Is there something especially wrong with Porsche Boxsters?

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AP

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So I also kinda have dreamed of owning a fun/expensive car and I do like Porsches. Normally it's a brand I think of to be especially espensive, however, looking online I notice that used Boxters can sell in the $8,000-15,000 range. In approximately one years time, that's a car I could afford! I reasearched a little bit and apparently it has a top speed of like 155 or 165. So here is what I am wondering. Is the Boxster a bad car? Again, normally I think of Porsche being rather high end but normally I think of cars like the 911 Turbo or the GT. I know a Boxster is nowhere near those...but is it all that bad?
 
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HankScorpio

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It's one of those "not a real porsche" porsches. Meaning it's is too soft (suspension wise) and too detached to be a sports car. Another dig against these "german roadsters" is weight...they're not light enough for a roadster configuration. There's a case for adding weight to increase traction in a roadster but there is also a case for reducing weight and using smaller displacement engines; after all these are cars that are meant to be driven so they should get decent gas mileage. Look at the lotus elise and exige...30 mpg on the highway and sub 5 second to 60 (1/4 in the 13's or lower)...an ideal configuration for a driver's vehicle.

The cayman (boxster coupe) is supposedly stiffer and better handling...a step in the right direction but nowhere near as good a driving experience as the exige...though the exige is probably too "visceral" for most people.
 
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