Porsche 987 Boxster S

[Waitey]

All clean with my plate on it. Love it so far. I even detailed my company Alfa too. Amigo and Colly on both.

Comments welcome.

 

[Rob]

New mats will make the inside look 100x better but jesus that looks good. Just so simple and clean. Love it.

 

[Waitey]

Matts are new, just dirty from me driving it all weekend!

Getting the dyson out was a job too far today.

 

[Rob]

Do they do a shorter gear knob? It's a very similar centre console to the z4, and fitting a weighted short //M gear knob made a huge improvement to how it felt to drive.

No dyson? Lazy b*****d.

 

[Sam@NP]

Lovely, the 987 interior is much nicer it must be said. Any plans for it other then going to and from the hairdressers? I'd suggest MO30 if you can get it for the 987.

 

[Waitey]

Do they do a shorter gear knob? It's a very similar centre console to the z4, and fitting a weighted short //M gear knob made a huge improvement to how it felt to drive.

No dyson? Lazy b*****d.

It needs a weighted knob badly, no one does them though!

Lovely, the 987 interior is much nicer it must be said. Any plans for it other then going to and from the hairdressers? I'd suggest MO30 if you can get it for the 987.

Its staying totally standard. Lower would be nice, but I'd be only doing it for looks which is a bit sad. So it'll stay as it is.

 

[Dan@M.A.D]

Do they do a shorter gear knob? It's a very similar centre console to the z4, and fitting a weighted short //M gear knob made a huge improvement to how it felt to drive.

No dyson? Lazy b*****d.

It feels short when you drive it.

Nice pair of cars by the way!

 

[kpowell911]

My next whip I think!

Looks great!

 

[Rob]

Must be an aftermarket decent looking option?

Short FTW:

 

[chris_p]

Lovely.

I've decided next year ill either get a cayman S or a mk2 FRS, but then I think it would be madness to pick a Ford over a decent Porsche! In reality it will probably be a 987 boxster s though.

Silver with black seats is a little bit of a let down, I'll let you off. It's all about the meteor grey.

How does it drive? You're used to some serious metal so it's got to be good to impress?
Similar performance to an e46 m3 mated with Porsche dynamics has to be a good combination, certainly enough for the road...

 

[Matt W]

Looks very nice!

 

[Waitey]

I did think of a Cayman but for one with the same age and miles at this it'd be £5k more. Sod that.

It drives really well, it feels really slow (its not) but 200bhp/tonne ish compared to 350bhp/tonne of the TVR is was never going to feel the same.

The chassis is sublime, although a little too safe for my liking.

If anything its a bit too safe like my old E46 M3.

 

[Daniel]

You haven't detailed the cars. you've just washed and polished them.

If you'd have detailed them, then the drivers side front arch on the alfa wouldn't be full of mud and the inside of the porshe would be clean.

K?

 

[Waitey]

The Alfa has carpet s**t in the arches, there is no human way to clean it.

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

Very nice Steve!

Is it tail happy? Well balanced?

 

[Waitey]

Its got 265 rear tyres, you have to be a right t**t to get the rear any where near unstuck.

There's no end to its grip under normal driving.

 

[Russ_16v]

Looks very nice mate!

 

[Gally]

They really are a superb drive! I actually had more fun in one than the Cayman S I drove!

 

[Jon.G]

Looks lovely inside, always been a fan of the dial layout. They seem quite cheap now too!

 

[Waitey]

Brought it to work with me today, people think you're a proper wanker when you own a Porsche it seems!

 

[Rob]

LOL! Really?

With how it looks/sounds (in no way OTT) I assumed it'd be one of those cars where the occasional person at work might say "nice motor" or whatever, but didn't think it'd attract any abuse?

 

[Waitey]

LOL! Really?

With how it looks/sounds (in no way OTT) I assumed it'd be one of those cars where the occasional person at work might say "nice motor" or whatever, but didn't think it'd attract any abuse?

I'm the youngest head of department by 15 years... I'm the flash runt.

 

[Rob]

So basically, everyone doesn't think you're a c**t, they just wish they could be in your position 15 years ago rather than now?

Essentially, most of the blokes are looking and thinking "I wouldn't mind one of those, but if I bought one now I'd look like I was having a breakdown".

Sounds like one of my three directors, who always tells me "how lucky I am to have a car like that" how he "drove around in rust buckets when he was my age".

I've been about 5 seconds short of saying "That's nice, but I decided to study whilst young and gain a set of skills that mean people have to pay me an OK amount of money, whilst you probably went down the boozer after doing your paper round".

 

[Waitey]

Aye, I was made head of Research and Genetics when I was 23. Replacing someone in their early 40's, a lot of people round here still have a chip on their shoulder about it. I want to be a Director by 27 so that'll put a lot of peoples noses out of joint.

Ho hum.

 

[Rob]

Good man. If I stay here I'm shooting for 26 head of my own dept, if I can carry that dept well for 2 years I should be made Director.

 

[Chris n nic]

So basically, everyone doesn't think you're a c**t, they just wish they could be in your position 15 years ago rather than now?

Essentially, most of the blokes are looking and thinking "I wouldn't mind one of those, but if I bought one now I'd look like I was having a breakdown".

Sounds like one of my three directors, who always tells me "how lucky I am to have a car like that" how he "drove around in rust buckets when he was my age".

I've been about 5 seconds short of saying "That's nice, but I decided to study whilst young and gain a set of skills that mean people have to pay me an OK amount of money, whilst you probably went down the boozer after doing your paper round".

 

[Gally]

I'm the youngest head of department by 15 years... I'm the flash runt.

I've had the same for years now. Youngest accredited assessor in the country just makes your work mates hate you even more. God job i'm not here to make mates, if they had put the same effort in I had to they wouldn't still be rolling around concrete floors in the depth of winter. Jealous cnuts!

 

[Sam@NP]

Brought it to work with me today, people think you're a proper w**ker when you own a Porsche it seems!

LOL!

Not just me than. Driving around Birmingham I get everything from the wanker sign to shouting to people nodding approvingly.

 

[Truffs]

LOL!

Not just me than. Driving around Birmingham I get everything from the w**ker sign to shouting to people nodding approvingly.

You would have that in any vehicle you chose to drive, IMO its the driver with you not the car

 

[Waitey]

Most people seem to think its still £50k's worth of car lol.

Its worth less than the Nissan Juke its parked next to...

 

[JD]

Hadn't realised you were head of the department. Feel less guilty about owing you a beer now.

Nice car, thinking about one as my next purchase, so keep it a while will you?

 

[Waitey]

Hadn't realised you were head of the department. Feel less guilty about owing you a beer now.

Nice car, thinking about one as my next purchase, so keep it a while will you?

It says so in LinkedIn. You pay no attention....

I'll keep it til next summer. Re MOT, service and tax it then sell.

 

[JD]

Cheaply. To me.

And *til.

How do you endorse someone for pint-buying?

 

[Waitey]

I'll sell you it for what I paid for it. (Which was cheap)

Ha I even claimed it on expenses....

 

[JD]

Deal.

I would have done the same tbh.

 

[Hixle]

Great choice mate. I love the silver, personally.

 

[chris_p]

I did think of a Cayman but for one with the same age and miles at this it'd be £5k more. Sod that.

It drives really well, it feels really slow (its not) but 200bhp/tonne ish compared to 350bhp/tonne of the TVR is was never going to feel the same.

The chassis is sublime, although a little too safe for my liking.

If anything its a bit too safe like my old E46 M3.

Thought they were more than 200bhp/ton!
I'm not surprised at the jealous work mates, I've always got comments in my cars as they used to be 30k+ but as long as its within about 8 years people still think they're still unaffordable!

I like how the roof can go up/down whilst in motion, makes people hate you even more which I like.
Does it feel light? Obviously it's screwed together well, but I'd imagine it still feels agile and direct.

Need to get me a test drive, although I've got a horrible feeling the grunt of the FRS may be addictive...

 

[Waitey]

Handles really well, perfectly weighted. Slid it round a wet round about in 3rd today at about 30 mph, was as easy as pie.

An FRS is totally incomparable really. It's a hatchback ffs!

 

[philmots]

Most people seem to think its still £50k's worth of car lol.

Its worth less than the Nissan Juke its parked next to...

This 100%

I've never had anything as flash as your Boxster (lovely car by the way)

But when I had my 6k's worth of 330 Sport, everyone is like 'they must be paying you too much' blah blah 'how do you afford to run that'

That's coming from people who've bought a brand new Focus privately. I don't know how they can afford that!

 

[Englebert]

Yeah, Joe Bloggs never get that with second hand cars.

Lovely car. My dad has the same, but the special edition with red seats. The PSE sounds fantastic. What type of silver is it?