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Originally Posted by John V
I'm hoping Matt will post his impressions of driving our car. I get the impression he enjoyed it.
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I liked it a lot. On the way home I decided I'm now also considering a 987.2 Boxster
As I've mentioned in the past, I'm bad at test drives. My brain is overwhelmed by everything being so different. It takes a while for me to process whether the new stuff is good or bad.
For the first part of the drive what stood out most was, "Wow there's not a lot of room in here. For my legs... or behind me... or around me." And the clutch felt like it was a little too far to the right for some reason.
Then for the next part I was thinking, damn this car turns nicely. And the steering is fantastic. And it has more oomph than I expected given that people claim they're torqueless (the secret to life is low expectations?). And even at low speeds it's still really, really fun.
Then I realized... other than the engine noise (which included the higher pitch noise which I guess is the intake?) it was quieter than expected for a convertible. There were a few rattles but it didn't have that "is there a window open?" feel like when I've driven miatas.
I started googling Cayman vs Boxster noise levels and found almost unanimous agreement that the Cayman is actually louder, particular with rear wheel road noise. The Boxster separates the rear wheels and engine more from the driver, but introduces more wind noise at higher speeds.
Equ, I'd be curious to hear your experience with noise levels across all the Cayman/Boxsters you've had. And I'd definitely like to take you up on your offer to drive yours one day.