And the Number One Reason Not to Own a Boxster - Page 2

ruf-porsche · ruf-porsche's Garage

How many people wish they had a midengine 550 porsche from the 50's?

Today Boxster could be the next 550.

Boy how I wish I didn't sell my 340 Cuda with the six pak just to buy a Triumph Spitfire for the ex.

sammyg2 · 11-26-2003, 12:07 PM

In a few years when boxster prices hit bottom I plan to get one, strip all the excess garbage of it, and kick butt on the AX track. Modern suspension, mid engine, and with the extra stuff stripped out, proper power to weight ratio. Think Boxser RS.

Stock boxsters are fast on tight tracks, with the right modifications they are killer.

I can get past the image thing, driving a boxster won't bother me a bit.

Zeke · 12:18 PM

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Originally posted by Icemaster
I'd be real surprised if a Boxster was as popular in twenty years as a 930 is today...

I'll give him that. But where's the real comparison? They make 25,000 Boxsters anually. Anything as scarce as a 930 is popular with those in the know. Hell, that goes for '67 VW convertables (more scarce than a 930 and nearly as costly)

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Today Boxster could be the next 550.

I appreciate the support, but that's not gonna happen either. The Boxster is a good car, well engineered, but at the numbers being produced, it will be plentiful in the future. This is the bane of a collector car. It's a today car. That was the point of my diatribe.

n8marx · n8marx's Garage

Hi. My name is Nate. I like Boxsters.

I drove a charcoal grey Boxster S last Spring for a few minutes. The grin still returns to my face when I think about that car.

Victor · 11-26-2003, 12:59 PM

I have had my arse whipped at the track by several Boxters.

Icemaster · Icemaster's Garage

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Originally posted by Zeke
The Boxster is a good car, well engineered, but at the numbers being produced, it will be plentiful in the future. This is the bane of a collector car. It's a today car.

Absolutely. My point exactly, thank you.

Joe Bob · Joe Bob's Garage

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Originally posted by sammyg2
In a few years when boxster prices hit bottom I plan to get one, strip all the excess garbage of it, and kick butt on the AX track. Modern suspension, mid engine, and with the extra stuff stripped out, proper power to weight ratio. Think Boxser RS.

Stock boxsters are fast on tight tracks, with the right modifications they are killer.

I can get past the image thing, driving a boxster won't bother me a bit.

Gee, kinda like the 914????

makaio · 11-26-2003, 01:22 PM

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Originally posted by sammyg2
In a few years when boxster prices hit bottom I plan to get one, strip all the excess garbage of it, and kick butt on the AX track. Modern suspension, mid engine, and with the extra stuff stripped out, proper power to weight ratio. Think Boxser RS.

Stock boxsters are fast on tight tracks, with the right modifications they are killer.

I can get past the image thing, driving a boxster won't bother me a bit.

Same here. Let's just hope they are not as junky as all the 924 for the same price.

ZAMIRZ · ZAMIRZ's Garage

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Originally posted by Zeke
*Sigh* I give up. The trouble with you Boxster bashers is that you don't know a good thing when you see it. But don't give it rest now, dig harder and see what other needless swipes you can come up with.

The thing saved Porsche's financial ass. You'd all rather have no Cayene's, no 996's and no factory. Well, it's not gonna happen.

It's been suggested that Michael Jackson has a psychological problem with maturity. He may want to stay a child and not want to live in the current world as an adult.

Could it be..........? Come on, I have my flame suit on. You can bash me, I'm an un-repentant Boxster supporter and won't be subdued.

***GOLF CLAP***

dickster · 11-26-2003, 01:40 PM

maybe i could like them. ..if only i was a hairdresser........

rickeolis · 02:18 PM

Now you Boxster people have to worry about the dumb blondes who read 'Self' Magazine keying your cars!!

Joe Bob · Joe Bob's Garage

dumb blondes who read 'Self' Magazine
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

That statement is redundant.....

12own911 · 11-26-2003, 01:49 PM

Hey, I resemble that statement.

rickeolis · 11-26-2003, 01:59 PM

Yeah, but we like you Kim, you wouldn't key one of our cars!

Joe Bob · Joe Bob's Garage

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Originally posted by 12own911
Hey, I resemble that statement.

See the Zois' family TG post.....

BTW,,,you may have brown roots, it's the sun's fault.....

Adam · Adam's Garage

I like the idea of Boxster RS, if only it was possible to ditch the "fried egg" headlamps. Ungh.. Why build a great looking little car and then put ugly headlamps on it?

That's a real issue that would keep me from buying one in a few years. Maybe if you could retro-fit the '02 996 headlamps... add a little bondo etc...

[edit] Edited again to correct my spelling of "Boxster".

jester911 · jester911's Garage

I think mikez touched on what I have thought about boxters for a long time.

They are a lot like the 914 was when it first came out.
The 911 guys gave it no respect at all. Then a few guys drove them and the next thing you know they were the fastest things on the track.

Nowadays 914s still aren't quite 911 status but most of us look at them and say, you know those things really aren't bad.

I think years from now it will be the same for the boxter.
I am not a real fan of it and I think the rear end looks bulbous and weird but like the 914 it has potential.

I am sure with the right set up the thing could be a mean track car.

Of course I look at my car and say wow its a pretty mean car as it is. I guess that is why they don't make just one type of car.

It would be a boring world if that were true.

SRISER · 11-26-2003, 02:39 PM

I would own one...as long as it had a Kevlar/ceramic cupholder for my latte...

That was a joke Zeke!!!

Notice that I capitalized Kevlar?

I don't mind them at all and glad it saved Porsches hiney. I would own one if Porsche would make a Boxster RS with 375hp.

lateapex911 · 11-26-2003, 02:50 PM

If they built one like the show car, I would be on it like white on rice!

Or.......if they changed the front end..(Shorter! shorter! too much overhang!!), lightened it up a bit, I would buy one.

As it is, it is partly to thank for the cool cars Porsche now makes: the GT-2, the GT-3, and the big kahuna, the Carrera!

And if hot chicks like them, who am I to argue?

Wrecked944 · 03:34 PM

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Originally posted by SRISER
I don't mind them at all and glad it saved Porsches hiney. I would own one if Porsche would make a Boxster RS with 375hp.

Here, here !! Agreed. Give the thing the power it deserves and all other arguments would vanish. Build a stock Boxster with 375hp and one will be sitting proudly in my driveway next to the 911. I think the retro styling was a nice idea. Too bad they also gave it retro horsepower.