I’m currently renting out a 981 Boxster S for 3 days and I gotta say it’s an amazing car to drive. The car has 100k miles on it, and the interior looks beat but the way it drives and the willingness to turn is just amazing.

I rented this car out to get the feel of a faster car, I’m hoping to acquire a 718 S/GTS or a 991S in the future.

Question for all: Does the handling get better with higher models? Or is the car just faster & same handling?

  • boxsterrox@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    You are asking the wrong question. The real question is “at my level of driving skill am I able to discern a handling difference from a 1999 base Boxster and a new GT3 RS? (Presuming you have no track experience).

    In my 2002 Boxster S, with only suspension mods, I regularly left “Advanced drivers” from other parts of the country in the dust at Sebring raceway at winter track events they attended. The difference being it’s my home track. I have thousands of laps there over past couple decades, and they are experienced at other tracks but unfamiliar with Sebring.

    My point is that Boxster has all the handling capability you will ever need or be able to realize safely in a street scenario. So buy a newer, “better” Porsche for other reasons, but not for handling reasons.