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And you. Enjoy your sporty luxo-barges.
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And FTR I highly doubt a stock engined IS300 with a header E85 tune and "suspension" will whoop a Boxster on any track.
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By the same logic you bought the fake Lexus with your is300. It's an entry level Lexus, is it not? Unbelievable.
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You realize I drive a BRZ right? soi much for a luxo barge. I don't agree with you therefore I must be wrong...mkayy You'll probably be surprised to hear I prefer a Telecaster to a strat also. and redheads to blondes. I don't like the Porsche beetle box get over it, you telling me im wrong wont make me like it more, in fact I hate it even more now, if you like it good more power to you just accept the fact that not everyone is going to have the same opinion. If I were in the market for a track only car maybe but as a daily, I won't get anywhere near one. |
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It's got a great base (double wishbone all four corners designed by the guy who designed the ae86, Supra powertrain), but for that 3,400 lb 220 horsepower pig to "whoop" a Boxster you're going to have to dump at least double the purchase price into it redoing all the suspension, wheels, tires, scrounging for quality power parts because nobody bothered with the NA 2JZ seems like you have to go custom and wrangle with outdated ECU tech. The idea of doing a nice reliable 2JZ-GTE swap for less than $7k is laughable. $15k-$20k+ 15 year old Toyota sedan or $10k 15 year old Porsche convertible... I seriously considered buying an IS300, I drove one, the torque even on that neglected POS I drove would kick an FA20 in the pants and the thing had beautiful body roll and grip for something that heavy. But 600lbs lighter and mid-engined it ain't. Dude it's ok that you like different cars, that you'd rather have a solid roof (I would too) and 4 seats, that you don't like the styling of this or that and that. I'll probably never own a Boxster either, but if there's a car that doesn't jive with my philosophy there's no reason to get mad about it and call it a fraud. Quote:
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an I clearly stated that I personally do not consider them real Porsche (I just don't think they feel like a Porsche), I just never felt the excitement I did with other porsches I had the opportunity to drive or ride in... same with the 944 but for some reason I still enjoy the 944. if you want to get one or own one that's great just don't expect me to consider it divine as I don't like it |
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@MightyMeeple also youre right the is300 isnt really a lexus since it began life as a Toyota altezza years prior to bwing badged as a lexus in na and eu. By that standard it a high class toyota and therefore yeah not a real lexus... which im all for because aside from the lfa, isf and maybe the rcf i find lexus cars boring as hell and not at all performance oriented
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Well this is idiotic, but quite amusing.
Why don't you break it down for us, and explain, objectively, why a Boxster isn't a real Porsche. You say it doesn't feel like other Porsches when you drive it. What other midengined Porsches have you driven? We're all curious to know.
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My friend who worked for Porsche NA (now a Jalopnik writer) said, and I quote:
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None I've driven an old rear engine Porsche 911 and 4s(I think) and ridden in quite a few different models such a cayman and various 911's... I guess the only other MR Porsche I've seen/ridden in was a 914 I believe and boxster obviously. |
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Holy fuck I don't like Kurt Cobain either you gonna start a fucking rant/witch hunt because of that too s2k? It doesn't appeal to me period... you like it that's great for you people have varied opinions and if we all had the same opinion life would be boring and everything would be the same.
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Anyways I've spent enough time arguing this and we will just leave it at I don't like it, you guys do and all is well with the world. I am curious though why you consider the 86 too fat(basically a gt is how you put it) yet the boxster is not too fat even though it's heavier (were you talking about weight or other factors like wheelbase,etc?) I'm truly curious and hell if I can change the tone/subject of this convo let's go and do that |
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