987 vs 986 - Zowie!

[insite]

Originally Posted by JoeFromPA

i rarely see the "visceral" crowd putting 10-20k miles a year on their "visceral" car of choice.

bingo! there's only so visceral a road car can be; at some point, it becomes a toy & only a toy.

[stephen wilson]

Agreed. I've decided the '65 Mustang I'm restoring is a bit too much, with no power anything, or A/C, which means I'll never get my wife to go anywhere in it.

[insite]

Originally Posted by stephen wilson

Agreed. I've decided the '65 Mustang I'm restoring is a bit too much, with no power anything, or A/C, which means I'll never get my wife to go anywhere in it.

haha my wife has a VERY high tolerance for my......preferences. my car has no AC, no radio, racing seats, race suspension, no sound deadening, and a cat-less race exhaust. she STILL goes for rides. i will say, though, the cat bypass pipes ALMOST put her over the edge. they are very, very loud.

[stephen wilson]

That's impressive. I'm just happy my wife "lets" me have my toys.

[JoeFromPA]

My wife's tolerance depends upon whether or not she's driving.

If she's driving, she's far more likely to enjoy the sometimes stiff ride, the power, any sound, etc.

For example (a poor example, but an example): I let her drive it for the first time when she got in the boxster after I removed the intake snorkel. Top down.

She commented on how much she enjoyed the growl/purr behind her ear when she gave it some throttle around 2800 rpms.

Now she gets a kick out of it every time, rather than if I had driven the first time she likely would've said "So what, it's just more noise."

[Overdrive]

Originally Posted by JoeFromPA

My wife's tolerance depends upon whether or not she's driving.

If she's driving, she's far more likely to enjoy the sometimes stiff ride, the power, any sound, etc.

For example (a poor example, but an example): I let her drive it for the first time when she got in the boxster after I removed the intake snorkel. Top down.

She commented on how much she enjoyed the growl/purr behind her ear when she gave it some throttle around 2800 rpms.

Now she gets a kick out of it every time, rather than if I had driven the first time she likely would've said "So what, it's just more noise."

Funny how that psychology works out, eh?

I got a kick out of that, Joe, because there's no denying the truth of how that could have worked out differently.

[MikenOH]

The only thing I can say that I miss about the '99'--that I can remember-- is that the steering seemed more directly connected to the front wheels.
The 06 handles well, has more cornering and engine power, but the '99' had that light touch that made you think you could put the car just about anywhere in a turn.

Not sure if the weight went up that much between the 2 cars or the steering box/PS assembly changed dramatically, but there has been--in my mind--a degradation in steering feedback to the driver.