Gave up my boxster, now it's a different world

Up until of last Spring, I owned an '02 986 and frequented this forum--not a very active poster, but I thoroughly enjoyed reading what others had to say and appreciated the help for any questions I had. Well, a hailstorm totalled my car and now my ride is a VW Golf R. In case you don't appreciate this board and the helpfulness of the people here, you should take a look around vwvortex forum's R board. Thanks for the great experience.

Prius world now. 2 forums I've found. One dead. One active but the level of knowledge very different. Appreciate what you have folks, 6 active forums with technically savy participation. Thanks Pedro.

I like it. First--my Boxster was base as base could be. So I'm loving things like heated seats, xenon lights that turn when you corner, and a stereo with bluetooth and ipod integration. Also, I bought the boxster in mid-life crisis mode. I have three kids and was starting to hate having to come home and switch cars for unplanned carpool changes. Now I can take the whole family, two sets of golf clubs changes of clothes and tennis rackets around if I need to. Driving-wise, it's a blast, but very different from the boxster. I'm pretty sure the Golf is quicker, but there's quite a bit of turbo lag so the quickness is either on or off. As a completely untrained driver who gets all of his education reading on the internet, I feel more secure because of the traction control and, to a lesser extent, the AWD. Besides the boxster, my previous driving experience has been in front drive cars. In the boxster, my first experience accelerating too hard out of a corner was eye-opening. In the golf, coming out of a corner feels much more solid. And, of course, I really miss the boxster when it's warm and sunny and traffic is light. One of these days, my kids will be grown, and I'll pick up a gently used '13 and hopefully this board will still be around!

Unfortunate, but it also demonstrates how transcendent this one is.

You just never hear that kind of East Coast talk down here in Texas.

...BUT other Mustang boards suffer greatly. I guess Bullitt owners are an older demographic.

Gotta say this one is still the benchmark!

That's Italian talk, not damn yankee slang...Laz is both, I suspect

"A mile of highway will take you one mile. A mile of runway will take you anywhere."

I am a "yankee," damned or not, but not Italian by birth or passport. My last name is as American as Smith or Jones. "Stoonad," while of Italian-American origin is used by many New Yorkers, no matter their ancestry. By the way, I tawk with the accent of the greatest city on earth in the history of mankind.

"A mile of highway will take you one mile. A mile of runway will take you anywhere."

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"A mile of highway will take you one mile. A mile of runway will take you anywhere."

When I traded my 06 Boxster in on a 1995 993, I jumped over to the 993 forum on Rennlist. Great group of knowledgable people sharing ideas. I still check Pedro's Board once in while, though.

I probably should have said Northeast, anyone coming from Philly to Boston would recognize the ethnicity.

new company car and Boxster for FUN!

"A mile of highway will take you one mile. A mile of runway will take you anywhere."