The only thing that annoys me with 986...

[Miata2Boxster]

A plastic rear window in a pre 2003 $50K car annoys me. The newer top on my 2001 has a glass one thankfully, but what was Porsche thinking?

[ekam]

Originally Posted by Miata2Boxster

A plastic rear window in a pre 2003 $50K car annoys me. The newer top on my 2001 has a glass one thankfully, but what was Porsche thinking?

BMW Z8 has plastic window as well and they're worth about $85k right now, so what's your point? :ah:

[Miata2Boxster]

Originally Posted by ekam

BMW Z8 has plastic window as well and they're worth about $85k right now, so what's your point? :ah:

The Z8's plastic window is cheesy too. It's current value reflects demand and relative rarity not the virtues of it's plastic rear window. The fact that Porsche opted to change to a glass rear window later in the Boxster's incarnation suggests to me that that perhaps they thought there was room for improvement.

[ekam]

Originally Posted by Miata2Boxster

The Z8s plastic window is cheesy too. It's current value reflects it's relative rarity not the virtues of it's plastic rear window. The fact that Porsche opted to change to a glass rear window later in the Boxster's incarnation suggests to me that that perhaps they thought there was room for improvement.

My point is all soft top convertibles from that era (late 1990s) had plastic windows. Even Ferraris had them too and they had a much worse soft top design than Porsche or BMW.

It's like complaining about floppy disks, well that's what was available at the time!

[Miata2Boxster]

Originally Posted by ekam

My point is all soft top convertibles from that era (late 1990s) had plastic windows. Even Ferraris had them too and they had a much worse soft top design than Porsche or BMW.

It's like complaining about floppy disks, well that's what was available at the time!

True, point well taken.