did you guys read the $20K showdown in Excellence? - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Brucelee · 01-12-2007, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Pilot2519j

Is all in the cachet. The 911 has it and the Boxster does not. Porsche as many have stated will modify the 911 adnaseum till doomsday. No matter how you slice that car it is a VW on steroids. The Ferrari 430 Modena has clocked the 911 countless times and will continue to do so in the racing series televised by Speedvision. The 911 brew is elitest snobs that look down at anything that is not a 911. As a matter of fact they don't even acknowledge you as if the Boxster drivers were some sort of subhuman species. The Boxster is a quantum leap over the 911 Steredzoid. Design wise handling and fun to drive there no car that can top the Boxster. I was very happy and pleased when the Cayman beat the 911 time in N-ring. Oops! Imagine if the Boxster and Cayman had the same engines as the 911, they would from fast to super rediculous fast in a jiffy.

Hey, you are not allowed to express such an opinion, the Excellence folks will come right out and arrest you.

Seriously, I could not agree with you more. It is TONS of fun running your $90K plus sports car hard and wondering when the ass end will be coming around front to meet you!

super66 · 01-12-2007, 12:59 PM

[QUOTE=Brucelee]Hey, you are not allowed to express such an opinion, the Excellence folks will come right out and arrest you.
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so much for no personal attacks

pecivil · 01-12-2007, 01:08 PM

pete,
excellence is a great mag, and I always enjoy reading it cover to cover. Glad to know you lurk here too. On the article, I DO think the 968 got short shrift. If it had had M030 or coilovers (as you noted in the article) I am sure it would not have been a distant third. Not having an upgraded suspension for it hurt the validity of the compairo.

But hey this is coming from an old BMW guy who can handle the engine being in the front!!

I bet the 968 guys ARE mad at you however. Jarrod's was probably the LAST 968 you will ever get to test.

Write us an article about one of those turboed 968's that come from Powerhaus in AZ. Those are said to be verrrrry nice indeed. You will make amends with the 968 community for sure!