Was that a Boxster infomercial?

 

https://www.s2ki.com/vids its there! 38.9MB for 8minutes in avi (divx) format.

 

You guys worry to much. The S2K is perfect......for us. I bought my car for what it is, warts and all, because it works for me. The owners of ________ (fill in the blank) probably feel the same way.

Car magazines and television programs provide information and opinions, sometimes flawed, nothing else. Each of us made our choice and paid our money. There is no reason to justify our purchase to anyone.

 

If it's any consolation, there was a Boxster S with R rubber at the autocross this last weekend - it sounded like a sewing machine compared to the S2000's F1'esque sounds! Also, on street tires, I had a slightly faster RAW time (though I did nip a cone) as the BS.

 

David,

You're right, I was looking at the Boxter #'s. As a matter of fact, I was thinking Boxter the whole time, not BoxterS...sorry. Maybe this comparo wasn't all that bad.

Here's the real #'s...

Motor Trend 02-00 0-60 : 5.8 1/4 mi: 14.3

Road & Track 09-00 : 5.6 : 13.5

Price as tested... $54,303

We are still in that performance range with an agressive driver at the wheel. 13.5 is a little steep though.

Andrew

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by john
[B]You guys worry to much. The S2K is perfect......for us. I bought my car for what it is, warts and all, because it works for me. The owners of ________ (fill in the blank) probably feel the same way.

 

john has it right.

 

S2Kguy,
Ok that clears that up :-) BoxsterS is a big step above a regular Boxster ... more power, bigger brakes, bigger tyres, sportier suspenion set-up and 6 speed gear box.

Though, S2000 is in the same ballpark, in particluar when we talk about something like 'track performance'. It has to applauded to be mentioned in the same sentence as BoxsterS. Regular Boxster and Z3 2.0 is really what the S2000 is aimed at. The fact that it takes a BoxsterS to beat it should put a smile obn all of our faces.

Comparing the S2000 to BoxsterS is like comparing the MR2 Spyder or MX-5 (Miata) to the S2000 and holding their own in some criteria ... in particular on the track. Yes, the S2000 loses most of those comparisions against the BoxsterS (in particualar when price does not pay the part), but it's comparable noneless and that is a big compliment to the S2000 if you ask me.

 

Fact is the S2000 is faster in 0-60, 1/4 mile, brakes faster from 60 MPH and will out Slalom a Porsche Boxster S by about 2.5 MPH. Nice how they compare a $33K car to a $60K car! Our cars are half the price and will out perform the S. I like the words the Narrarator uses to describe the cars like, "Drab", "minimalistic" and so forth. They said we have drab 16" wheels but our cars will still out slalom theirs with the bigger wheels. I thought it was funny too how they said that the Boxster outperforms the S2K but didn't list one stat for the S2K. They're joking if they think the Boxster outperforms the stook. They gave the Boxster S 0-60 MPH in 5.9 sec, so what's that put us at?? 6.0 seconds or more?? Yeah right. It was clear from the start that they liked the Porsche more but what do you expect?? It's TWICE the price! Funny at the end though they said that they liked the Stook more for it's a unique breed. They didn't have a lot of facts straight, obviously did not do their homework and I thought made a Shitty comparo of the cars. However, they did mention some nice things about our cars and had some good shots. Oh well, we can't win 'em all I guess, unless we're on the road!

 

I agree totally David, sorry for the misunderstanding.

Andrew