Talk Morgan Forums Community Vehicle Talk (non-Morgan) Boxster S Drives

The original Boxster engine was 2.5 litre

I tend to agree.

I have owned high performance manuals and high performance paddle shift autos. I can't really say a manual is genuinely 'more involving'. In a low powered car a manual is good for wringing out the last drop of performance, but in a high powered car, it's less relevant. Paddle shift boxes have also moved on a lot in the last few years and it's actually quite hard to find high performance cars with a manual shift.

I bought a cheap 986 3.2 S earlier this year to go to the Le Mans Classic after my 3.7 Roadster went on strike.

For a 22 year old car its a cracking drive with great road handling / good gearing and Air Con ….. I managed to do a couple of thousand miles in it and am quite smitten with it …. So its stayed in the fleet to do a few track days and general sunny day duties.

Love boxter

That 356 is gorgeous.

Oh dear...
Boxster Love seems to be spreading.

Sure is….a fantastic drive.

While talking of Porsche in the form of the pic of old 356 and Boxter, I watched a vid relating to the evaluation of Porsches old and a tad newer that included the views of two marque experts, one in my age group and the other a tad younger. I found it interesting to compare the possible differing sense of values and emotional involvement they each have acquired over the years relative to their cars. OK so it is a Porsche vid but could easily be related to Morgans of different era`s and values, and as such I thought it might be of interest...?

Not the best vid production, but for me the real interest is the thinking the two Porsche gurus shared. One of whom I have known of since the seventies.

Much of the reasoning the older chap (Josh) makes for the 70`s Porsche is what brought me into Morgan ownership some twenty years back when sports cars seemed to becoming less involving to drive and more comfortable as did the 993 in the vid compared to the 1972 911

https://youtu.be/qUbDnUq647c

Good to see one of the presenters sitting in front of a Spyder. Nice video. I also believe that an individual’s engineering competence, the marques competence around supporting older vehicles- and what the car is needed for contribute to what sort of “ toy” you drive.

I`m pleased you found some interest in the Vid JB.

Although I consider myself to be very fortunate to be able to enjoy many aspects of a relativly modern Porsche, I suspect I felt more involvement with the older air cooled Porsches I owned in past times... But I was quite a bit younger back then, so perhaps that plays a part in my thinking ..

I suspect much of that which Josh expresses in the vid relative to the 70`s 911, might well be comparible to that which many of a similar age and who might have been more familiar with a spanner back then than now, would wholeheartedly agree with, regardless of whatever marque(s) one favours..?