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Car & Driver- Battle of the $55K Roadsters
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JulesMaximus
No Lifer
Their complaint of the Corvette mirrors mine. The interior sucks.
The Corvette finished dead last in this comparo actually.
Out of the lot I'd take the Boxster S. I'd seriously look at a used 911 though at those prices.
The Corvette finished dead last in this comparo actually.
Out of the lot I'd take the Boxster S. I'd seriously look at a used 911 though at those prices.
JulesMaximus
No Lifer
Exactly, they make cars with better interiors so why don't they do it with their flagship sports car? It makes no sense at all.
C&D also complained about the convertible's chassis being less structurally ridged than the other 3 cars and of some interior rattles and squeaks.
exdeath
Lifer
Dash stroking is all fine and well but not at the expense of the more important things. You'll be left wanting when you find out your right foot, and the person next to you being a cock and not letting you pass, doesn't care about how soft your dash is when those moments come.
Take the Corvette to an upholstery shop and have them hand stitch custom suede covers for all the panels and get a brushed aluminum interior trim set off ebay if it bothers you so much. 😉
The Porsches are pretty much all black plastic on the inside too ya know... I admit I'm a sucker for the whole brushed metal theme but you take that away and all that's left is the same black plastic as any other car.
DivideBYZero
Lifer
I find the term 'dash stroker' stupid.
Zenmervolt
Elite member
For me, if I had the money, and were restricted to the cars in the article, I'd buy the Boxster. It's not the best value (the Corvette is the best performance value hands down and it's a damn fine automobile), but it's what I like the best. Purely personal bias, but there you have it.
Still, of Porsche's current lineup, I'd rather have a Cayman since I don't usually care for convertibles.
If I were to spend $50,000 on a 'Vette, I'd buy a 1968 Coupe with the 4-speed manual and either the L-71 or L-89 engine (the L-88, while amazing, would probably be a little excessive, even for me). Far more fun than any of the modern 'Vettes. 😉
ZV
Still, of Porsche's current lineup, I'd rather have a Cayman since I don't usually care for convertibles.
If I were to spend $50,000 on a 'Vette, I'd buy a 1968 Coupe with the 4-speed manual and either the L-71 or L-89 engine (the L-88, while amazing, would probably be a little excessive, even for me). Far more fun than any of the modern 'Vettes. 😉
ZV
JulesMaximus
No Lifer
exdeath
Lifer
It's been getting better slowly. My last experience with the Boxster S was in '03 when they first went to the glass rear window and didn't have more than 260 HP out of a 3.2L that had at the time basically no aftermarket or mod potential. And the interior as nice as it was, was mostly plastic with some optional pieces of stick on leather bits and aluminum trim.
Even Ruf and Gemballa parts for the Boxster were aero pieces, wheels, and color coordinated interior parts, nothing at all for engine performance, not even a flash tuner.
The only option really was sticking a 3.6 996 crate motor in it, and then you were talking adding $10k plus several weekends working in uncharted waters on top of a $50k price on the car. It became apparent it just wasn't enough car for the money for me, and that for the performance I wanted, the car was simply priced out of it's league.
It drove like it was on rails though. Mid engine + Porsche suspension = win.
PricklyPete
Lifer
I love the Cayman...have driven my boss's 08 several times and it drives wonderfully. I'd still take a Corvette over it for the money. In my opinion the Cayman's interior is not that much nicer than a Corvette. Better seats for sure and a bit better materials...but for the money you'd be paying for a Cayman...you can get the leather package on the Corvette which makes up a lot of ground on "dash stroking" between the two.
GM really needs to put a CTS'esque interior in the Corvette as the next refresh (instead of building a whole new car) and they'd get rid of almost all the Naysayers.
JulesMaximus
No Lifer
What the fuck are you babbling about? I did exactly that in that situation...backed off and let the guy in the car be a toolbag.
RichieZ
Diamond Member
I am specifically responding to your comment:
"The regular Z3 coupes are shit and look ridiculous."
Clearly the M version is a different car mechanically, the biggest difference to me is the power hydrolic vs electronic steering in the regular Z4. After that comes S54, suspension and the m3 CSL breaks.
I test drove the Z4M again before I moved on to a new car, great car.
JulesMaximus
No Lifer
Pretty much...as I said.
Any more stalker threads you want to dig up?
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