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Old 06-28-2020, 07:01 PM   #1
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For some of us, a big part of the enjoyment of a car (any car) is the auditory experience. Frankly, the boxster (even the S) sounds stupid, unmodified. It sounds like the car the uninitiated THINK it is: a hairdresser's car.

With the valves, you can keep the neighbors happy and still enjoy this under every overpass, tunnel, off-ramp, etc.

Listen to this and tell me you think the sound is annoying.
https://youtu.be/hrHC5j7MnvQ



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I guess it doesn't sound as bad from inside the car, but it still reminds me of a fart box, sorry. I'm with beater986, the stock exhaust has a very nice note. (note his key words: on something non-exotic) I guess I would like it a little louder, but I don't want to change the note. Like you said, it's subjective.

But hey, nice recovery at 0:55! I probably would have done a 360 or worse!
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Old 06-28-2020, 07:42 PM   #2
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But hey, nice recovery at 0:55! I probably would have done a 360 or worse!
Yeah..... did that too.... this link, at 1:28
https://youtu.be/tC4WE0wsWhk

I still think it's a shame that ya get a Porsche and it sounds like a Honda. Make it sound like a Porsche. My stock jeep sounds MUCH better than the stock boxster S. My neighbor's old Mazda does too. And my brother's Ford Fiesta. And my daughter's Subaru legacy. I could go on and on.
It's just a shame.

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Old 06-28-2020, 11:31 PM   #3
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Yeah..... did that too.... this link, at 1:28
https://youtu.be/tC4WE0wsWhk

That is a sketchy angle to go off. Have seen one too many rollovers where a tire catches.


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I still think it's a shame that ya get a Porsche and it sounds like a Honda. Make it sound like a Porsche. My stock jeep sounds MUCH better than the stock boxster S. My neighbor's old Mazda does too. And my brother's Ford Fiesta. And my daughter's Subaru legacy. I could go on and on.
It's just a shame.
Well I'll give you that, my Hondas do sound better than my Boxster for some reason..



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Old 06-29-2020, 06:04 AM   #4
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Yeah..... did that too.... this link, at 1:28
https://youtu.be/tC4WE0wsWhk

I still think it's a shame that ya get a Porsche and it sounds like a Honda. Make it sound like a Porsche. My stock jeep sounds MUCH better than the stock boxster S. My neighbor's old Mazda does too. And my brother's Ford Fiesta. And my daughter's Subaru legacy. I could go on and on.
It's just a shame.

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Nice!

4:36 "..Hell, I've done that on a Super Bike, this ain't scary." LMAO!
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