Harry’s Garage

[Marv]

A little effusive on this one...

I must say - I need back seats and have an emotional attachment to my 911 but this is seriously tempting.

Funny times ‘cause there is now no way I’d buy a 992 over this GTS.

Yep, Boxster GTS 4.0 is far lighter than the 992, just as good looking (if not better looking) has a nice big naturally aspirated engine and much more compact too. As such, a much more desirable package to my eyes.

[ZedLeg]

It does seem to be the sweet spot of the Porsche range just now.

I wonder if there’s space for them to do a smaller 4 seat coupe under the boxman with the 4 parper.

Either front of rear engined, they’ve done both in their history.

[Ascender]

That was a great watch (as always) and probably one of the best bits of PR Porsche will get for that car!

Looks like an absolute peach and great to see after their less-than-inspiring engine choices in recent models.

[Alex_]

Nice Boxster but a bit mad to spend £75k on one.

[JonMad]

That’s a lovely thing. £30k cheaper than the base Carrera he said. What’s the cheapest second hand 4.0 Porsche?

[mik]

I’m not an open-top lover so I’d always take the Cayman over this, but I like it. And it sounds lovely.

£1600 extra for DCR is criminal.

Glad Harry mentioned the speedo. Porsche analog one is crap, but as a general rule - I’d take a big analog Rev counter with a digital speedo every day of the week.

Manuel is great. Less keen on the auto-blip.

[PaulJ]

I’m not an open-top lover so I’d always take the Cayman over this, but I like it. And it sounds lovely.

Spot on Mik. Still hopeful of getting mine at the end of November/earl December.

[mik]

Sounds like a good buy Paul. Feel free to share your chosen spec

[PaulJ]

It's a Cayman GTS 4.0 which has a few desirable extras included as you'll be aware, but apart from that mine will be pretty poverty spec. compared with most. Apart from Miami Blue paint at about £1600 , the only other things I've spent on are front and rear parking sensors, (it will be in a single garage), Miami blue seat belts to lift the interior a little and the smokers pack - even though I've never smoked.

[speedingfine]

It's a Cayman GTS 4.0 which has a few desirable extras included as you'll be aware, but apart from that mine will be pretty poverty spec. compared with most. Apart from Miami Blue paint at about £1600 , the only other things I've spent on are front and rear parking sensors, (it will be in a single garage), Miami blue seat belts to lift the interior a little and the smokers pack - even though I've never smoked.

Nice one Paul, that sounds awesome. Is it actually called Miami Blue, and is it anything like 205 GTI colour?

Edit - I have now discovered it is not

[PaulJ]

It's a Cayman GTS 4.0 which has a few desirable extras included as you'll be aware, but apart from that mine will be pretty poverty spec. compared with most. Apart from Miami Blue paint at about £1600 , the only other things I've spent on are front and rear parking sensors, (it will be in a single garage), Miami blue seat belts to lift the interior a little and the smokers pack - even though I've never smoked.

Nice one Paul, that sounds awesome. Is it actually called Miami Blue, and is it anything like 205 GTI colour?

Edit - I have now discovered it is not

It is called Miami blue, but is due to go off the optional colour list at the end of the year, to be replaced by a different blue I'm told. In Porsche terms this means you can still have it but it would be a 'colour to sample' choice and cost about £3k! As for the similarity to the 205 blue I'm not sure, but I wouldn't be surprised...

[Jimmy Choo]

I’m not an open-top lover so I’d always take the Cayman over this, but I like it. And it sounds lovely.

£1600 extra for DCR is criminal.

Glad Harry mentioned the speedo. Porsche analog one is crap, but as a general rule - I’d take a big analog Rev counter with a digital speedo every day of the week.

Manuel is great. Less keen on the auto-blip.

All of this except for going topless.

[Coaster1]

It's a Cayman GTS 4.0 which has a few desirable extras included as you'll be aware, but apart from that mine will be pretty poverty spec. compared with most. Apart from Miami Blue paint at about £1600 , the only other things I've spent on are front and rear parking sensors, (it will be in a single garage), Miami blue seat belts to lift the interior a little and the smokers pack - even though I've never smoked.

Awesome Paul.

Such high praise from Harry M on the GTS, and I don’t think Harry is a Porsche fanboy as such despite all the ECOTY wins.

310lb/ft is the same as mine on dyno, only mine is almost 100kg heavier 1280 kg is pretty damn good these days for a car without fancy carbon construction.

I’ll have a Boxster please in aventurine green metallic.

[zx6rkiller]

Porsche GTS 4.0 is surely the better car than 2.5 S. However, in most parts of the world, taxes on these 2 cars differ significantly.
For instance in Flanders :
GTS Registration tax 10453 Eur, plus yearly road tax 2631 Euro
2.5 S Registration tax 3530 Euro, plus yearly road tax 694 Euro
Nobody likes to pay taxes.
Therefore and unfortunately, I don's think we will see a lot of GTS 4.0's on Belgian roads.
Paying 7000 Euro on options is not really a problem, paying 7000 Euro extra on registration taxes hurts like hell

[mik]

Ouch. An extra €2k annually for road tax would be quite a turnoff too!

[Ascender]

It's a Cayman GTS 4.0 which has a few desirable extras included as you'll be aware, but apart from that mine will be pretty poverty spec. compared with most. Apart from Miami Blue paint at about £1600 , the only other things I've spent on are front and rear parking sensors, (it will be in a single garage), Miami blue seat belts to lift the interior a little and the smokers pack - even though I've never smoked.

Sounds fantastic! Can't wait to see the pics and how it drives.

I know 60K+ is expensive for a Boxster, but it seems to be good value when you compare it to the 911 and if its not a limited run then all the better. I was also surprised at OPC last week to see just how big the 911 has become. I knew it had grown a lot, but seeing it next to the Boxster was a real eye opener.

[Marv]

Doesn't appear to be any difference in the first year tax for a Boxster GTS or 2.5S (£1,850.00) and the yearly road tax there after (£475.00/year)

[mik]

Yeah 992 is a big car now - and looks it.

[PaulJ]

Yeah 992 is a big car now - and looks it.

I assured my missus that the time saved car washing and reduced outlay on cleaning materials means the car quickly pays for itself compared with a 992. More importantly a Cayman easily fits my garage and a 992 wouldn't.

[Nathan]

Doesn't appear to be any difference in the first year tax for a Boxster GTS or 2.5S (£1,850.00) and the yearly road tax there after (£475.00/year)

Engine capacity is what counts in EU