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GTOger
05-28-2015, 01:40 PM
So while the ZR-1 is down with Corey getting some (ahem) adjustments made, it was decided that our household lacked an appropriate vehicle for open-air motoring.

This is what the wife found:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CGGwC25U0AASVMh.jpg

1998 Porsche 968 Boxster. I must admit, it's pretty fun. The previous owner has obviously taken very good care of it, but as you may expect of a car of a certain age, there are some things I'd like to do with it.

What I am quickly learning is that no matter how exotic our ZR-1's are, they're still C4 Corvettes... Chevy, and parts are priced accordingly. Slap a Porsche badge on a car and it's Porsche prices for the parts!

But still, it's actually quite a fun little car to toss around. It puts a similar grin on your face as we are all accustomed to, just for different reasons.

GOLDCYLON
05-28-2015, 02:28 PM
Ever since I saw this old episode of 2 and a half men with Charlie still there I havent looked at a Boxter the same lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDvPeBGFVZw


And my wife drives a Baby Mercedes SLK 280 lol

XfireZ51
05-28-2015, 04:27 PM
I drove my BIL 2004 911 on Upstate NY roads once. Nice twisties. The thing I noticed right away was the lightness/directness of the steering and the unencumbered view of the road. You could see within 2 feet of the front end.
You're definitely using the gearbox more however.

GTOger
05-28-2015, 06:00 PM
LOL. Yeah, GOLDCYLON, you're not wrong. But still, it is pretty fun. And again, as Xfire alludes to, in a completely different way than the mighty Z. I'm just into a bunch of different stuff. Maybe I've got ADHD.

GOLDCYLON
05-28-2015, 07:24 PM
LOL. Yeah, GOLDCYLON, you're not wrong. But still, it is pretty fun. And again, as Xfire alludes to, in a completely different way than the mighty Z. I'm just into a bunch of different stuff. Maybe I've got ADHD.

I enjoy my wife's ride and there is more head room than the Z and the SLK is smaller and a hardtop vert that is amazing to watch like something out of a Transformers movie. Flaps fold here and there and it all folds into the trunk. Germans make some fine autos.

KILLSHOTS
05-28-2015, 08:36 PM
Just one thing, though: that's not a 968, it's just a Boxster, aka model 987, if I remember correctly. The 968 was a later variant of the 944 and was a front-engined 4-cylinder model.

https://photos.stuttcars.info/325/__small__a2606ef9-d46b-4ce2-b22b-d93845a98635.jpg