Sacrilege? Porsche 718 Boxster S - Everyday Driver Europe Review 

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charismatic..... LOL

Yeah, I have no idea how German + English as second language = Boston accent.

@@Lieutenant_Dude it is very odd but Germans came to the US way back when and probably shaped the accent. I'll look into it and come back here lol

He is far better than Todd and Rod or whatever.

At first, I was like "who is this", but then I agreed with your point of view.

Salomondrin over heere

So you love that he cant tell you if the car is better :S Nobody need drive a Cayman for know this is good, and the sound he only need look a video of the old cayman.

why is he an idiot ? you need to get out more

@Porsche Man what Engine did Porsche originally use?

Porsche Man At stock its been recorded at 3.6sec so hope the tune wasn’t too much

Tuning gets a bit more out of these, noticeably much more torque which is excellent for the track and general driving. Additionally that extra power really starts having an influence the faster you go, worth every cent of a 1k upgrade. The fastest version of these is the gts @3.7sec, thats a real impressive figure for a 4banger straight out of the box. As lm also running a heavier wider set of 996 gt3 wheels and tyres means l don’t lose too much grunt on rotational mass whilst still getting the extra grip. Unlike the 987 & 981, the 718 is a real performer.

Wunderboy yup, excessive crackles actually is childish and gets old quickly.

Matthew Gaither love his accent with a hint of Goodfellas

With a mix of Australian and English slang thrown in.. I enjoyed it btw.

And the nice part is the short pipe lengths given the mid engine configuration. Coming from Subaru boxer tuning world, this is the perfect progression.

Very well put...most internet fanboys know nothing beyond the 911 unfortunately and a large majority of people purchasing porsches today are looking for the name plate more than anything else. Just look at how many consider the 911 the only real porsche when the 356 and various racers pioneered the way years before with smaller engines.

papasmurf986. thanks, much appreciated!

It doesn't matter what they were inspired by all that really matter is as a direct generational 'upgrade' the car lost two cylinders and a whole hell of a lot of soul because of it. For some that's sacrilege.

What? Less cylinders doesn't mean less power. The new Boxster is faster than the older one. The reason beyond the extraction of two cylinders is fuel economy restrictions for a car like the Boxster, due its size.

Jesus Christ. It is not a sacrilege. It is a drama. Because things can improve over the decades, you know. The flat 6 is awesome and people who have driven one recognise this. Don't pretend that 4 is somehow good, or better, because of what Porsche did a hundred years ago, out of the technological and financial constrains during the post-war years! If you had a point, then the obvious question to ask would be why did Porsche EVER bother to build a flat 6 in the first place?! With that awesome flat 4 heritage?! And we know that nobody - including Porsche liked the idea too much after all - which explains the life and fate of the 912... they just talk up their BS as they need it... it's OK, they are a business and need to sell shit. Also, it really pains me to see how people suck up and regurgitate all this marketing nonsense... The Boxster wasn't inspired by the 550, or anything. It is the historic love-hate relationship of Porsche with the rear engine, which never made much sense for the commonly known reasons, and OF COURSE Porsche has been looking left and right ever since what to do about that, mid-engine being an obvious candidate for a sports car. In the 70s, they thought the front V8 would replace the rear flat 6, duh. If that had caught on (in the shape of the 928 of course), the marketing BS would read very differently today. But with the benefit of hindsight, they talk it up as that precious 911 heritage they have been hedging... if you want to indulge in that and it makes you feel better, go crazy dude :) They had hedged plans to kill the rear engine and the flat 6 concept, that is the 911 all together, more than once... what more needs to be said? Porsche also had mid-engine 911's running (which you can learn about at the Porsche RU-vid channel in their "Secrets"-series of videos) and THAT resulted in the Boxster, not what some old ass 550 or 718 did a hundred years ago. - Which is why the original Boxster was literally 1 :1 a 911 from the front up to the wind screen; plus the 911 doors, of course. And then the 981 again wasn't inspired by the 718 or any of that, it took license from the 918 with the head lights design-wise (while of course being the update to the previous two models), and the 982 is just a refined 981 design. Such a poor choice to call it 718, as if it were something novel in the shape of a 982 now, or something actually retro, while it is just the same thing in its fourth incarnation... Porsche enthusiasts call it 982 (just like Porsche ;) ). Also, since the now turboed Carrera is a 991.2, it would not have been a terrible thing to call the Boxster 981.2... how about it? The 982 looks nothing like a 718, and everything like a 981, of which it is a refined design. It only makes sense that that dumb 718 badge needs to be optioned, which Porsche has kindly done for all the press cars of course, so that they can literally all start out their reviews with the same naff heritage talk (you got no idea how much work it is to even make a 5 minute RU-vid video... so they pick that shit up gladly). How come nobody noticed for the past 20 years that the 986, 987, 981 all have those ancient genes in them? Because the engine had 2 cylinders too many so far and that tricked everybody? If you believe it... :) Well, I guess first you have to rationalise that spending 100.000 bucks on something as unsustainable as a sports car is a good idea, so OF COURSE 4 cylinders must be marketed, and therefore must be good... I mean, Porsche put it in there, how could it possibly be a bad idea?! They did the same thing when they introduced the latest 991 and 981 GTS models... really painful having to hear every dumbass car reviewer recycle the exact five factoids from the press package, and possible throwing in a 10 second clip of some historic racing GTS - wow, so that's where my GTS is coming from, who knew! But of course it is also bullshit; Porsche made GTS models "forever", I don't see why it was suddenly such a thing with the introduction of the most recent models (except marketing). How about a 928 GTS? I was still shitting diapers when that came out... Until just now, every Porsche owner already knew the flat 6 - unlike the reviewer here; so they are speaking from experience, not ignorance of heritage. None of this is to say the 982 is a bad car; every new Porsche is always better than the previous one... but it is just a fact that this car can never quite be again what it used to be. But hey, people accepted the water cooled engine, the turboed flat 6, and now the 4 cylinder; and they will buy the hybrid and the electric-only, too, one day... and of course it will drive a lot better again, which will make up for the loss in other departments, just like the first water cooled 911 did...

I don't the crackles, makes it sound broken. Like a clapped out old Beetle.

Dang. I really hope you bought the 718. 981 is sad sauce

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Zustimmung! That would have been awesome, but Porsche said no. I'll try again next time.

@goozoo49 cheers bud. Will have a look. Hopefully the sports one will do which are the first choice.

Tim S Or 100k for a slower F6 GTS