04-01-2010, 05:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Mike_Yi
That's a blown engine waiting to happen.
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The ad says they lowered the compression ratio to 9:1. I wonder what other work they've done internally. It may not neccessarily be a blown motor in waiting.
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