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Drove a new (~1100 miles) 911 a good part of today Laz - 8 years ago |
Thanks, Gary. *NM* Laz - 8 years ago |
Good points Laz - 8 years ago |
Re: Good points Guenter in Ontario - 8 years ago |
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• The enclosed space is "cozier." Top up/windows closed makes the difference a lot less significant. (See the third point, below.)
• The motor is farther back and apparently more acoustically isolated.
• Perhaps it's my car's particular engine, but the valve train sounds noisier and the exhaust is more guttural and often spits on deceleration. (Dealer says everything's ok.) Those side intakes certainly add induction drama, which I definitely enjoy.
• His car's interior is black, mine is blue, so there is the psychological effect of having a dare I say, somber color. Decades ago JBL did experiments with loudspeakers that differed only in the grill color. The result was most everyone thought the ones with red (other colors, too?) sounded brighter than enclosures with black grills.
• The rides felt essentially identical, but beware hitting a speed bump at even a fairly slow speed, let alone a pothole. The lowered body gets the moving parts to the bump stops a lot sooner, and with a real bang. (Wheels, tires, tire pressures are fine.) Oh, aside from both having Goodyears, both have 19s.
• Not sure if the weight factors in much, nor would the 1" wheelbase difference, the Boxster being the longer and hypothetically more comfortable.
Re: Good points Lawdevil & CURVN8R - 8 years ago |
Good points all...to me the 991 just feels more planted to the road, weight & engine location driven Gary in SoFL - 8 years ago |
Re: Good points all...to me the 991 just feels more planted to the road, weight & engine location driven Roger987 - 8 years ago |