Go Back   986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners > Porsche Boxster & Cayman Forums > Boxster General Discussions

Post Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 02-07-2014, 12:20 PM   #1
Registered User
 
BIGJake111's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Greenville, S.C.
Posts: 2,670
Garage
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?

BIGJake111 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-07-2014, 12:22 PM   #2
Registered User
 
RawleyD's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Virginia
Posts: 353
Mostly the front. Real nice comfy space for groceries.
__________________
:ah:
RawleyD is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-07-2014, 12:26 PM   #3
Registered User
 
mountainman's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Little Switzerland, north carolina
Posts: 551
Garage
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)
mountainman is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-07-2014, 12:32 PM   #4
Registered User
 
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Winnipeg MB
Posts: 2,486
The rear trunk is great for keeping pizza hot on the way home.
__________________
'99 black 986
Mark_T is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-07-2014, 12:43 PM   #5
I am my own mechanic....
 
Timco's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Posts: 3,433
Will not fit in trunk....

__________________
'04 Boxster S 50 Jahre 550 Spyder Anniversary Special Edition, 851 of 1953, 6-sp, IMS/RMS, GT Metallic silver, cocoa brown leather SOLD to member Broken Linkage.
'08 VW Touareg T-3 wife's car
'13 F150 Super Crew long bed 4x4 w/ Ego Boost
Timco is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-07-2014, 12:43 PM   #6
Registered User
 
rp17's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: DFW
Posts: 713
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark_T View Post
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.

Anything that can benefit from being warm in the back and everything else in the front.
rp17 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-07-2014, 01:08 PM   #7
Registered User
 
BIGJake111's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Greenville, S.C.
Posts: 2,670
Garage
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
BIGJake111 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-07-2014, 03:57 PM   #8
Registered User
 
LAP1DOUG's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: USA
Posts: 414
Quote:
Originally Posted by rp17 View Post
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.

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.
__________________
Kippis

986S
991S
Van Diemen RF97
LAP1DOUG is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-07-2014, 04:34 PM   #9
Registered User
 
Join Date: May 2010
Location: UK
Posts: 874
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.
__________________
Manual '00 3.2 S Arctic Silver
pothole is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-07-2014, 04:40 PM   #10
Registered User
 
LAP1DOUG's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: USA
Posts: 414
Quote:
Originally Posted by pothole View Post
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.
__________________
Kippis

986S
991S
Van Diemen RF97
LAP1DOUG is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-07-2014, 05:12 PM   #11
Registered User
 
BIGJake111's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Greenville, S.C.
Posts: 2,670
Garage
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.
BIGJake111 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-07-2014, 05:32 PM   #12
Registered User
 
KevinH1990's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Virginia
Posts: 1,658
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.
__________________
2000 Arctic Silver/Black, Hard Top, On Board Computer
PNP Rear Speakers, HAES 6-Channel Amp, Avic Z140BH,
Painted Bumperettes, 2004 (OEM) Top, Homelink integrated in dash with Targa switch, 997 Shifter, Carrera Gauge Cluster with silver gauge faces, heated 12-way driver & 8-way passenger seats, Litronics, silver console
KevinH1990 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-07-2014, 05:37 PM   #13
Registered User
 
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Cambridge. Ontario
Posts: 128
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!
__________________
Chris
'86 944, manual steering, a/c delete, 944Max chip
'87 951, K27, LBE, Turbo S brakes, Koni Yellows, Weltmeister sway bars / strut brace, LSD, full cage, OMP race seats
'01 Boxster - Seal Grey / Black / Black, Litronics upgrade / de-ambered
crooster is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-07-2014, 05:49 PM   #14
Registered User
 
BIGJake111's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Greenville, S.C.
Posts: 2,670
Garage
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.
BIGJake111 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-07-2014, 06:26 PM   #15
Registered User
 
Join Date: May 2010
Location: UK
Posts: 874
Quote:
Originally Posted by BIGJake111 View Post
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.
__________________
Manual '00 3.2 S Arctic Silver
pothole is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-07-2014, 07:06 PM   #16
I am my own mechanic....
 
Timco's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Posts: 3,433
Quote:
Originally Posted by pothole View Post
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????!!!!
__________________
'04 Boxster S 50 Jahre 550 Spyder Anniversary Special Edition, 851 of 1953, 6-sp, IMS/RMS, GT Metallic silver, cocoa brown leather SOLD to member Broken Linkage.
'08 VW Touareg T-3 wife's car
'13 F150 Super Crew long bed 4x4 w/ Ego Boost
Timco is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-07-2014, 08:11 PM   #17
Registered User
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Florida
Posts: 2,492
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).
dghii is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-08-2014, 05:27 AM   #18
Registered User
 
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Winnipeg MB
Posts: 2,486
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.
__________________
'99 black 986
Mark_T is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-09-2014, 12:07 PM   #19
I am my own mechanic....
 
Timco's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Posts: 3,433
Quote:
Originally Posted by BIGJake111 View Post
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
__________________
'04 Boxster S 50 Jahre 550 Spyder Anniversary Special Edition, 851 of 1953, 6-sp, IMS/RMS, GT Metallic silver, cocoa brown leather SOLD to member Broken Linkage.
'08 VW Touareg T-3 wife's car
'13 F150 Super Crew long bed 4x4 w/ Ego Boost
Timco is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-09-2014, 12:25 PM   #20
Registered User
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: The City
Posts: 1,084
Garage
Quote:
Originally Posted by Timco View Post
Will not fit in trunk....

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?

Lobo1186 is offline   Reply With Quote
Post Reply


Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On




All times are GMT -8. The time now is 02:19 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.6.0
Copyright 2024 Pelican Parts, LLC - Posts may be archived for display on the Pelican Parts Website -    DMCA Registered Agent Contact Page