To my surprise I hung with a newer model Porsche Boxster today, 0-60, he had me by maybe a 1/2 car length if that (I know for a fact he was trying, I heard that Porsche engine screaming.) I thought he would massacre me. Open road, no other cars around.

Not too shabby for a family car.

2k3 SE auto, no mods.

 

good stuff man...was it a regular boxster or a boxter s??

 

Job well done!
Those boxter's are expensive POS.
I saw a 350Z destroying the boxter on the highway last sat.

 

Probably a regular. I don't think we can hang with the 'S'. Nice run.

 

If you were a 6spd it would have been bye bye little Porshe

 

NICE!! If it was screamin' he most likely had atick too- I run into
this tiny little TT almost every day-same time going to work-
and I break his hart every day -same time going to work- those
little roadsters should be alot faster than the are for the$$$

 

I raced a 2003 Acoord V6 Coupe and he hung with me! Of course I let him as I was in my 1991 Dodge Stealth Twin Turbo. It only has a few mods that put it into the mid 12 to upper 12 range though.

Sometimes people win by only as much as they have to. Don't let it go to your head that a 15 second car can REALLY hang with a 14 something second Boxster. I guess if that's what makes you happy though...

 

My brother has a non -S A/T Boxster.He absolutely refuses to race my '00 5-speed SE. I think the "S" M/T Boxsters are a different story-low 14's at 99+ or so. Good competition for the '02+ 6-speeds!

 

I don't understand exactly what you're saying. It's like you're contradicting yourself.

How does a sub-15 second Accord hang with 12sec Stealth?

Also, which 15 second car are you talking about? The 2k2/3 Max? They do low-high 14's on average.

 

Thanks, almost positive it was a stick. I think I'm still shy off the line too, if I would have hammered the throttle I believe I would have taken him.

 

I wasn't trying to stroke myself off dude, I was just pointing out how I was impressed that a $21,000 "family" sedan could hang with a $42,000 sports car. I would be willing to bet he wasn't letting me hang with him, if you heard his car screaming you would know what I mean.

BTW check this out from the Porsche site:

http://www3.us.porsche.com/english/usa/home.htm

Those numbers aren't that impressive to me for the money.

Just my opinion.

 

You have a Dodge Stealth and this is a Maxima forum!

 

lol, low - high is a big difference. most auto max's stock, like his run very low 15's and high 14's. most modded ones barely get into mid 14's. but there arnt a lot of mods out yet. my auto 97' max runs high 14's and i take my friends stock 2k3 auto by 1/2 - 1 car length every time.

and i think the new boxster-S runs mid to high 13's. because it competes with the Z4

 

yeap....Boxter S is da shiet....but i love my max...wouldn't mind a prosche tho....

 

"a Boxster is a Porsche in panties"

/Sopranos

 

I'm well aware of that. I was giving out the range of what the 2k2/3's can do.

 

uh...$21000 for an 03?

 

Some of us can run mid 14's stock plenty of 02/03's autos have in here including me(so much variation in the 3.5's performance). An auto 02/03 can take out a Plain boxster from a start how do i know my wife did it with me on the passenger side and he told her damn that car is quicker than I thought, she won by 3/4 car.

 

 

he was going for sarcasm and it didn't work... apparently he doesn't realize both the boxster and maxima have nearly the same performance numbers.

In other words, boxster will not smoke an auto maxima, and manual max (if nothing goes wrong) will win.

 

Sorry $21,900. after $500 trade in for my 91 626. (1.9% financing)

So let me rephrase: $22,400 maxima vs. $42,000 porsche.


still a big difference.

 

first of all if you got that max for that much you must have given the salesman head...and second of all if that boxter isnt a type S...we CAN hang with um because they are slow....i see more of those friggin boxters than i do max's in alpharetta GA...they suck for the money dudes just wanna think they are macks drvin around in porsche

 

"some" being the key word. a driver can make a big difference(even in an auto) but there are people running in mid range 14's with 3.5 autos, but the average seems to be very low 15's and higher 14's. i am not arguing that an 02/03 cant take a plain boxster, with a good driver in a manual boxster its a helluva race. i was just stating that the new boxster-S runs mid 13's. im not sure since i dont own a 5th gen 3.5, but i think the reason we see such a wide range of numbers from the 02/03 with same mods of stock is because of the driver. my guess is that people are having trouble getting good launches because of wheel spin and the torque, and thats why so many different numbers are being had.

thats just my theory though

 

old boxster= we can take. new boxster (gave slight bump in hp to base boxster)= drivers race for auto, win for stick if driven properly.
boxster S=boxster wins. this is stock vs. stock of course.

 

It is KNOWN that Boxters are not fast in a straight line. But they do handle great, and the brakes are amazing. I'd take a Boxster over a Maxima, straight line speed isint everything, same reason I'd take a Maxima over a Camaro or Transam.

BTW: Audi TT's will lose against Maximas (5th gen) also.


PS: I do agree how fun it would be to show someone who thinks their boxster is a super-fast straightline car that a big maxima is quicker.

 

I don't know where you live but that is how much I payed here in St Louis, without giving anyone a BJ. It is a base SE- no frills, no nav, no sunroof (although I had one installed a few weeks after I bought it). If I remember right, I payed maybe $500 over invoice and the rebate was included in the price. The dealer was obviously trying to move em out because the 2004's were the hot item there. Also I originally went there looking at 2002's and after some number crunching with the guy it turned out to be like $30 more a month for the 2003. And boy am I glad I went with the 03 because the 02 I was looking at had like 15k miles on it and knowing what I know now, it probably was a rental.

 

The only reason I wouldn't take a Boxster over a Max is the size factor, otherwise I think Porsche's are nice cars. Camaros and Transams are nice too, but I just have a hard time buying American after owning a POS Taurus a few years back. I would buy an American truck though, and probably will in the next year or two.





This was the reason I posted this thread in the first place!