Had the loan of a Porsche Boxter S for 1/2 a day. We just swapped cars and went about or dailies in the other car.
The S is a little faster I feel but not as much as I feared. Lots less grunt, very much so down low - much more gearchanging required.
Fair bit more go in the upper rev range - where the Z gets somewhat asthmatic, the boxter pushes right on and on.
The most noticeable difference was in the ride generally and PARTICULARLY UNDER HARD CORNERING.!!!
The S was smoother, more compliant and much sharper feeling.
None of the annoying (and unsettling) "jiggling" and "leaping" that the Z exhibits at the limit. And no wheel tramp under heavy acceleration, either.
And every pebble on the road wasn't felt as a bump thru the car.
I'ts my feeling that a more compliant suspension would enhance cornering ability on all but the most even of surfaces - the present rates probably suit the track where the surface is perfect, but our bouncy roads together with the stiff compression rates of the standard shocks goes a long way towards tossing the car weight upwards and not absorbing the unevenness of the surface and thereby unsettling the balance of the car and tosses you offline.
Porsche certainly have this worked out.
Reducing the unsprung weight without changing the shock compression/rebound would be a useless exercise, IMHO.
Value for money - gimme the Z.
The Boxter sure 'aint worth 2 Z/s!
FROZZLEY
The S is a little faster I feel but not as much as I feared. Lots less grunt, very much so down low - much more gearchanging required.
Fair bit more go in the upper rev range - where the Z gets somewhat asthmatic, the boxter pushes right on and on.
The most noticeable difference was in the ride generally and PARTICULARLY UNDER HARD CORNERING.!!!
The S was smoother, more compliant and much sharper feeling.
None of the annoying (and unsettling) "jiggling" and "leaping" that the Z exhibits at the limit. And no wheel tramp under heavy acceleration, either.
And every pebble on the road wasn't felt as a bump thru the car.
I'ts my feeling that a more compliant suspension would enhance cornering ability on all but the most even of surfaces - the present rates probably suit the track where the surface is perfect, but our bouncy roads together with the stiff compression rates of the standard shocks goes a long way towards tossing the car weight upwards and not absorbing the unevenness of the surface and thereby unsettling the balance of the car and tosses you offline.
Porsche certainly have this worked out.
Reducing the unsprung weight without changing the shock compression/rebound would be a useless exercise, IMHO.
Value for money - gimme the Z.
The Boxter sure 'aint worth 2 Z/s!
FROZZLEY