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As I recall, when my car arrived at the port in San Diego it was there for a week or two, perhaps even longer. Anxious to get the car, wondering what the reason was for the delay, and starting to question, as you indicated, whether my car had been damaged somehow in transit, I was hounding my dealer for an explanation and was told that Spyders and GT4's, because of their body work and low clearances, required a special transport carrier to load and unload these cars without them scraping and because these special carriers were in short supply, as opposed to "regular" transport trucks, that is what was causing the delay.
I don't know if that explanation was true or not, although I recall someone else (Donovan?) who had experienced a similar delay indicating that it was attributable to this same issue, so maybe the explanation was legit . . . .
That is entirely possible and sounds legit.
My car arrived to the port in New Jersey March 9th during one of the worst winters I had seen in the 7 years I lived in MA. Between the cold and very slow economy I think the port was probably empty so my car was at the dealer 2 days later. I was honestly hoping the car would take longer to manufacture and ship so I could pick it up at the dealer and drive it home but with so much snow on the ground I had to have the car shipped and then suffer through another 45 days staring at it in the garage while I waited for the salt to wash off the roads.
I was honestly hoping the car would take longer to manufacture and ship so I could pick it up at the dealer and drive it home but with so much snow on the ground I had to have the car shipped and then suffer through another 45 days staring at it in the garage while I waited for the salt to wash off the roads.
This is exactly how my deal was supposed to go. The car was due Feb 17th and I had worked in a flatbed delivery to my garage. Then stare at it, til the salt is gone (I'm in Massachusetts too). Porsche changed ports and they don't use that NJ port any more. It's in North Kingston now which is about 45 minutes from me and probably an hour from the dealer. I'm hoping to get to drive the car home!
Yeah, just you. Surprisingly, there are people out there who don't really give a large brown pile if the car has 4, 5 or 6 cylinders or if it's normally aspirated or turbocharged. They care about how it drives, how it feels, how it connects with the driver and if their phone will sync up with it.
You guys, and by that I mean all of the people complaining about the new turbo cars that they haven't driven yet, crack me up. People sell their left nut to be able to get into a 911 Turbo, and now that all 911s are turbos, they think that Porsche won't know how to do it. They do. They've been doing it for a long time.
And it's a Porsche. Not only that, it's a Boxster. Arguably one of the best handling, best driving cars in the world, regardless of price. PCNA doesn't need to troll forums to build up sales.
Guards red, standard interior in beige, 20" Carrera classic custom wheels, center caps. Colored crest, safety bars painted in guards red, PDLS, Nav for PCM, premium package (14 way sport seats, dimming mirrors, seat heat, 2 zone climate ctrl) and connect plus
Get a set of clear corners for the front - looks much better than the amber ones (see my avatar) and price for the DIY is minimal. Give Suncoast a call and order them!
I have a 718 Cayman S and have tracked it 3 times so far. ORP clockwise and CCW. 1 day at the Ridge Motorsports Park. Next track is PIR in June. Stock tires and stock brakes. The car handles superbly. Keep it above 3.2K rpm and you'll have no turbo lag. Car rotates smoothly with throttle input (the little blinking yellow traction light tells you so!). If you've bought one of these and you don't plan to track it, you've wasted your money. Going into turn 1 at TRMP at 138, brake and pull thru the turn at 93 is easy with this car.
Great posts. I bought a 718 a few weeks ago and love the car. Of course I got a MT! The 718 with MT had plenty of torque and sounds great. I do think you have to get the S if you need PDK. But the reason I bought it was the handling. You can't beat a mid-engine car in true handling and the steering feedback and precision is so fantastic I can't stop smiling every time I drive it!!
At the track while I'm revving well over 5K down the straightaway, a number of people have commented how wicked the engine sounds...so may not sound so great at idle but up on the pipe it's a different story.
I sold my 993 C4, I owned since 2006 last February and had the opportunity to drive a 718 non S PDK.
For the sound I knew, but for the handling I did not!
I have bought that car right away!
The 718 is really fun to drive on the narrow roads in the mountains.
I also own a 991.1 4S which I have driven a lot in the Pyrenees here, but also on some tracks such as the Michelin Dry/Wet test track in Ladoux.
Don’t ask me which car currently remains in the garage. Just tell you, light is right and the 718 should have a much bigger fan club.
You drive one on a road made for sports cars and you will buy one, even with a 4 cylinder engine. A little video in YouTube
What I find interesting is that the last couple articles or blogs I’ve read or listened to said that with the 718 4 Cylinder the more they drove it the more they liked it.
I’ve had a good bit of seat time in the GTS and S, both manual and PDK. Even as a 991.2S owner, it sounds good, especially at high RPMs where it’s got a very racy/Motorsport sound.
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