From: Michael Piera <Tesec@compuserve.com>
>>> AS Porsche Boxster
>
>These things are *very* fast in slaloms on street tires from reports
>I've seen. I haven't seen one autoxing yet, though I think one or two
>might show up locally this year. <<
>
>For '99 you no longer need to order large, expensive option packages to
>make a good autox car (sport technic suspension now available
>seperately). And this suspension is stated as having
>"ride height adjustment" new for this year. Also 18" rims of the same
>size (or maybe just same tire size??) as the 996 are offered.
I've only driven the 2.5L Boxster (bone stock except for Kumhos) but I
can say it's definitely a car for getting into serious trophy
positions. It's surprisingly easy to drive- very tossable and similar
to a Miata. It doesn't suffer from the corner entry understeer inherent
in 944/968 cars. The 968 has much better torque coming out of corners
though.
-c.
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