Boxster S ordered...

[clarkey]

I made the mistake of taking a test drive in a new Boxster S on friday, and even though I wasn't really expecting to buy one, I've placed on order. I was pretty lucky and have managed to get an early April build slot, the downside of this is that I had to confirm the spec on friday. After much deliberation, I went for the following:

Basalt Black
Black leather heated sports seats
19" carrera S wheels
Bose with wind deflector
Climate control
Sports steering wheel
Got stainless kick plates and mats thrown in FOC.

I thought long and hard about full leather, PCM, 19" sport designs, PASM, 18" wheels, etc, etc. Decided on a fairly low spec in the end, couldn't really justify spending £46k on the car, seems quite good value at £42k though.

Looking forward to it now.... I only managed about 6 months without a Porsche, it'll be pretty different to the 964RS though...

[Pat Cash]

Congratulations! You'll LOVE it!

[NorthernBoy]

Well done. how did you get such an early slot? When I was in asking on Saturday I was told June at the earliest. Do some dealerships have earlier ones?

[clarkey]

It was luck as much as anything. One chap hadn't paid his 10% to confirm spec, so the dealer offered it to me to get my order. I'm sure if you phone around you'll be able to get one for may/june delivery. Bear in mind a car having spec confirmed today isn't likely to be ready for collection until early may

[NorthernBoy]

clarkey said:

It was luck as much as anything. One chap hadn't paid his 10% to confirm spec, so the dealer offered it to me to get my order. I'm sure if you phone around you'll be able to get one for may/june delivery. Bear in mind a car having spec confirmed today isn't likely to be ready for collection until early may

Thanks. Delivery in Early may is not too bad. I am looking at some secondhand ones too, though.

[Matt555]

Nice one, the 19's will look wicked!!!!!!!

[kamal996]

Many of the write ups suggest that its best to get the adaptive damping if you are going for 19" wheels or else the car becomes very crashy-are you going for this?>