Spotted: Boxster Spyder

[schocker]

I was going to post some clapped out ricers but instead decided to post this Boxster Spyder I saw on the way home from work :drool:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5110/5681665961_68b1a8938f_b.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5229/5682232894_7b33b855bc_b.jpg

[Team_Mclaren]

i saw a white one by westhill a few weeks ago. looks very different than the normal boxster

[shakalaka]

^ I think might have been the same one I saw. Little bit older guy driving it?

[Xtrema]

^ yeah seen that one too. He got winters from Tunerworks around the same time I picked up mine. So I guess he drive it in Winter?

[shakalaka]

Yea I saw him a couple months ago. So I guess he was driving it around in winter as well.

[turbotrip]

front is :drool:

[Chantastic]

What's the difference between this and a normal Boxster? What's the Boxster Spyder? They're both soft top convertibles...

What am I missing here.

[schocker]

Originally posted by Chantastic
What's the difference between this and a normal Boxster? What's the Boxster Spyder? They're both soft top convertibles...

What am I missing here.

http://www.porsche.com/usa/models/boxster/boxster-spyder/
This model is to the boxster line essentially what the GT3 is to the 911 line. Lighter weight, a bit more power. Soft top is not powered, thus saving plenty of weight but making it not ideal for a DD.

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

:drool: I want one.

[Xtrema]

IMO this is he only Boxter I'll get.

[schocker]

Originally posted by Xtrema
IMO this is he only Boxter I'll get.
Cayman R is much more manly though.

[tawheed]

So much hate for the Boxster, never really understood it.. Drive one and then tell me you dislike it for any reason except the fact everyone says "It's not a 911"

[schocker]

Originally posted by tawheed
So much hate for the Boxster, never really understood it.. Drive one and then tell me you dislike it for any reason except the fact everyone says "It's not a 911"
Well there are alot of stigmas. As it is the entry level porsche, it is a hairdresser's car, not a true porsche etc. It is nowhere near what say the 914 was many years ago, but it is still an excellent car and whenever it is compared against its rivals it always does very well. The 911 just overshadows it though as that is the classic porsche, and for the ones who find it girly etc, there is always the cayman which comes close in terms of performance compared to the carerra, but will obviously never surpass it.

[Chantastic]

Originally posted by schocker


http://www.porsche.com/usa/models/boxster/boxster-spyder/
This model is to the boxster line essentially what the GT3 is to the 911 line. Lighter weight, a bit more power. Soft top is not powered, thus saving plenty of weight but making it not ideal for a DD.

Sweet thanks for the link! When everyone was referring to the Boxster vs the Boxster Spyder, I thought they meant the Cayman and the Boxster, and that no one knew what they were talking about. I didn't know a more hardcore boxster existed, that's awesome. I played around with one of the new Boxsters the other night, I guess it couldn't have been the Spyder, that thing would have destroyed me haha.

[tawheed]

Originally posted by schocker

Well there are alot of stigmas. As it is the entry level porsche, it is a hairdresser's car, not a true porsche etc. It is nowhere near what say the 914 was many years ago, but it is still an excellent car and whenever it is compared against its rivals it always does very well. The 911 just overshadows it though as that is the classic porsche, and for the ones who find it girly etc, there is always the cayman which comes close in terms of performance compared to the carerra, but will obviously never surpass it.

If one were to want a current Porsche in cabriolet form, I honestly think the Boxster S is the best solution. It's the only car since the 550 that Porsche has built as a convertible. 911 cabs are more pointless.

[nissanguy]

That's the only Porsche boxster i would buy :thumbsup:

[dino_martini]

Originally posted by Team_Mclaren
i saw a white one by westhill a few weeks ago. looks very different than the normal boxster

Saw that one around a while back driving in the snow :eek:

[Chantastic]

Originally posted by tawheed


If one were to want a current Porsche in cabriolet form, I honestly think the Boxster S is the best solution. It's the only car since the 550 that Porsche has built as a convertible. 911 cabs are more pointless.

Not to mention all the modern 911 cabs looks like hunchbacks.

[atgilchrist]

IMO the rear decklid on the Spyder completely transform the car into something a thousand times better looking.

[C4S]

Best driving car for less then 100K .. (it is 80K)

Will see if the Cayman R is as good... :D

THIS IS NOT A GIRLY CAR!! PERIOD.