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Hobbies & Interests => Automotive Discussion => Topic started by: thePoster on March 18, 2016, 01:11:52 AM
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You know... I saw one at an auto show... they are actually really nice looking...
Didn't get to see the inside as it was tinted.. but yeah, I definately would own one.
They look so much nicer in my opinion than the old ones.
I remember walking around it and was wondering what kinda porshe it was... and surprised when I looked at the back and it said boxter.
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZHDD-R8Eicg/VRva-UqnF3I/AAAAAAAAa3c/_PKnzKNiNhE/s1600/2016-Porsche-Boxster-Spyder-05.jpg)
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As I've said in the past, never really like Porche's designs and since that's also a vert, it makes it even worst for me...
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As I've said in the past, never really like Porche's designs and since that's also a vert, it makes it even worst for me...
I'm the opposite of you. I have always loved Porsche's design and engine concept and what's even better is that they back it up in motorsports. Lightweight with a minimal amount of horsepower - Porsche is more about feel and making everything work together then pure horsepower and speed. Balance...yes. ..that's the word I'm looking for thus why the engine is the middle of the car.
I'll never forget the time I was following a Porsche and we were getting on the highway going down a very steep hill. At that time I had my supercharged Ford Focus and that Porsche Boxster pulled down the hill away from me like it was even trying. It was mind blowing to say the least.
Rumors are that Porsche might going the Subaru route and go with a 4 cylinder boxster motor in the future with a turbocharger. If that happens it'll be interesting.
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Probably in a few years when this body style boxter is a bit more affordable I'll definitely pick up a used one...
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I have the coupe version. They are coming out this summer with turbo flat-4. Love my flat-6 though, not gonna trade it in.
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The Boxster I saw
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l167/DummieBoy/latest%20iphone%201026_zpsbmi0smkp.jpg)
Here's some other one's... a P1, Aventator, GTR etc etc etc...
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l167/DummieBoy/latest%20iphone%201026_zpsbmi0smkp.jpg)
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l167/DummieBoy/latest%20iphone%201032_zpsgf0rwp9f.jpg)
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l167/DummieBoy/latest%20iphone%201036_zpstb2tvasy.jpg)
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l167/DummieBoy/latest%20iphone%201039_zpstyjysgag.jpg)
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l167/DummieBoy/latest%20iphone%201037_zpslvi6yo9l.jpg)
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l167/DummieBoy/latest%20iphone%201028_zpsajfo3wmc.jpg)
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l167/DummieBoy/latest%20iphone%201025_zps86ikovi9.jpg)
And of course! My teggie... dang I miss it.
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l167/DummieBoy/teggiechilling_zps68jkrvdy.jpg)
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(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l167/DummieBoy/latest%20iphone%201027_zpsr2hogyhy.jpg)
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Back in the days, those low ballers are the ones that drives them boxster. Like people who drives a C class base model merz. They like that taste of fancy stuff but their wallet is barely there so they can afford the cheapest of such line.
With exception is that your boxster is a commuter car while your 9-11 turbo is sitting in the garage at home and is a weekend date car.
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I think the boxster nowadays is not really looked down upon anymore...
I remember back in the day yeah, I saw it as a car that it's for those low balling folks taht wanted a porshe but couldn't afford a real expensive one..
But the way the boxster's look now.. even the base looks nice, and it looks pretty balling.
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Back in the days, those low ballers are the ones that drives them boxster. Like people who drives a C class base model merz.
LOL...
This statement is so wrong I don't even know what do with it. I would agree with your statement on C-class Benz but not the Porsche. When it comes to Porsche there is no such thing as classes or "lower ballers".
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the boxster/cayman aren't cheap so I'm not really sure where lowballing comes from. Sure you could get the cheaper base model if you didn't want any options. They range from 55k to over $100k. Mine is 85k. Middle of the road but it totally worth it and I prefer it over the 911 or gtr.
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The Boxster I saw
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l167/DummieBoy/latest%20iphone%201025_zps86ikovi9.jpg)
Nope, the bug eye Porsche still doesn't do it for me...Never really like that look from way back....
Kind of like the $2 million Veyron, just don't like the design so don't care how much it cost...
Speaking of from way back,
I much preferred the lower cost 944 over the more expensive 928 or much more expensive 911:
944:
(http://www.fstopgallery.co.uk/catalogue/images/porsche-944_large.jpg)
928:
(http://www.durametric.com/images/1995-porsche-928.jpg)
911:
(http://annexhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/wdb1.jpg)
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For the same money (starting at low 50 grand to 60 grand) for models like the Boxster, Cayman, Macan....I rather get a Lexus or BMW for the same money...It's just a difference of opinions/preference...Didn't mentioned Mercedez because I'm not a big fan of their designs either and from way back too, mostly because of the way the headlights are designed...
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Boxter, the poor man's Porsche. :2funny:
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Boxter, the poor man's Porsche. :2funny:
I guess $100k is cheap to you. :)
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That's not even the Boxster , I guess you don't know your Porsche. Hahah.... talking about something you've never driven.
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Lexus, BMW... everyone and their grandma's got one.
For the same money (starting at low 50 grand to 60 grand) for models like the Boxster, Cayman, Macan....I rather get a Lexus or BMW for the same money...It's just a difference of opinions/preference...Didn't mentioned Mercedez because I'm not a big fan of their designs either and from way back too, mostly because of the way the headlights are designed...
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Y'all need to educate yourself so you don't sound so ignorant. :2funny:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mooq7jpNk_g (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mooq7jpNk_g)
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I guess $100k is cheap to you. :)
Chump change! Anyone with 800+ credit score can get one. Only min $1,500/month for 5yrs. O0 I kid. Most guys likes us cannot owned brand new and only drive used s2000 and tegges. More power to you bro for owning one. O0
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No longer a sport cars fan. That boxter look like crap.
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Boxter, the poor man's Porsche. :2funny:
Yep, that's definitely one of Porsche's lower end models with an MSRP starting at around 50k...
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That's not even the Boxster , I guess you don't know your Porsche. Hahah.... talking about something you've never driven.
Never said it was a "Boxster", the point is I still think the bug eye look is ugly...The only Porsche I've driven is a friend's 944 from the 80's. And I've never questioned Porsche's performance prowess, just the looks department. And because of that, I've never been a big fan of it since the 80's...
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Lexus, BMW... everyone and their grandma's got one.
Don't care, better than being seen in an ugly bug eye Porsche...
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No longer a sport cars fan. That boxter look like crap.
Agree, never like the "poor man's Porsche" but opinions do vary...when it comes to subjective things like looks...
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Chump change! Anyone with 800+ credit score can get one. Only min $1,500/month for 5yrs. O0 I kid. Most guys likes us cannot owned brand new and only drive used s2000 and tegges. More power to you bro for owning one. O0
Agree, your money, better get the one that you want regardless of others' opinions about it...If you buy things based on others' opinions instead of yours then I feel sorry for you.
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Y'all need to educate yourself so you don't sound so ignorant. :2funny:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mooq7jpNk_g (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mooq7jpNk_g)
When it comes to looks, it's not a matter of "ignorant", it's all about personal preferences...
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The blue porshe is not a boxter...
Anyways... The bixster nowadays is on par with the 911, in terms of price and performance depending on what trim you get. Brand new it isn't what you'd call cheap or a poor man's ...now a 5-7 year old used one is affordable...s ame goes for the Cayman
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The blue porshe is not a boxter...
Anyways... The bixster nowadays is on par with the 911, in terms of price and performance depending on what trim you get. Brand new it isn't what you'd call cheap or a poor man's ...now a 5-7 year old used one is affordable...s ame goes for the Cayman
Again, no one said it was. I was just pointing out the bug eye design that I have no love for. But you know what, opinions vary like most subjective things so some like it, some don't.
And it's not just me that doesn't like the Porsche designs, just look at this link (even the Porsche CEO chimed in about how it is "ugly"):
https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?p=porsche+are+ugly&ei=UTF-8&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-002 (https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?p=porsche+are+ugly&ei=UTF-8&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-002)
For owners like Dark Helmet, if it's what you want, you should not be too concern about what others think. I owned my fair share of bikes and cars over the years and I've received good and bad comments about it but it doesn't matter to me either way because it's what I want.
As far as the "poor man's" thing goes, it applies to pretty much what ever the low end model(s) are. Kind of like how the Sportster is the poor man's Harley and the Monster is the poor man's Ducati...
But regardless of price/brand/model, if the owner is happy with his/her choice, that's all that should matter.. O0
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Here's a good thread Dark Helmet created about his Porsche. Most of the comments are dead on in regards to personal taste...Even thePoster stated he didn't like the "beetle" headlights... ;D:
http://www.pebhmong.com/forum/index.php/topic,375757.0.html (http://www.pebhmong.com/forum/index.php/topic,375757.0.html)
And Dark Helmet, just enjoy the heck out of your Porsche man... O0
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Here's a good thread Dark Helmet created about his Porsche. Most of the comments are dead on in regards to personal taste...Even thePoster stated he didn't like the "beetle" headlights... ;D:
http://www.pebhmong.com/forum/index.php/topic,375757.0.html (http://www.pebhmong.com/forum/index.php/topic,375757.0.html)
And Dark Helmet, just enjoy the heck out of your Porsche man... O0
Bro, each their own. Just look at poser... Honda fanboi. O0
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Chill out dudes... O0 I'm just saying I like the new Cayman because it does not have the bug eye. Didn't get the 911 because of that. Too many people have GTR, Corvette, Lexus, NSX, Supra, etc...
Sorry, I probably read too much into the post. I'm still in the honeymoon stage, haha. :2funny: My bad. Anyways, I agree, just get what you want. After all, it's just a car. If I cared what people thought, I would have gotten a GTR and be a fan boy hero. ;)
Love the Cayman so far though. Could use a little more low end torque for everyday driving. But I knew that going in. Got new headers, exhaust and Cobb tune installing this summer, which should help a bit.
Anyways, enjoy the ride fellow car enthusiasts!
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Chill out dudes... O0 I'm just saying I like the new Cayman because it does not have the bug eye. Didn't get the 911 because of that. Too many people have GTR, Corvette, Lexus, NSX, Supra, etc...
Sorry, I probably read too much into the post. I'm still in the honeymoon stage, haha. :2funny: My bad. Anyways, I agree, just get what you want. After all, it's just a car. If I cared what people thought, I would have gotten a GTR and be a fan boy hero. ;)
Love the Cayman so far though. Could use a little more low end torque for everyday driving. But I knew that going in. Got new headers, exhaust and Cobb tune installing this summer, which should help a bit.
Anyways, enjoy the ride fellow car enthusiasts!
Too many people have GTR, LOL. To each their own. Porsche makes great cars and someday I will get my hand on a 911 GT3 but for now the GTR will do for me as I am a fan boy:)
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Too many people have GTR, LOL. To each their own. Porsche makes great cars and someday I will get my hand on a 911 GT3 but for now the GTR will do for me as I am a fan boy:)
Get what you want, it's your money.
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I think Porsches are slow car because they are mostly driven by slow drivers. What most people fail to realize is that a car is only as fast as it's driver. Most driver compensate their lack of skills with horse power. Like shooting at a target with a rocket launcher because they can't hit it with a pistol. It doesn't mean your skill and accurate, it just mean the the rocket with a 20 ft blast radius did the job for you, you just need to aim close enough.
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Everyone calling the Boxster a poor man's porsche, yet they be driving econoboxes! The Boxster serves a completely different purpose than a 911. Ignorance seems run abundant here. A Porsche is a Porsche. I don't hear anyone calling a CRZ/Fit a poor man's Honda. A $60K Porsche is still $60K!!!
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Everyone calling the Boxster a poor man's porsche, yet they be driving econoboxes! The Boxster serves a completely different purpose than a 911. Ignorance seems run abundant here. A Porsche is a Porsche. I don't hear anyone calling a CRZ/Fit a poor man's Honda. A $60K Porsche is still $60K!!!
The term was coin when the first boxster came out because the average well paid salary worker can "afford" one. While it's still cheaper when compare to the 911, at 60k it's not cheap at all when compare to other cars. With today's car averaging 30-40K when fully loaded, nothing is cheap anymore. Question for you. What do Porsche driver see through their front windshield? A s2k ass because he just got served! LAMO
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9BIhnyVEHg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9BIhnyVEHg)
Yes it's the affordable porshe....
But dang! It's so impressive nowadays... Like I said.. I wouldn't mind owning one now... back in the days, I didn't like their styling... now, they are starting to look awesome..
Plenty of power and sounds good.
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Dunno where you guys get your info from but the Boxster Spyder and Cayman GT4 prices well over $100k easily.
Really? The S2000 is 230HP and weighs the same as the Cayman/Boxster. Cayman S quarter mile is 12.7 and GT4 is 12.3. S2000 is 14.1 seconds.
S2000 is just the poor man's Boxster. You're trying to compare German quality to an econobox? Laughable. :2funny:
The term was coin when the first boxster came out because the average well paid salary worker can "afford" one. While it's still cheaper when compare to the 911, at 60k it's not cheap at all when compare to other cars. With today's car averaging 30-40K when fully loaded, nothing is cheap anymore. Question for you. What do Porsche driver see through their front windshield? A s2k ass because he just got served! LAMO
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Sadly this is coming from a person who has never driven a Porsche. Hahah. Porsche are not known for horsepower, they are known for the driving experience. Your statement clearly tells me you know nothing.
I think Porsches are slow car because they are mostly driven by slow drivers. What most people fail to realize is that a car is only as fast as it's driver. Most driver compensate their lack of skills with horse power. Like shooting at a target with a rocket launcher because they can't hit it with a pistol. It doesn't mean your skill and accurate, it just mean the the rocket with a 20 ft blast radius did the job for you, you just need to aim close enough.
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I'm not picking sides here that's why you'll see me going back and forth.
But, the s2000 isn't an economy box, it's actually a sports car, built ground up for one purpose only. It's gas mileage isn't really that good for a four banger to an economy box anyways. I remember when I was deciding whether to get the s2k, I was upset at the mpg and telling myself I should just might as well get an m3 instead, thier mpg is almost just as bad. But went with Honda for reliability and plus heard a lot of m3 issues.
Anyways, I also think it's actually BMW that is about the driving exoerience.
U always see BMW commercials "the ultimate driving machine or experience" something like that.
Although porshes handles awesome too.
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Dunno where you guys get your info from but the Boxster Spyder and Cayman GT4 prices well over $100k easily.
Really? The S2000 is 230HP and weighs the same as the Cayman/Boxster. Cayman S quarter mile is 12.7 and GT4 is 12.3. S2000 is 14.1 seconds.
S2000 is just the poor man's Boxster. You're trying to compare German quality to an econobox? Laughable. :2funny:
1) Why you mad bro? Guess your so offended that you forgot to learn how to read the first sentence. I don't recall the first boxster costing 100k. Currently they do with options but not when they first came out and got coined the poor man porsche. 2) I'm not laughing with you...I'm laughing at you. :2funny: Why because your one of those guy. We can bench race all we want and while you will win at bench racing, the reality is if you throw me in a s2000 and you in your porsche you will lose. Plain and simple. So enjoy that rare view of a s2000 because that is how it will be at the track. 3) s2000 is not a econo box? Your offending all the ricers out there with their stance out s2000. Your so up their with your high horse I wonder what kind of excuse you will make when you lose to that econo box. "daddy he must be cheating because I got xxx more HP, cost 3 times as much, and still lost to him" 4) when I go for the kill, LOL, I go straight for the jugular.
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Sadly this is coming from a person who has never driven a Porsche. Hahah. Porsche are not known for horsepower, they are known for the driving experience. Your statement clearly tells me you know nothing.
Sadly this is coming from someone who never track their car and think $$$ and HP will make them fast. Sorry to burst your bubble but fast driver requires talent and hard work. If we all can just be fast with our pocket book then all the Professional driver out there would be millionaires before they start their racing career. Besides I don't need to know anything because in a s2000, your only experience will be inhaling the tale pipe of my exhaust. s2000 for the win. 5 point palm exploding hear technique!
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I saw one of the new boxster the other day at the gas station and I'm not going to lie, it looked nice, it had it's little tail spoiler up and everything.
And the other night, I saw a Lambo Diablo, nice looking too, I gave the guy a thumbs up.
There is also, believe or not, a yellow P1 rolling around, one day if we line up conicendently, I'll give him a go.
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The old Porsche Boxster S & S2000 were pretty even with equal drivers. The new Boxster S is faster if both cars have equal drivers.
Porsche owners actually call Boxsters "poor man's 911." If you look from the front back when the first gens came out they looked identical to a 911 and 911 owners hated that, being mistaken for a boxster. Even Porsche owners call the 944 a poor man's Porsche.
I really like both cars though. Both are fun to drive, S2000 for track and Boxster S for DD.
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The old Porsche Boxster S & S2000 were pretty even with equal drivers. The new Boxster S is faster if both cars have equal drivers.
Porsche owners actually call Boxsters "poor man's 911." If you look from the front back when the first gens came out they looked identical to a 911 and 911 owners hated that, being mistaken for a boxster. Even Porsche owners call the 944 a poor man's Porsche.
I really like both cars though. Both are fun to drive, S2000 for track and Boxster S for DD.
Your right because back in the days the pro and con of owning a porsche is that most people can't tell the difference between a $40k boxster vs. a $100k+ 911. If you own a boxster you would get accolade of a 911 without spending 911 $$.
Now enjoy this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7iUKaPlBl8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7iUKaPlBl8)
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I don't know how anyone could mistaken those old bixsters with the 911's....
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I don't know how anyone could mistaken those old bixsters with the 911's....
Can you tell the different between pigeons ? What about fighting fish or koi? Because they all look the same for me. Most people are not car people so they don't care to know.
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Yeah, I can actually tell the difference between pijeons and kois.