At last a proper courtesy car!!
 

After the total an utter debacle last time my dealer has at least given me a decent courtesy car this time. And it is a fantastic drive! I am surprised by how good it is!

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l1...61/Boxster.jpg

They are properly rapid now.

I held a previous shape one off in the soot chucking hearse recently. He wasn't happy... It was pure 335d territory though - long sweeping and hilly dual carriageway.

Wouldn't be able to do the same with the current shape one.

Spent all morning driving this around East Yorkshire with the roof down - I utterly love this car. Brilliant :D :D :D

Is that because its not yours ? everyone knows the fastest cars on the road are hire cars :D

;) :D

I'd love one of those having realised that as a mechanical engineer with a mortgage and a family, I will struggle to get my feet into a 911.

Steve

They are very good value by comparison to a 911!!

Interesting comment, you dont see it as the poor mans 911 then ? But do you think it would have the long term appeal of the 911 though as thinking of a Boxster for a weekend / long term toy.

Richard

They do have an image problem though, although I have never driven one but don't doubt your word they are good cars.

I'd prefer a gayman (cayman) on looks though.

after he bought his wife a Boxster, my neighbour sold his Carrera 4s and bought a GT2

he said it annoyed him that the Boxster was basically the same as the Carrera

This guys almost in the same league as Jack nowadays :Suspiciou

boxster s is a cracking car. Had one for a weekend and wasnt expecting much. but really great handling and quite pokey too!

For the price a bargin if you can put up with the image..

'the image' :D

On a Subaru forum haha.

At least I am a fanboy of a brand that has consistently fabulous products. ;)

Anyway the point of this thread is that I am surprised by how good the product is!

Er, Cayenne?

Er, where do I mention Cayenne on this thread?! :confused:

I was surprised by how good a Boxster S is - nothing more, nothing less!

I made "noises" about buying a 911 when my old Cayman went back in for servicing.... result... the very same 911 loaned to me for the day...

Needless to say I changed my mind once the service was complete ;)

i think the line

At least I am a fanboy of a brand that has consistently fabulous products

assumes the inclusion of the Cayenne

if I read it correctly

You missed the tongue in cheek ';)' at the end though :p

Maybe I should have said - it is a brand where all the products I have personally tried are consistently fabulous. How about that?

your right I did - those damn smileys


(for the record I think Prosche make brilliant cars)

What's wrong with the Cayenne? I thought the new one was quite highly rated? I suppose they have an image problem in some ways (don't most SUVs have an image problem?), but surely not as bad as the image of a black Range Rover Sport.

muttermuttermutter

bloodyaudiandtheirfeckingcourtesycars

I was once given a bright RED A3 convertible as a courtesy car. (and it was an automatic!)

I felt like having bum sex the moment I sat in it.

God that was embarrassing.

Really bright warm sunny days as well... there was NO way on God's green Earth I was going to put the top down on that bloody thing.

I'd kill for courtesy car like that.

You've obviously never had a 3 year old 1.2, 3 cylinder Fabia whilst your 170bhp TDi Octavia is in for a repair AND THEN when the useless feckers order the wrong bits, have to do a 380miles round trip in the hateful clatter wagon :mad:

Steve

I once got a "slap" from a Cayenne Turbo, it squatted, spat out a cloud of thick black smoke and pulled four "truck lengths" on me in seconds...

Turbo is a wicked piece of kit.

dunx

P.S. Oi 'ad 'im in the twisties... NOT ! :lol1: