Just Purchased '07 Boxster S - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

jcoari · 08-30-2006, 09:22 AM

z12358:
Forgot to ask, did you test drive the 07 S back to back with the 05/06 S, and if yes, what were your impressions? How noticable are the 6% engine size and 5% HP increases?

I actually didn't test drive the two back to back. They only had an '07 tip, and I was only interested in a manual. When you start comparing manual '06 vs tip '07, there are too many performance variables to consider to get a true feel of the differences.

In a way, I think it was more a mind thing for me than anything else....although I do believe I would have been able to feel the torque slightly. I also considered the fact that when and if I decide to sell the car down the road, I'd like to have the bigger engine feature with an '07. Similar to if I went shopping today for used 911's, and was considering 99-01 (smaller engine) vs. 02-04 (bigger engine) model years.

From a break-in stand point, I do plan to go easy on this technical tour de force for the first couple thousand miles, but might do a little sampling of the higher revs from time to time. IMHO as long as the car is sufficiently and thoroughly warmed up, I'm not going to do any permanent damage if I take it 5-6k a few times before 2K miles. Would love to find that thread though that was mentioned about the tecnicalities of it all.

newt · 08-30-2006, 11:08 AM

hello, this is my first post, and I just purchased my first ever porsche, a 2001 Speed Yellow Boxster S with only 7600 miles, 18" Porsche 10-spoke wheels, Pirelli P Zeros ..what a great car!! the handling is so tight, the smooth accelleration, ...great car!... anyway, you guys already know these are great cars, thats why you're here. ...my question: how gentle do I need to be with the clutch? , in order to transition smoothly thru the gears, I have to let the clutch out somewhat slowly, not REAL slowly, but I can't just pop my foot off between 1 and second for example, is this bad on the clutch? if I release the clutch very quickly the shift is jerky and seems harsh on the car, are my RPS wrong or am I OK lettign the clutch out a little slowly?

newt · 08-30-2006, 11:11 AM

hello, this is my first post, and I just purchased my first ever porsche, a 2001 Speed Yellow Boxster S with only 7600 miles, 18" Porsche 10-spoke wheels, Pirelli P Zeros ..what a great car!! the handling is so tight, the smooth accelleration, ...great car!... anyway, you guys already know these are great cars, thats why you're here. ...my question: how gentle do I need to be with the clutch? , in order to transition smoothly thru the gears, I have to let the clutch out somewhat slowly, not REAL slowly, but I can't just pop my foot off between 1 and second for example, is this bad on the clutch? if I release the clutch very quickly the shift is jerky and seems harsh on the car, are my RPMs wrong or am I OK letting the clutch out a little slowly?

newt · 08-30-2006, 11:12 AM

hello, this is my first post, and I just purchased my first ever Porsche, a 2001 Speed Yellow Boxster S with only 7600 miles, 18" Porsche 10-spoke wheels, Pirelli P Zeros ..what a great car!! the handling is so tight, the smooth accelleration, ...great car!... anyway, you guys already know these are great cars, thats why you're here. ...my question: how gentle do I need to be with the clutch? , in order to transition smoothly thru the gears, I have to let the clutch out somewhat slowly, not REAL slowly, but I can't just pop my foot off between 1 and second for example, is this bad on the clutch? if I release the clutch very quickly the shift is jerky and seems harsh on the car, are my RPMs wrong or am I OK letting the clutch out a little slowly?

super66 · 08-30-2006, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by newt

hello, this is my first post, and I just purchased my first ever Porsche, a 2001 Speed Yellow Boxster S with only 7600 miles, 18" Porsche 10-spoke wheels, Pirelli P Zeros ..what a great car!! the handling is so tight, the smooth accelleration, ...great car!... anyway, you guys already know these are great cars, thats why you're here. ...my question: how gentle do I need to be with the clutch? , in order to transition smoothly thru the gears, I have to let the clutch out somewhat slowly, not REAL slowly, but I can't just pop my foot off between 1 and second for example, is this bad on the clutch? if I release the clutch very quickly the shift is jerky and seems harsh on the car, are my RPMs wrong or am I OK letting the clutch out a little slowly?

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but I'm having problems to with an error page....but I have an 05 box and I have the same thing, the shift from 1st to 2nd is ridiculously picky!! sometimes I wonder if I'm a complete idiot shifting.....the shift from 2nd to 3rd can everyonce in a while have a little jerk but I found on my car the clutch has to come out slowly for it to be smooth.....

UKBXSTR · 08-30-2006, 01:18 PM

Which steering wheel ? - the 3 spoke sports one is much nicer to hold than the standard triangular bossed one, and features the thumb grips. Not much smaller but the rim is a better thickness.

There is also thicker version of the same wheel - they put extra layers onto the same rim to plump it up, and charge you mucho wonga for the priviledge.

jcoari · 08-30-2006, 03:28 PM

UKBXSTR wrote:
Which steering wheel ? - the 3 spoke sports one is much nicer to hold than the standard triangular bossed one, and features the thumb grips. Not much smaller but the rim is a better thickness.

It is the thicker sport steering wheel at $740, not the regular sport steering at $250. (although I'm sure that is great as well) They had it on a Cayman S and it felt really nice.

longislander1 · 08-30-2006, 06:06 PM

You're going to find the extra money for the wheel was well-spent when you compare it to the standard wheel that feels like it's plucked from a Chevy Cavalier.

super66 · 08-30-2006, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by longislander1

You're going to find the extra money for the wheel was well-spent when you compare it to the standard wheel that feels like it's plucked from a Chevy Cavalier.

man you guys have got to be kidding me on this one!!!! I have seen that nastyover bloated round wheel on some other pics and always wondered who you had to offend at porsche to end up with it in your car! ugly ugly ugly!!!!

I'll take the triangle, thanks