Boxster 3.4S in, VX 220 turbo out.
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Hi there, just changed my VX220 turbo for an 07 Boxster 3.4S, only had it a few days, one owner, full Porsche main dealer history. Question I have for you all is, can I link my iPod in somehow, it is one (the car) without sat nav and has a single cd player plus the radio.
So far the car is much easier to get into and more especially get out of, but isn't as raw as the VX, has 18" wheels, feels much softer on the road, but haven't used any of the engines capabilities yet.
Looking for plenty of fun over the coming summer months.
ps I'll have to get a new user name as tubby refers to the VX, not my slim svelte figure. Any good puns on the Boxsters name?
So far the car is much easier to get into and more especially get out of, but isn't as raw as the VX, has 18" wheels, feels much softer on the road, but haven't used any of the engines capabilities yet.
Looking for plenty of fun over the coming summer months.
ps I'll have to get a new user name as tubby refers to the VX, not my slim svelte figure. Any good puns on the Boxsters name?
TubbyNorman said:
Hi there, just changed my VX220 turbo for an 07 Boxster 3.4S, only had it a few days, one owner, full Porsche main dealer history. Question I have for you all is, can I link my iPod in somehow, it is one (the car) without sat nav and has a single cd player plus the radio.
So far the car is much easier to get into and more especially get out of, but isn't as raw as the VX, has 18" wheels, feels much softer on the road, but haven't used any of the engines capabilities yet.
Looking for plenty of fun over the coming summer months.
ps I'll have to get a new user name as tubby refers to the VX, not my slim svelte figure. Any good puns on the Boxsters name?
Hopefully see you around some of the South Coast pub clubs with it.So far the car is much easier to get into and more especially get out of, but isn't as raw as the VX, has 18" wheels, feels much softer on the road, but haven't used any of the engines capabilities yet.
Looking for plenty of fun over the coming summer months.
ps I'll have to get a new user name as tubby refers to the VX, not my slim svelte figure. Any good puns on the Boxsters name?
There is a Dennison adapter you can buy which just about does the job if you go over to Boxa.net you'll get a mine of info.
Check if you have a 3.5mm socket in the cubby hole by your left elbow (don't know the official name). If there is, that is the aux input but be warned that it takes a 2.0V input and not the 0.6V from most headphones. So if you have an older iPod (30 pin connector) then you can use an adapter cable from companies like FiIo see http://www.ea-audio.co.uk/products.html#cables to give the line-out from the iPod. If your iPod has the later lightning adapter, then this interface is near useless as it is so quiet that you won't here it when driving.
Hope your enjoying the new wheels! Had a tweaked tubby for 6 years before I chopped one in for a Cayman S - awesome little cars.
As mentioned above, you can buy a Dension adapter (Gateway 500S BT - £350) to use with your ipod/iphone. Easy to install if you have the fibre there for a CD changer? Bluetooth doesn't work without throwing up error messages, so save yourself the hassle, disable the phone function and fit it under the bonnet, it's almost plug and play. I bought mine with the intention of using the ipod in the centre console, but I tend to just play music from a 64GB USB stick instead.
As mentioned above, you can buy a Dension adapter (Gateway 500S BT - £350) to use with your ipod/iphone. Easy to install if you have the fibre there for a CD changer? Bluetooth doesn't work without throwing up error messages, so save yourself the hassle, disable the phone function and fit it under the bonnet, it's almost plug and play. I bought mine with the intention of using the ipod in the centre console, but I tend to just play music from a 64GB USB stick instead.
Old car part exchanged for the new one; yes its my only car but I'm retired so its a choice of bicycle to the gym, Honda 500 on a nice (warm) day or the car. I don't ride/drive every day, I still have legs of course.
I'm enjoying it very much, but it's a very different animal to the VX, chalk and cheese, both do the same thing at the end of the day, which is get you from A2B but in different ways. VX much raw-er (is that a word?) whereas the Boxster is much more civilised and is turbine smooth rather than turbo charged. I'm thinking I prefer the Boxster as easier to get in & out of (certainly my wife prefers it) and its build quality is second to none.
Both blisteringly quick to accelerate, but I find I'm driving more gently now.
I'm enjoying it very much, but it's a very different animal to the VX, chalk and cheese, both do the same thing at the end of the day, which is get you from A2B but in different ways. VX much raw-er (is that a word?) whereas the Boxster is much more civilised and is turbine smooth rather than turbo charged. I'm thinking I prefer the Boxster as easier to get in & out of (certainly my wife prefers it) and its build quality is second to none.
Both blisteringly quick to accelerate, but I find I'm driving more gently now.
Interested to see how this goes...
Went from an S1 Sport 160 to a highly modified S1.
Overly modified in fact and unreliable. When that went I was convinced that a Boxster S would be my next car, something "normal" and more car-like which the wife would also look forward to after my succession of 'toy' cars (various silliness before the Elises).
Though I was impressed overall I just found them a bit dull to drive after the elise and just couldn't see myself getting up at 5am on a Sunday with the anticipation of a thrape through the countryside.
In the end I got a VX220 Turbo oddly enough which was like 95% of the elise experience but in something a tad more solid and dependable feeling. I've ended up back where I was in a Sport 160 now but there's no denying that sometimes I hanker after the "normalness", comfort and convenience, of the Boxster/Cayman type experience.
Went from an S1 Sport 160 to a highly modified S1.
Overly modified in fact and unreliable. When that went I was convinced that a Boxster S would be my next car, something "normal" and more car-like which the wife would also look forward to after my succession of 'toy' cars (various silliness before the Elises).
Though I was impressed overall I just found them a bit dull to drive after the elise and just couldn't see myself getting up at 5am on a Sunday with the anticipation of a thrape through the countryside.
In the end I got a VX220 Turbo oddly enough which was like 95% of the elise experience but in something a tad more solid and dependable feeling. I've ended up back where I was in a Sport 160 now but there's no denying that sometimes I hanker after the "normalness", comfort and convenience, of the Boxster/Cayman type experience.
Moospeed said:
Interested to see how this goes...
Though I was impressed overall I just found them a bit dull to drive after the elise and just couldn't see myself getting up at 5am on a Sunday with the anticipation of a thrape through the countryside.
I know how you feel. There is far more to ADMIRE about my 981 Cayman than either my Elise or Caterham - but not as much to LOVE (or, it must be said, HATE). Couldn't persuade SWMBO to even be a passenger in a Caterham, let alone drive it, so a Cayman it was. I console myself with odd track days in a Caterham or Elise. Did consider a Zenos (very impressive in its way) but even less practical than a Caterham.Though I was impressed overall I just found them a bit dull to drive after the elise and just couldn't see myself getting up at 5am on a Sunday with the anticipation of a thrape through the countryside.
bcr5784 said:
Moospeed said:
Interested to see how this goes...
Though I was impressed overall I just found them a bit dull to drive after the elise and just couldn't see myself getting up at 5am on a Sunday with the anticipation of a thrape through the countryside.
I know how you feel. There is far more to ADMIRE about my 981 Cayman than either my Elise or Caterham - but not as much to LOVE (or, it must be said, HATE). Couldn't persuade SWMBO to even be a passenger in a Caterham, let alone drive it, so a Cayman it was. I console myself with odd track days in a Caterham or Elise. Did consider a Zenos (very impressive in its way) but even less practical than a Caterham.Though I was impressed overall I just found them a bit dull to drive after the elise and just couldn't see myself getting up at 5am on a Sunday with the anticipation of a thrape through the countryside.
I've seen the comment along the lines of "the Elise does a few things in an unbeatable fashion and the Pork does more things very very well", sounds about right to me.
I also moved from a VX220 Turbo to a 987 (in my case a Cayman S) and have stayed with Caymans for all 14 years since.
It might have been my comment recently along those lines. I test drove Elise, Exige and Evora in July but then ordered a 718 GTS 4.0 to replace my 981 GT4.
Enjoy your 981, they are cracking things (with a few foibles - I dislike the stupid handbrake thingy in particular).
It might have been my comment recently along those lines. I test drove Elise, Exige and Evora in July but then ordered a 718 GTS 4.0 to replace my 981 GT4.
Enjoy your 981, they are cracking things (with a few foibles - I dislike the stupid handbrake thingy in particular).
Stunters said:
I also moved from a VX220 Turbo to a 987 (in my case a Cayman S) and have stayed with Caymans for all 14 years since.
It might have been my comment recently along those lines. I test drove Elise, Exige and Evora in July but then ordered a 718 GTS 4.0 to replace my 981 GT4.
Enjoy your 981, they are cracking things (with a few foibles - I dislike the stupid handbrake thingy in particular).
Interesting that I should stumble across this thread just as I am about to sell my VX220 and buy something else. I've had a 987 Cayman S sometime ago, and will be driving a Cayman GTS at the Silverstone experience centre.It might have been my comment recently along those lines. I test drove Elise, Exige and Evora in July but then ordered a 718 GTS 4.0 to replace my 981 GT4.
Enjoy your 981, they are cracking things (with a few foibles - I dislike the stupid handbrake thingy in particular).
Do you track your cars and what was your impression of the Exige against the Porsche - s3 Exige or some sort of Pork seem to be the options I keep coming back to.
ETA: even more of a coincidence - my first VX220 was in fact the one TubbyNorman, the OP, sold to Porsche (which eventually came to me and has been sold twice since)
I tracked the VXT about half a dozen times, the 987S about a dozen times and the 981 GT4 only 3 times.
The VXT was very sensitive to corner entry speed, otherwise it would suffer from roll oversteer on turn-in which was very difficult to catch. I think I have a pretty smooth driving style and it's the only car I have ever spun in >30 years of driving. Apart from that though, it was enjoyable on the track and actually quire good in very wet conditions, being a bit softer in terms of suspension than the Porsches. I had more confidence in it than the Porsches in very wet conditions on track.
When I test drove the Lotuses recently, I thought that they all had a slightly soft brake pedal feel compared to the GT4 and the GTS 4.0. Turn-in on the road was excellent, particularly on the Exige and I thought the ride was fine. Visibility not as good as in the Porsche. As a weekend and occasional track car, the Exige would be the more intense hit, but (unsurprisingly) it isn't as good an all rounder.
My forthcoming GTS 4.0 will definitely be going on track and it will be plenty fast enough and fun enough for me!
The VXT was very sensitive to corner entry speed, otherwise it would suffer from roll oversteer on turn-in which was very difficult to catch. I think I have a pretty smooth driving style and it's the only car I have ever spun in >30 years of driving. Apart from that though, it was enjoyable on the track and actually quire good in very wet conditions, being a bit softer in terms of suspension than the Porsches. I had more confidence in it than the Porsches in very wet conditions on track.
When I test drove the Lotuses recently, I thought that they all had a slightly soft brake pedal feel compared to the GT4 and the GTS 4.0. Turn-in on the road was excellent, particularly on the Exige and I thought the ride was fine. Visibility not as good as in the Porsche. As a weekend and occasional track car, the Exige would be the more intense hit, but (unsurprisingly) it isn't as good an all rounder.
My forthcoming GTS 4.0 will definitely be going on track and it will be plenty fast enough and fun enough for me!
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