MBA-Sailor

Besides being mid engine vs rear engine, rear seat vs no rear seat, etc...

What made YOU choose a 911 over a Boxster? Tradition? Looks? Speed?

Just curious to see what you all have to say...

tdrimer

I've had both...both are great but 911 to me is just superior in all categories...

Soaringman

Back seats, we have little kids, and engine size/power. Plus I'm a man

MBA-Sailor

What is the fastest Boxster made...?

tdrimer

Each year the S gets better and better. The newer the S, the more horsepower it will have.

Soaringman

Ya they did get better and better, the 99 like my 99 911 was no comparison

Medevack1

What's a Boxster? lol JK

FRUNKenstein

This is why:

particlewave

The 986 actually looks good as a cabriolet

Don't be too rough on me

WalterRohrl

Like Ralphie famously said: "The Boxster is a Porsche with panties"....

In all seriousness, they are great as well. With kids the rear seats in my 996 get a lot more use than you'd think and I like having a solid roof along with the fact that I always wanted a 911 since I was a kid. I could see a Boxster sharing garage space one day though. Having the engine RIGHT behind you on a nice day with the top down in a Boxster makes for a very fun driving experience.

5CHN3LL

The Boxster is a terrific car, wonderful balance, and incredibly forgiving if you drive it wrong. The 911, even though it has been tamed over the generations, is a different animal. How you drive one is significantly different than the other. Example: lifting throttle during a turn. Boxster: helps if you overcooked the corner and need to fix understeer. Do the same in a 911, and you'll be watching the rear end of your own car go sailing by. The 911 squats down when you nail the throttle from a stop, digs in, and takes off; Boxster jumps away with some tire hop. The Boxster is a dream through a slalom; the 911 adds its own dynamics to a slalom, with the pendulum effect building all the way, trying its best to buck you off.

I love both cars. Driving the Boxster is a drive in one of the best roadsters made; driving the 911 is like driving an awesome history book about car design.

The underlying joy of the 911 is Porsche's obstinant refusal to make the 911 mid-engine, and the engineering wizardry done over the past 50 years to make what ought to be undriveable one of the most fun cars to drive...ever.

gnat

My (not quite yet at the time) wanted a Boxter. I never liked the look of them (don't like any vert) and I kept telling her to get a 911 instead. She was adamant that she wanted the Boxter even though the 911 was her childhood dream car.

Finally she heard the pathetic excuse for an exhaust note and that was the end of it.

I really should have kept my mouth shut and saved $50k

RaginBull

I own both, best of both worlds. Bought the C4S first, then the 986 S. Boxster feels way under powered, but going topless makes up for it

RaginBull

RedTele

Owning 5 986 Boxsters and a 996, I buy/drive Boxsters because they are 90% of the 996 for 60% of the price. Being mid-engine, The Boxster is more neutral in handling (not prone to swap the tail), and doesn't have the silly half-assed back seat most 911 owners use to haul picnic baskets, wine bottles, kids and their wives purse.

From the doors forward they are the same (99%) car. Like PW says, a Boxster actually looks good with the top down. And if you need a hardtop, they are easy to do.

The 3.2L Boxster puts out 250 horses vs the 300 horses of the 996.

At the end of the day, when you quit comparing 911's and porcupines, and Boxsters and hairdressers, they are both fantastic cars. In my garage, they will always share side/side garage space.