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Old 07-07-2010, 08:04 AM   #1
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just wait until the Spyder gets PDK.
Now Boxsters will not only have detuned engines they'll have detuned trannies.
Although we've already seen that with inexplicably tall gears on the Cayman so as not to best the Carrera sheets.

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Clarkson doesn't understand the whole concept of a roadster.
It doesn't need a giant engine. If you have to ask you don't get it.
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Old 07-07-2010, 01:03 PM   #2
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I'll have to look out for that episode, though they have them all online for viewing. Hammond is the only one on the show that appreciates Porsche for what it is. I recall Clarkson choosing the M "Zed 4" over a Boxster S on a prior episode...all engine with an inferior chassis.
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I'll have to look out for that episode, though they have them all online for viewing. Hammond is the only one on the show that appreciates Porsche for what it is. I recall Clarkson choosing the M "Zed 4" over a Boxster S on a prior episode...all engine with an inferior chassis.
Not true. Captain slow said he has a Boxster S for 4 years (mentioned in the same episode when he reviewed the Spyder) and he also has an aircooled 911 (video on top gear website).
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Old 07-07-2010, 05:17 PM   #4
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Here's the video of the power lap.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pE0Mi3gO5g

Here's the episode...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajNUfxktKSQ

Cont...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzxtpFDBTSM

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Old 07-08-2010, 06:16 AM   #5
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Good videos...glad to see James is one of us!
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