Just back from my first road trip in my '02 986S

[kk2002s]

Seat comfort could be relative to Butt size??
Along JayG's comments - I've Done long trips(10 - 15 hrs in the saddle) and I personally don't find these seats any less comfortable then others.
4th gear at 50 mph is boarder line for 6 speed manual. Defiantly need to drop to 3rd for decent acceleration or even steady climbing @ 50mph especially if you have a passenger

I find that on long trips the MPGs keep going up. Just did 600 Miles last weekend. 1st day 27mpg highway. 2nd day home, 29+ mpg hwy. All in the 75-80 mph

01BOXYS - Display - Do you have second stalk under turn indicator stalk? This would indicate you have OnBoard Computer option and that is where you tailor the display items

[01BOXYS]

Originally Posted by kk2002s

01BOXYS - Display - Do you have second stalk under turn indicator stalk? This would indicate you have OnBoard Computer option and that is where you tailor the display items

Ya know, I guess haven't noticed. I will check and see if I do, that would be very handy to have.

[Nmbrsix]

Originally Posted by kk2002s

Seat comfort could be relative to Butt size??
Along JayG's comments - I've Done long trips(10 - 15 hrs in the saddle) and I personally don't find these seats any less comfortable then others.

Possibly but not in our case. My other half is much smaller than I am and found the seats to be equally as uncomfortable.

Originally Posted by kk2002s

4th gear at 50 mph is boarder line for 6 speed manual. Defiantly need to drop to 3rd for decent acceleration or even steady climbing @ 50mph especially if you have a passenger

Coming from a turbocharged daily driver ('12 GTI) the Boxster still surprises me at how deep I have to dig sometimes. My previous toy was a '94 Miata, so I'm quite accustomed to rowing gears and using the throttle to extract the performance. I just figured with 30+hp more on tap than the GTI that it wouldn't need quite as much of that as the Miata did. Blame the longish gearing I suppose.