CRACK PIPE! I’ve seen a handfull of much lower mileage SVXs in spectacular shape go for less. Thus, in comparison, this is a crack pipe. There will be better deals than this.

everyone knows that you just drive under them like a badass

When everything else failed to convince my friends to buckle up in my car (i know, great friends) I told them that I don’t care if they die, but I don’t want them dying in my car because then my insurance rates will go up. Somehow THAT is what finally convinced them to buckle up. I think I have stupid friends.

I frequently spec’d “Climax Shaft clamps” at my previous job. They were clamps for rotory shafts, but I couldn’t help but giggle every time. The receiving people also would call me after reading the packing slip and go “Hey, uhhh did you order some personal stuff?”

“Gusstahlkugelfabrik” is not a word and there is absolutely no way that you can convince me that it is.

Plus, you could always get a Cayman, which of course is just a Boxster coupe...but most people don’t realize it and thus it isn’t a “girls” car.

I don’t have a lot of time logged in an s2000, but the time I spent in it was absolutely wonderful. Now you have set my expectations for a Boxster pretty high....I hope I have a chance to drive one soon to find out!

My Triumph knowledge (or lack of) is showing. My bad! I’m so used to them being swapped into things that it kind of slipped my mind.

I’ve always had the feeling that it is non-car people who assume that it is a ladies’ car because it is the cheapest. Non-car people always assume that more power is always better, and since the Boxster is a low power offering, it must be junk. People don’t really understand that to have a truly exceptional driving…

You are right in most cases, but if I spend 10 hours doing something to sell later vs spending 10 hours being a couch potato, I’d consider that free time. Now, if I have important things I could be doing, then my time begins to have much more value. Often times, people find enjoyment from repairing the things they…

I want to see which cars are kept the shortest now, too

I have never driven any porsche, but I can’t imagine that a Boxster is anything other than a fun time. I don’t think I’d be in line to upgrade, providing mine was still driveable.

So if I own a car for 20 years and 200k miles, and I am stranded one time my car is unreliable?

In a car that only weights 2600lbs, that is still sufficient power to have some fun. Plus, most convertibles aren’t designed to set lap records, but rather have a blast carving through majestic mountain passes and the like.

I actually like the general wagony shape of the body. I want to see the same idea, except done well

But trucks are almost completely unused by the majority of their owners. Most of them carry/tow nothing, or at most an empty can of chewing tobacco. Seriously, though, most pickup owners really don’t use their trucks for anything they are designed for, although they all think they do.

I think that might be the best part about renting the economy cars; you can have a blast wringing their necks and still be going under the speed limit.

Don’t forget the AWD/4WD that makes them safer during the (maybe) one snow per year that doesn’t get plowed quick enough

Maybe the problem is not with Jalopnik, but rather your own expectations for Jalopnik. The world has plenty of dry, technically automotive information. Not every source needs to provide the same.

You aren’t wrong, but there is more than simple performance figures that make a car fun. An old muscle car might not actually be fast at all, but it gives a completely different sensation of speed and driving than a quiet, floaty, and disconnected modern commute-o-mobile. I’m not saying that there is anything wrong…