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BIGJake111 02-07-2014 12:20 PM

Front trunk or Back trunk
 
which do you use? my shocks are out in the back and its too shallow for my bookbag anyways... which trunk do you usually use?

RawleyD 02-07-2014 12:22 PM

Mostly the front. Real nice comfy space for groceries. :)

mountainman 02-07-2014 12:26 PM

we do lots of long trips, so generally need both. The rear gets pretty warm, so you have to be careful not to put anything there that the heat will hurt ( wine, beer, twinkies, etc)

Mark_T 02-07-2014 12:32 PM

The rear trunk is great for keeping pizza hot on the way home.

Timco 02-07-2014 12:43 PM

Will not fit in trunk....

http://i868.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps2fawtacm.jpg

rp17 02-07-2014 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Mark_T (Post 385204)
The rear trunk is great for keeping pizza hot on the way home.

Yep be careful what you put in the back trunk. You may find that some foods maybe halfway cooked by the time you get home if your using the back trunk. :D

Anything that can benefit from being warm in the back and everything else in the front.

BIGJake111 02-07-2014 01:08 PM

as a teenager looking for his first job soon, the thought has crossed my mind many times how cool it would be for someone to have their pizza delivered to them in a porsche haha

LAP1DOUG 02-07-2014 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by rp17 (Post 385207)
Yep be careful what you put in the back trunk. You may find that some foods maybe halfway cooked by the time you get home if your using the back trunk. :D

Anything that can benefit from being warm in the back and everything else in the front.

Yeah, I always put carry-out pizza in the rear trunk. It would make an excellent pizza delivery vehicle.

pothole 02-07-2014 04:34 PM

Barring keeping food hot in the rear, I use the front.

Car is already rear-biased re weight, so if I'm adding any, makes sense to put it up front.

LAP1DOUG 02-07-2014 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by pothole (Post 385273)
Barring keeping food hot in the rear, I use the front.

Car is already rear-biased re weight, so if I'm adding any, makes sense to put it up front.

Yeah, rear weight bias is only a real concern with Chicago style pizza.

BIGJake111 02-07-2014 05:12 PM

since it seems most use the front trunk same as me, do you feel stupid opening the front, maybe even like a show off, what sort of looks do you get? With me most people are like awesome is it mid engined, others just assume you broke down untill you pull out grocerys then they just sit puzzled.

KevinH1990 02-07-2014 05:32 PM

On my 2000 the key fob operates only the rear trunk lid. So, unless whatever I'm carrying won't fit in the rear, it goes in the back. However, if I were carrying anything that needed to stay cold, it would go in front.

crooster 02-07-2014 05:37 PM

When I was showing my Boxster to a friend for the first time just after I got it he asked to see the engine so I opened the front trunk and played confused at the empty space. So I said "oh yeah - Porsche - rear engine" and popped the rear. Then he was really confused!

BIGJake111 02-07-2014 05:49 PM

haha thats the real fun, alot people are ohh okay its in the back and then you open the rear trunk and thats when they really get puzzled, one guy (knows nothing about cars) thought it was electric haha.

pothole 02-07-2014 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by BIGJake111 (Post 385283)
since it seems most use the front trunk same as me, do you feel stupid opening the front, maybe even like a show off, what sort of looks do you get? With me most people are like awesome is it mid engined, others just assume you broke down untill you pull out grocerys then they just sit puzzled.

You often get the "omg, where's the engine, then?" question from friends. Hard to believe it's not fairly obvious the Box is mid engined.

Timco 02-07-2014 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by pothole (Post 385298)
You often get the "omg, where's the engine, then?" question from friends. Hard to believe it's not fairly obvious the Box is mid engined.

Farm kid at IFA (farm store where I get chicken feed) put one bag in front. Then I opened rear trunk.

Is this thing electric????!!!!

dghii 02-07-2014 08:11 PM

Wet saw, 12" compound mitre saw or air compressor/nail gun go in the front trunk. Hand tools in go in back trunk.

Material goes in the interior (kind of).http://986forum.com/forums/uploads01...1391836199.jpg

Mark_T 02-08-2014 05:27 AM

Twice now I have crossed the border with the Boxster, and both times the border guard asked me to pop my trunk, which I obligingly did, but just the rear. Neither of them asked me to open the front trunk, and I didn't offer. I guess they just assumed it was a front engine car.

Timco 02-09-2014 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by BIGJake111 (Post 385215)
as a teenager looking for his first job soon, the thought has crossed my mind many times how cool it would be for someone to have their pizza delivered to them in a porsche haha

http://i868.photobucket.com/albums/a...psfavhghvz.jpg

Lobo1186 02-09-2014 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Timco (Post 385206)

I bought a hard rifle case that is just big enough to fit in the rear trunk. all I did was make a cutout for a top and lower in the foam and it all fits nicely back there. granted it won't fit the both of them you got there. where do you get 203 rounds?

gregdacat 02-09-2014 12:28 PM

Depends on the size of the object. If it is small and flat it goes in back. If it is bigger like cat sand or dog food it goes in the front. One exception, If the wife and I are grocery shopping and we know people are watching we will mess with them and put half in the back, then walk around to the front and the other half in the frunk.

crooster 02-09-2014 02:45 PM

All this goes to show what a practical sports car the Boxster really is. The way my wife packs we would never get everything she brings into the trunk of a Miata!

Timco 02-09-2014 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Lobo1186 (Post 385588)
I bought a hard rifle case that is just big enough to fit in the rear trunk. all I did was make a cutout for a top and lower in the foam and it all fits nicely back there. granted it won't fit the both of them you got there. where do you get 203 rounds?

I only buy or shoot 5.56. I keep hundreds of pounds of brass on hand, and load almost every bullet I shoot. For those bad boys I shoot 2-3 cases of 5.56 then load a few ammo cans full of .223. I have about 20 different calibers including shottys and pistols.

If all ammo stopped being made tomorrow I could load for years and not miss it.


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