I recently got a chance to drive my neighbors Boxster S. I was pretty psyched, and although I am not much of a Porsche guy I still jumped at the opportunity to drive this car =).
It was fairly snappy, and had some pick up, but of course its not a torque monster so I shouldn't expect much. All in all, I was pretty happy with the acceleration, although not impressed by the price tag
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Then I took it on the backroads, I pushed it reaaaalll hard, and it felt sold and handled decently, but plowed a little more than I expected, and didnt come out of the corners like I was hoping. I expected this to be the area this car would excel at, yet I was dissappointed and thought the handling was nothing special for its tremdous price.
One good thing I did have to say about it were its brakes, I felt no fade even after stompting hard for an extended period. I guess Porsche brakes are all they are cracked up to be.
So then when I got home I dug up some old road and track issues to learn morea bout this car. The first one I came across was the 'sibling comparision'. They took the flagship cars from companies (corvette Z06) and the sports cars that everyone else could afford (camaro SS), and raced them around ThunderHill.
I have quite a bit of seat time at this track, and although it is a quick track, there are some very tight sections. The track tests how well a car can keep its speed from corner to corner, not power down the straights, or powering out of the corners.
Lo and behold the Boxster S turns a nice 2:16 or 2:17 (dont have the article with me at the moment), not bad, not bad. BUT, and much to my suprise, the Camaro SS was able to beat it or tie it. Either way it was close enough to call them even! As all of you know Camaro's are not known for their handling abilities with their live axle and lack of IRS, which is why I am suprised it was on par with the Boxster S, which is spposedly a sports car, rather than a muscle car as the Camaro is labeled.
Comments? Suggestions? Flames? I tolerate them all.
It was fairly snappy, and had some pick up, but of course its not a torque monster so I shouldn't expect much. All in all, I was pretty happy with the acceleration, although not impressed by the price tag
.Then I took it on the backroads, I pushed it reaaaalll hard, and it felt sold and handled decently, but plowed a little more than I expected, and didnt come out of the corners like I was hoping. I expected this to be the area this car would excel at, yet I was dissappointed and thought the handling was nothing special for its tremdous price.
One good thing I did have to say about it were its brakes, I felt no fade even after stompting hard for an extended period. I guess Porsche brakes are all they are cracked up to be.
So then when I got home I dug up some old road and track issues to learn morea bout this car. The first one I came across was the 'sibling comparision'. They took the flagship cars from companies (corvette Z06) and the sports cars that everyone else could afford (camaro SS), and raced them around ThunderHill.
I have quite a bit of seat time at this track, and although it is a quick track, there are some very tight sections. The track tests how well a car can keep its speed from corner to corner, not power down the straights, or powering out of the corners.
Lo and behold the Boxster S turns a nice 2:16 or 2:17 (dont have the article with me at the moment), not bad, not bad. BUT, and much to my suprise, the Camaro SS was able to beat it or tie it. Either way it was close enough to call them even! As all of you know Camaro's are not known for their handling abilities with their live axle and lack of IRS, which is why I am suprised it was on par with the Boxster S, which is spposedly a sports car, rather than a muscle car as the Camaro is labeled.
Comments? Suggestions? Flames? I tolerate them all
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