The new Boxster - the triumph of technology over skill?

[Ghostrider 310]

Originally Posted by ekam

Well, if we want fast we'd all be driving vettes won't we?

No, if you drove my car you would realize it is super fast in its own right, if you looked on top gear you would see it can beat SOME models of the vette and a couple Ferrari's too.

[stephen wilson]

Blue, I love that idea! A true stick-shift when you want it; Stuck in traffic?.... It's a PDK.

[NoGaBiker]

Originally Posted by Ghostrider 310

No, if you drove my car you would realize it is super fast in its own right, if you looked on top gear you would see it can beat SOME models of the vette and a couple Ferrari's too.

Simmer down there, GR310; no offense intended here but you're really starting to sound like you're on the playground arguing about who's daddy can beat up who's. We all know you have a Spyder. Great car. We've all read the reviews, and some of us have spent extensive time test driving them before deciding against for various reasons. But it remains a fine car. It stands on its own. It doesn't need you coming along defending it and talking about how fast it is every time that subject can be brought up. It's a pretty quick car, and very well balanced, but frankly, it's not that fast by today's standards of fast cars. Which is fine -- it's also not very expensive so I wouldn't expect it to be a world dominator. Just let it stand on its own.

[Ghostrider 310]

I don't mean to sound that way because frankly I don't give a ____ if he or anybody else believes it. I'm only trying to get across that the car accelerates in launch control at 4.2 60 mph, that is vette speed I don't need to pretend I have vette speed, my only point any my last one on this subject. And as far as a dominator it sure sounds like TC Kline is DOMINATING. I'm taking a page out of Jake's playbook, peace out have a nice summer everyone.

[pothole]

Jeesy chreesy, an appeal to Top Gear? Bleh.

I have little doubt the average driver in a PDK Spyder would blow off an average driver in most Corvette models. To be fair, the Spyder is a very quick car, point to point. Much quicker than most people realise. There's little that will be significantly quicker in the real world on public roads. But who cares? That has nothing to do with driving enjoyment.

No doubt an entirely computer controlled Spyder would be even quicker than a human driven PDK Spyder. But that wouldn't make sitting there doing nothing but going faster more fun than actually driving but going slower.

This is the key difference that most PDK fanciers seem to miss. It's not about frigging lap times. It's about involvement and enjoyment. If PDK gives you that, fair enough. But the speed thing is totally irrelevant.