Am I Crazy or is the Boxster More than Enough

[eslai]

Originally Posted by mjw930

In the $80K range (and there are hundreds of brand new $80K 911's siting in dealer's stock) you really only have a few competitors. Corvette Z-06 and Viper come to mind and while they have great numbers I think you'll find the daily drive ability of the Vette and Viper to be far less than the 911. In that price range (under $100K) there really isn't any other car that can give you both the luxury and performance of a 911.

SD987 is really reading my mind in this thread. I'm waiting for the next NSX, or maybe the Nissan GT-R...

[MNBoxster]

Originally Posted by eslai

SD987 is really reading my mind in this thread. I'm waiting for the next NSX, or maybe the Nissan GT-R...

Hi,

I had the opportunity to House Sit for a '96 NSX which the owner wanted driven regularly while he was away on assignment to the Middle East for a year.

In that time, at his instruction, I put 3k+ mi. on the Car. My observations: The Car is a nice package on par, but certainly not greater than the Boxster Base. All the power came on waay too high in the Power Band - not until the VTEC did it's thing could you distinguish it from any Honda Civic. From 8 of 9 angles, it looked like any other Acura. It was lacking in any kind of Soul - it didn't elicit any feelings of driving something challenging or special. For me, it defined Automotive Boredom...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99

[Perfectlap]

That car was developed extensively by Ayrton Senna during his McLaren/Honda days....for the track! What Honda did to it for daily knock around use was an aberration.

[eslai]

Originally Posted by MNBoxster

My observations: The Car is a nice package on par, but certainly not greater than the Boxster Base. All the power came on waay too high in the Power Band - not until the VTEC did it's thing could you distinguish it from any Honda Civic. From 8 of 9 angles, it looked like any other Acura. It was lacking in any kind of Soul - it didn't elicit any feelings of driving something challenging or special. For me, it defined Automotive Boredom...

100% agreement, which is why I didn't buy one. I hope the next one is a different beast.