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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 03:32 PM
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Default Just bought a Porsche...

Ok, not a "real" one, just a Boxster. But, I've been a Porsche fanatic ever since I can remember knowing what cars were, and now I have a job that allowed me to get one. Not to mention the new body style drove the resale value of the first generations down.

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Funny thing is, it's an automatic and only 201 horsepower.... I believe it's just as fast as the Scion tC. (But meet the Boxster on a curve and youre in trouble because I've never felt a car hug the road like this Porsche.)

Anyway, I am keeping hte Scion as my daily driver... still love it to death.

Let the flaming begin. LOL.
Old Mar 2, 2007 | 03:36 PM
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Should have saved for the RUF CTR2 Sport



Nice car though..
Old Mar 2, 2007 | 03:36 PM
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awesome. Is that the gas tank lid above the right front fender?
Old Mar 2, 2007 | 03:39 PM
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Hahah, web, the boxster is all I could afford... without being crazy. I guess I could have sold the tC and used more of my savings,... got a 911, but that'd just been plain stupid (for my personal finances).

Mitchell -- yes, thats the gas tank lid. It's a mid-engine car... in the rear between the cabin and the trunk.
Old Mar 2, 2007 | 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by mitchelltc1
awesome. Is that the gas tank lid above the right front fender?
yup...

those porsches are built backwards...
engine behind the seats...fuel tank in front..
Old Mar 2, 2007 | 07:56 PM
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Why automatic?
Old Mar 2, 2007 | 08:41 PM
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if you think that car hugs teh road! just wait my friend I hope you will encounter many better handling cars
Old Mar 4, 2007 | 03:58 AM
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Here my rides are... side by side... (bad quality photo... old digicam)



Originally Posted by iyzmi
Why automatic?
Because I'm in the city all the time. And I'm not a real man.

Originally Posted by hotbox05
if you think that car hugs teh road! just wait my friend I hope you will encounter many better handling cars
I'm not really sure what this means but okay.
Old Mar 4, 2007 | 04:22 AM
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its nice to have best of both worlds... some times you feel like drivin an auto and other times a manual...
Old Mar 4, 2007 | 04:29 AM
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Congrats. My first car when I moved to Germany was a Porsche 944S. It was a cheap mans porsche but it had something to it.

Someday when I can afford it, I will return to the Porsche!

Congrats and enjoy it!!!
Old Mar 4, 2007 | 06:28 AM
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O, congrats! For a second there, i thought it was another joke thread where someone bought a model porsche car, haha, . Enjoy ur new ride.
Old Mar 4, 2007 | 06:37 AM
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i likey!!! how much? 35k-40k?
Old Mar 4, 2007 | 09:50 PM
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probably half of that..

good job dude, ive always been a porsche fan i hate to say it though i will probably sell my xb to get a c4s but not for another year or so...
Old Mar 4, 2007 | 09:54 PM
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Man you will LOVE your porsche..I have an 06 Boxster S and my dad Just bought a New Cayman S and I LOVE mine!! Just wait for the oil changes though lol....
Old Mar 5, 2007 | 01:11 AM
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hhahaha my dad wants to get a cayman, does your dad like it?
Old Mar 5, 2007 | 01:25 AM
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I personally like my boxster S better but...My dad drives his cayman into the damn floor and loves it.
Old Mar 5, 2007 | 02:43 AM
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hahahaha perfect...
Old Mar 6, 2007 | 12:43 AM
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congrats on having a goal and meeting it! :D
Old Mar 6, 2007 | 12:46 AM
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Congrats! i'll own a porsche eventually... haha i've got a few more years for that to happen, and i'm perfectly happy owning my tC for a while.
Old Mar 6, 2007 | 05:38 AM
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sweet stuff. same, i hope to get a 911 sometime in the future ... someday .... far far away ...

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