The Boxster is a REAL Porsche!!
 

I was pretty offended! LoL but in a fun way. :matchup:

I searched but didn't find any threads of this movie that mentions the Boxster...

Ready?? :matchup::matchup:

GIRL MOST LIKELY TV Spot- "Moving Home PM" - YouTube

At 17 seconds...

Kristen Wigs' character rear ends a 986 (sporting a factory fixed spoiler!). She pleads: "It's just a couple of scratches!" The driver responds: "It's a Porsche!"

To which she condescendingly replies: "Sir... it's a Boxster."

So rude! HAHA! My jaw dropped and all my friends started giggling and teasing me! LOL

Just saw that last nt and my gf and I had a good laugh...no respect i tell ya

That movie looks soooo stupid!!! :mad:

Total film budget = $15,000
Expected box office earnings = $5,000

plus the lead actress is a fugly !

If I married a woman that looked like that actress, my mother would have said that she's "brutta faccia".

Regards,
paul...

Sounds like the director is a Carrera owner. In Hollywood? Yes quiet a shocker.

That Boxster joke is one that would only be funny to a sports car enthusiast. Most random people in public who come up to me (very frequent occurrence) never describe my car as a Boxster, 99.9% of the time they ask about "your Porsche" or they say "Nice Porsche", etc. The only people who identify it first as a Boxster are other Porsche/Sports car people, a very limited group of the total public. And those sports car people are further divided into those who have actually taken part in Autox/DE's or have no formal instruction on high performance driving, neither do they know first-hand of the Boxster/Cayman's talents. The former usually give the Boxster respect having had many on their back bumpers while lapping in the twisty sectors. All of which begs the question why the director of this film would include a limited audience joke in the movie's all important trailer intended to gain mass audience attention? Seems out of place, more like a joke you would tell on a Speed Channel Show or Top Gear.

Two and A Half men did a similar type thing in one episode where they tried to imply that a Porsche roadster is not really a Porsche because the nerdy guy bought one. I laugh along because this is obviously a Hollywood type script writer who has never driven a Porsche beyond handing the keys to the valet at some fancy restaurant. It also tells me they don't know a thing about Porsche history before 1964.

The 981 Boxster and Cayman have been getting a ton of great press recently most centered on how much better of a sports car it is than all other Porsches on a cost basis, as well as fun basis. One article in Edmunds' touted "Top 10 reason why the Cayman is better than the 911". Maybe there's a Boxster/Cayman backlash in the works by Hollywood. LOL.

Actually, I find Kristen Wiig strangely very hot. She's by no means a conventional beauty, it's a personality thing.

But this movie looks awful. Paying the mortgage with a feeble reboot of a similar character to her Bridesmaid's role.

Still, nice joke about the Boxster - as above, wouldn't mean much to most people! But anyone with that awful wing deserves what they get. ;)

That does it, I'm selling my Boxster now!

NOT!!!!

Hey don't do anything irrational!! Most likely Porsche AG is sponsoring the film.
991 sales must be slipping already.


p.s.
Look at the Boxster's license plate... Did they really have to cast "the Porsche douchebag in the suit" as a Boxster driver?
Everyone knows Boxster drivers are hippest dudes and chicks.

There's also a green Boxster in the new Jennifer Anniston movie "Meet the Millers".

on second thought KRAM36, time to sell.

Once a chick flick uses your car its as bad as a Hip Hop artist mentioning the neighbohrhood you just moved to in a song. Time to get out ASAP. LOL.
(this is stand up routine a comic uses about Fidy Cent and St. Albans, Queens).

Bruta animale !

Saw a Boxster in the Movie "Noobs" (Yes its a dumb direct to cable Netflix jewel) however, it was owned by the guy from Starship troopers who played himself in the movie, and the "Kids" (Under 40) were immediately impressed as it was a "Porsche" to them, and anyone that owns a Porsche is certainly someone of stature to be reckoned with.

(JD's reputation preceeds ALL Boxster owners by association) ;)

Interestingly this move had some nice looking girlage except for the Starship Troopers main squeeze, but she had a nice personality as Mama would say.

My daughter and I went to play some tennis the other day and parked my 02 S in the lot next to the tennis court with the top down. We were there by ourselves and the Box was the only car in the lot. After a while four guys came to play tennis on the adjacent court. As they walked by here was the conversation. Man to me: "Is that your ride?" I say, "Yes sir, do you want to buy it?" He says, "Whoa, I don't have that kind of bank account". Most people have no clue that my Boxster cost less than their Honda Accord. They see 'Porsche' and think $$$$$. I just have to laugh when I hear it called the poor mans porsche. I think the Boxster is the best looking, finest handling Porsche of the bunch so if someone wants to dis the Box, that's fine by me. I could buy five of my car for the bones my buddy spent on a two year old 4S. It's a no brainer!

It all comes down to this folks… Who has more fun, 996/997 owners or 986/987 owners? Those movie producers and actors that spent the big bucks on their new Carreras are upset the Boxster is getting more attention. There are many reasons for this, one is the down-to-earth coolness of the Boxster owners, second is that we are better looking than Carrera owners, but mainly it comes down to what this forum has brought to the world, it’s an unstoppable force that brings joy and happiness to everyone that visits. I wouldn’t be surprised if Porsche had something to do with this.

I think everyone here may be taking this joke the wrong way. Kristen's character points to the name on the back of the car, as if that is all she knows. I think she is trying to make her character look dumb - not the car.

Did anyone read this month's Excellence magazine? In it, a letter writer says; "The Boxster, which as a convertible will always be a girly/hairdresser car ..." Funny, but no mention of the 911 Cab.

The Boxster gets no respect, I tell ya, no respect.

I agree. It's a gag for cryin' out loud. Get over it.

Some people's insecurities are showin'............

TO

I disagree... If the writers/producers were going to take that angle a Carrera would have been the better choice.

Wrong audience! Lol

"You are never dedicated to something you have complete confidence in. No one is fanatically shouting that the sun is going to rise tomorrow. They know it's going to rise tomorrow. When people are fanatically dedicated to political or religious faiths or any other kinds of dogmas or 986 boxsters [sic], it's always because these dogmas or boxsters [sic] are in doubt.”

exactly. That joke would not go over the heads of 99% of movie goers.

Yes, I read that also, and I must admit, it did sting for a second.

I'd like to know the age of the OP of the letter, as he makes several references to over-50 Porsche buyers. If he is indeed part of this group, I would think he would appreciate the heritage of the roadster in sport car culture. The MGTC, Jag XK120, Porsche Speedster, Bugeye Sprite, MGA, TR3, MGB, and the Miata were all highly enjoyable kinesthetic machines.

But then again, he could just be another Porcshe a$$h0l3 who gives us Boxster owners a bad name.

Just sayin'...............

TO

^ It should not sting. Because the offical Porsche roadster being a "girl/hairdresser" car is nearly always, like 99.9% of the time, the perspective of a very uniformed Porsche person. Nothing more than Porsche marketing spin to upsell the more profitable build. Granted, HIGHLY effective spin, buyers of luxury nearly always insist that their car be better than some other offering in the line up. Its the very essence of luxury marketing, and Porsche for all intents and purposes has morphed into a global luxury brand. It would not surprise to some day hear people at the country club say "oh it's only a 991 and not a Panamera".

Boxster reality: Very few women drive Boxsters. And the only gay person I ever knew to own a Porsche (that wasn't a Cayenne) drove a 997 Cab. He said my Boxster S was too impractical. By and large the Boxster is a middle-aged guy's car, one whose kids have left the house. Few young people can afford a Boxster, and the few young family guys who can aren't allowed to do so by the wife unit because she thinks its a ploy to get out of driving with the kids in tow.
So the Carrera is deemed permissible by the missus since a Carrera can seat two young kids or two dwarfs in the back. It's the marital compromise Porsche. The Boxster is very selfish, it's all about the driver.
In Argentina they call it the "minus-the-mother-in-law-mobile".

@Perfectlap - More to your point, in the most recent issue of PCA's Panorama magazine, there is an interview with Horst Marchart who was responsible for leading the 986 and 996 development.

As he is discussing how the Boxster would launch before the 996, he says: "The next question was then, "How do we find the way for the second car (the 996) to give the image that it is a true Porsche?"

He then answers his own question by saying; "I'm not sure how many Porsche drivers are really sports car drivers. A lot of them are really image drivers."

Meaning that the Boxster was intended to be the core sports car model and the 996 was the image model.

Anyone who deigns to ridicule the Dangermobile will become the unfortunate recipient of a deadly judo chop.

I love the honesty. But to be honest, I think many Boxster owners are also image drivers. The type that will choose this roadster over other very competent roadsters (S2000, Miata, Z4) because of the perceived brand exclusivity. Sure some people think of the 550 and LeMans, while many others have no idea what those things are and just know its the brand of car Tom Cruise drove off the pier and that its known to be expensive. And let's not even get into what the average Cayenne buyer knows about Porsche heritage, their big dilemma was which would impress their buddies more, that or a Range Rover.

is that the JD version of stand your ground? :D

Some harsh facts for everyone...

The Box is perceived by many as a bit of a girl's car.

Most people buying and driving Boxes are not car enthusiasts. They just want something flashy and convertible.

In that sense, all the criticisms are true.

And yet...

On the other hand, it just so happens that the Box is a wonderful driver's car. It's just that most people haven't got a clue what that means.

A sorted basic Box is more of a driver's car than, say, a McLaren 12C (yes, I have driven the McLaren). Most people will think that's a mad claim, but most people haven't actually got a clue about what makes a driver's car.

Even people who think they have a clue do not properly understand that a Box and a 911 are essentially the same car on the same platform.

There's no point trying to explain any of this to mainstream car drivers. We should just enjoy the fact that the Box's modest status makes them so accessible to those of us who understand and appreciate what they offer to a keen driver.

Saw her in Bridesmaid and did find her pretty funny (I surprised my self)
I think that joke is spot on and that the whole scene is specifically written as 'it's only a Boxster, not a real Porsche... you Porsche want-a-be'
May hurt but clever

What's with this girl car stuff? I have yet to see a female driving a Boxster in person. When I look at the Boxster I see it as a Brad Pitt type car.

Perfectlap hit the nail on the head for my purchase. I have wanted one of these cars for a while, but it wasn't the right time for me, nor were the prices in line with what I was willing to pay.

I have no kids at home, I'm single and this car is a babe magnet. Love this car.

There's no ground to begin with !

It's a combination of jealous people trying to make themselves feel better and/or Carrera owners with a superiority complex.

Not to sound sexist, but 95% of the women I know would prefer a large SUV that never transports anything more than their tiny 5'2" frame.

JD, can you judo chop this thread so it dies?

If the Boxster had a reputation in certain, admittedly uninformed circles as a 'girl's car', or something less than a 'real Porsche', then that reputation seems to have come to a close with the 981 Boxster and its Cayman sibling. The reviews almost unanimously rave about them as being perhaps Porsche's best and one of the world's best sports cars.

What does that mean for the owners of 986 and 987 Boxsters? That this uneducated sort of remark will likely pass, just as the reputation of the Porsche 356 did in certain circles where they were originally viewed as nothing but a 'fancy VW'.

Brad

You can include Porsche the company in this camp as well. Porsche have been very insecure about their Carrera, a well-documented and accepted fact evidenced by the engine allocation choices. Can't upstage the car you're always upselling!

One better, when Patrick Long was a brand-spanking new face at Porsche and not yet a full-time factory driver, Porsche would not issue him a Carrera for personal use. He revealed that he and the other rookies were given "only" Boxsters. LOL.. They even tried to indoctrinate their own drivers with the marketing "stepping stone car" spin.

Can we please just have some meaningful discussion - Boxster_S_girl, tell us what kind of shoes did you buy recently?

The Life Force in me won't allow it !

I get the girl car / hairdresser jibe every day from my clients. The only woman I knew who drove a Boxster was a company director of the business next door to mine. She had a yellow 986 and I hated her for it!

The other girls around here and the hairdresser types tend to want the MX5 or MR2. Interestingly in the "what do you do for a living thread" I cannot remember there being one hairdresser, but loads of engineers and IT consultants.

The thing most wives and partners hate about us getting a Boxster is the babe magnet factor. It is a selfish "me" car and is all about our pleasure and impressing the girls. There is one place for the pretty blonde next to us and that is it!

I don't care what anyone says, the 986 is a fabulous and no other car comes close. If I had enough money to buy a 911 I still wouldn't and would go for a new 981 any day.

ROFL :cheers:

I have looked by I haven't seen one of these for our chick car.

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Spoke too soon.
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Have to be honest. when I see a 986 here in the UK, it's usually a chic driving it. But so what?

I kind of like the fact that most people see it as a girl's car, but it's actually more of a feelsome driver's car than something like a brand new M3.