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I have posted this on my Lotus forum but I would like to know what you guys think.
Ok, I'm thinking of a change and need some advice. I currently have a 2006 Jag X-Type 2.2 Diesel for work and a standard S1 lotus Elise for track days and the odd bit of weekend hooning.
I'm thinking selling both to buy a Boxter S. I Love the Jag and the Lotus. The reason for the change is (1) I'm moving and the new house only has one garage and I'm a bit anal about where I park. (2) I'm changing jobs and will be going from 20k business miles to less than 10k (3) I'm starting to long for more power and fun in my day to day drive.
My questions are.
1) Is the Boxster S a good compromise?
2) Will I miss the Elise on the track or will the Boxster be as good?
3) My wife has a family car but on the occasion I need to take the baby out will the car seat fit ok?
Any thoughts, opinions and advise I would be grateful.
Thanks
Ok, I'm thinking of a change and need some advice. I currently have a 2006 Jag X-Type 2.2 Diesel for work and a standard S1 lotus Elise for track days and the odd bit of weekend hooning.
I'm thinking selling both to buy a Boxter S. I Love the Jag and the Lotus. The reason for the change is (1) I'm moving and the new house only has one garage and I'm a bit anal about where I park. (2) I'm changing jobs and will be going from 20k business miles to less than 10k (3) I'm starting to long for more power and fun in my day to day drive.
My questions are.
1) Is the Boxster S a good compromise?
2) Will I miss the Elise on the track or will the Boxster be as good?
3) My wife has a family car but on the occasion I need to take the baby out will the car seat fit ok?
Any thoughts, opinions and advise I would be grateful.
Thanks
Edited by BullFace on Tuesday 11th September 08:53
Geneve said:
BullFace said:
When I was looking for the Jag the garage gave me one for a day. Do Porsche garages so this or will I be treated as a tyre kicker?
Porsche do a 24 hr Test Drive. talk to your OPC.Thoroughly recommend the Boxster 'S' - are you going new or used?
I went from an S1 Elise to a Boxster S. Even though it was a second car, I changed because I was tired of the impracticalities of the Elise and was only doing about 1.5k miles a year.
I've had the Boxster S for 8 months and put on just over 6k miles so I guess that tells you how satisfying it is.
You will miss the sharpness, tightness and chuckability of the Elise. You will love the relative practicality, refinedness and speed of the Boxster but you will loathe its fuel economy.
On balance I would go for it, I wish had made the move earlier.
I've had the Boxster S for 8 months and put on just over 6k miles so I guess that tells you how satisfying it is.
You will miss the sharpness, tightness and chuckability of the Elise. You will love the relative practicality, refinedness and speed of the Boxster but you will loathe its fuel economy.
On balance I would go for it, I wish had made the move earlier.
S99 said:
I went from an S1 Elise to a Boxster S. Even though it was a second car, I changed because I was tired of the impracticalities of the Elise and was only doing about 1.5k miles a year.
I've had the Boxster S for 8 months and put on just over 6k miles so I guess that tells you how satisfying it is.
You will miss the sharpness, tightness and chuckability of the Elise. You will love the relative practicality, refinedness and speed of the Boxster but you will loathe its fuel economy.
On balance I would go for it, I wish had made the move earlier.
Thanks for that. It's good the here from someone who has made the change. Existing owners seem to be blind the impracticalities of the Elise. What would I be looking at with fuel economy?I've had the Boxster S for 8 months and put on just over 6k miles so I guess that tells you how satisfying it is.
You will miss the sharpness, tightness and chuckability of the Elise. You will love the relative practicality, refinedness and speed of the Boxster but you will loathe its fuel economy.
On balance I would go for it, I wish had made the move earlier.
The biggest difference between the Boxster and the Elise is just how practical the Boxster is having 2 boots, you can get loads of stuff in the car. Im pretty sure you will notice a massive difference in build quality as well. The Boxsters definetly going to feel a heavier car than the Elise but in my opinion the Boxster is the all about the whole package: Mid-engined handling, its practical for a roadster, good build quality, looks good, very balanced and if its a 987 sounds lovely or a 986 with a sports exhaust. Im obviously going to be biased but from speaking to many Lotus owners they would never go back to Lotus after owning a Porsche. If you can do it though get a 911, im a Boxster owner and believe you me they are bloody fantastic, shame the Boxster didnt have a LSD.
Edited by TOENHEEL on Tuesday 11th September 09:37
With the Boxster I get 22 - 28mpg, but it really depends on how hard you accelerate, but sometimes it feels as if you can actually see the fuel guage moving!!
I used to get 40-45mpg from the Elise, almost irrespective of how it was driven.
That is my only complaint about the Boxster (but you get spoilt by the frugality of the Elise) and as per TOENHEEL's comment, I don't think I'd go back to a Lotus. Plus two large-ish boots, heating / ventilation that works all means that it can be used 12 months of the year.
My car has the plastic rear screen; I wish I'd gone for a later model with the glass screen, not because of visibility just because you can lower the hood without having to get out of the car and ensure the plastic doesn't crease.
I used to get 40-45mpg from the Elise, almost irrespective of how it was driven.
That is my only complaint about the Boxster (but you get spoilt by the frugality of the Elise) and as per TOENHEEL's comment, I don't think I'd go back to a Lotus. Plus two large-ish boots, heating / ventilation that works all means that it can be used 12 months of the year.
My car has the plastic rear screen; I wish I'd gone for a later model with the glass screen, not because of visibility just because you can lower the hood without having to get out of the car and ensure the plastic doesn't crease.
"You will miss the sharpness, tightness and chuckability of the Elise"
Too damm right you will, i still miss it today,nothing gets near that feeling of a lotus Elise - Porsches are great everyday reliable quick cars but they dont have the magic of an Elise, only the GT3 gets close to the rawness BUT the build quality of the Elise was close to being a complete joke in my opinion and how they got away with it for so long i will never know. Also used to frustrate me when they ran out of puff over 110mph as the TDi brigade zoomed passed you.
Note:I was driving them in the K-series days with the steel brakes may i add.
Too damm right you will, i still miss it today,nothing gets near that feeling of a lotus Elise - Porsches are great everyday reliable quick cars but they dont have the magic of an Elise, only the GT3 gets close to the rawness BUT the build quality of the Elise was close to being a complete joke in my opinion and how they got away with it for so long i will never know. Also used to frustrate me when they ran out of puff over 110mph as the TDi brigade zoomed passed you.
Note:I was driving them in the K-series days with the steel brakes may i add.
Edited by Wanta996(Gotta) on Tuesday 11th September 16:19
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