to S or not to S ?

[Bob Z.]

Whether they want to admit it or not, a lot (notice I did not say "all") of non-S owners are either too cheap, cannot afford it, or listen to everything they read/hear about why to not buy an S. The S is a better car, period. How many S buyers have you heard say they should have bought a non-S?

[turbo23dog]

I think what's interesting is that this is an old thread from 2003. Think about it... these naysayers only had ~2 years of experience with the S Models being first out in 2000. They may have been reacting to prevailing opinions based on pure factual evidence found on INTERNET FORUMS that did not pan out over time, to say the current time of 2008.


I'm completely happy with my 6 speed S model and don't find any of the issues raised in this old thread to be anything of a problem for me.

[BoxsterLewis]

I dorve both and for 'Me' i have to have the S. The power diff is extremly noticeable, the non-S had a weird power curve and was lacking the grunt of the S. I have 82k on my 2001 S and sometimes itll grind into 2nd gear but i think thats bc i release the clutch too early