![]() |
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Cambridge, MA
Posts: 44,302
|
Which would you rather have?
2000 Boxster S or a 2002 996 C4S?
__________________
Tru6 Restoration & Design |
||
![]() |
|
Registered
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Linn County, Oregon
Posts: 48,514
|
None of the above.
__________________
"Now, to put a water-cooled engine in the rear and to have a radiator in the front, that's not very intelligent." -Ferry Porsche (PANO, Oct. '73) (I, Paul D. have loved this quote since 1973. It will remain as long as I post here.) |
||
![]() |
|
Registered
|
996 for the additional space minimally
__________________
63 356 2.1 Rally Coupe 75 911M 2.7 MFI 86 Sports Purpose Carrera "O4" 19 991.2 S |
||
![]() |
|
Registered
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Oxford, Ct.
Posts: 2,294
|
Boxster all day long and twice on Sunday Not even close
How you doing Shaun?
__________________
07 GT3 Cup S 4.0, 00 986, 78 911 old school gt car 77 BMW R100S 99 Ducati 996S 04 BMW R1150R DanielJacobsLLC.com |
||
![]() |
|
Make Bruins Great Again
|
__________________
-------------------------------------- Joe See Porsche run. Run, Porsche, Run: `87 911 Carrera |
||
![]() |
|
Registered
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Cambridge, MA
Posts: 44,302
|
Hey Dan, doing great! Have a new, awesome assistant that will change everything. I'll send you a note tomorrow.
__________________
Tru6 Restoration & Design |
||
![]() |
|
![]() |
Did you get the memo?
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Wichita, KS
Posts: 32,346
|
I voted 986S but both are excellent. I tend to see the C4S as a poser 996TT without the power but I’m sure they are fun cars and look great. I just like the tossable Boxster.
__________________
‘07 Mazda RX8-8 Past: 911T, 911SC, Carrera, 951s, 955, 996s, 987s, 986s, 997s, BMW 5x, C36, C63, XJR, S8, Maserati Coupe, GT500, etc |
||
![]() |
|
Back in the saddle again
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Central TX west of Houston
Posts: 55,904
|
When I bought my car, I drove several boxsters and caymans and even a 2001 996tt. I was surprised that the 2001 996tt felt boring. And it didn't feel that fast either. I'm sure it's faster than my 2008 Boxster S, but my car is a lot more fun and engaging to drive.
__________________
Steve '08 Boxster RS60 Spyder #0099/1960 - never named a car before, but this is Charlotte. '88 targa ![]() |
||
![]() |
|
Control Group
|
Boxster S
You can buy a sedan or a wagon if you need space
__________________
She was the kindest person I ever met |
||
![]() |
|
Registered
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: bottom left corner of the world
Posts: 22,728
|
A Boxster S because it's not a 996.
|
||
![]() |
|
Registered
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: SF Bay Area
Posts: 7,951
|
The 2000 S but I have one so I’m biased. I’ve never driven a C4S but they’re good looking. Are they even in the same price range?
|
||
![]() |
|
least common denominator
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: San Pedro,CA
Posts: 22,506
|
I voted 996 because rag tops are overrated
![]()
__________________
Gary Fisher 29er 2019 Kia Stinger 2.0t gone ![]() 1995 Miata Sold 1984 944 Sold ![]() I am not lost for I know where I am, however where I am is lost. - Winnie the poo. |
||
![]() |
|
A Man of Wealth and Taste
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Out there somewhere beyond the doors of perception
Posts: 51,063
|
Is this Thread a Social experiment or something?
|
||
![]() |
|
Registered
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Posts: 14,156
|
On looks alone, I have to go with the 996 C4S.
Of course, I’ve never sat in or driven one either. |
||
![]() |
|
Almost Banned Once
|
996 all the way. It's the most under valued 911 to date!
Boxters are cheaper and they also feel cheaper IMO. Have you driven a good 996? They are a brilliant drive... It's an old car now but they certainly don't feel old.
__________________
- Peter |
||
![]() |
|
Registered
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Valencia Pa.
Posts: 8,847
|
996
__________________
No left turn un stoned |
||
![]() |
|
Get off my lawn!
|
Quote:
So bottom line neither, a slightly different coupe.
__________________
Glen 49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America 1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan 1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood! |
||
![]() |
|
Recreational Mechanic
|
__________________
P Cars: 2022 Macan GTS / One empty garage space ---- Other cars: 2019 Golf R 6MT / 2021 F-250 Diesel / 2024 Toyota GR86 6MT ---- Gone: 1997 Spec Boxster Race Car, 2020 GT4, 2004 GT3, 2003 Carrera, 1982 911SC, 2005 Lotus Elise and lots of other non-Porsches PCA National DE Instructor #202106053 / PCA Club Racing / WRL Endurance Racing |
||
![]() |
|
![]() |
Back in the saddle again
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Central TX west of Houston
Posts: 55,904
|
Quote:
![]()
__________________
Steve '08 Boxster RS60 Spyder #0099/1960 - never named a car before, but this is Charlotte. '88 targa ![]() |
||
![]() |
|
Registered
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Norway
Posts: 193
|
Felt cheaper? How? Aren’t the interiors exactly the same, except for two more gauges in the 996 cluster? Haven’t driven a 996 myself, so I don’t know... but that’s what I’ve read.
__________________
1998 Boxster 2.5 - Black (x) 1981 911 SC - Pacific Blue (x) 1986 944 N/A - Zermatt silver/black - Fr Wilks chip |
||
![]() |
|
![]() |
Thread Tools | |
Rate This Thread | |
|