Talk:Porsche Boxster
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[edit] Engine - horsepower
Not really important but since my editing of the engine power was reverted I had to check other sources. It seems to me that the numbers in the US is different from the numbers in Europe? In Europe the first models of the 2.5l had 204 bhp, the 2.7l 220 bhp, and the 3.2 S 252 bhp I have the 2000 Boxster S myself and it says 252 bhp in the manual. Of course, the differences are so small that they are unimportant, but still found it a bit strange.
[edit] Links
I don't know what the standards are for external links, but there seem to be a few links that aren’t exceptionally useful. If someone could chip in a second opinion on these it would be very helpful (after a quick glance at the pages, I don’t see any great reason to keep them – and the last one should probably have the “very helpful” comment removed?):
- 986 and 987 Forum boards
- Porsche Pete's Boxster Board
- Used Boxster Buyer's Tips from a Boxster Owner - Very Helpful!
[edit] Engine
"The Boxster has a mid-mounted engine"? Has it? I thought it was tail mounted. // Liftarn
- Yes, the engine is mid-mounted. It's the Porsche 911's engine that is rear-mounted. SamH|Talk 10:29, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
And it is very low too!-Ez5698
[edit] Porsche Boxster
What year did the Boxster switch from a "plastic" rear window to a glass one?
- The glass top comes on the '03 and up models.
I think it should also be mentioned that the Boxster competes directly with the Audi TT, Saab 9-3, 350z, and the honda s2000.
What is the average RWHP of a 2000 boxsterS ? Because the Brake horsepower or Bhp is higher than the actual RWHP.
The engine is in the middle of the car (mid engined) and all i know is that the 3.4 litre flat 6 in the modern boxter s develops 295 BHP —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.42.197.27 (talk) 22:39, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] video game
I remember that when the boxster was released there was a playstation racing game, presumably made for marketing puirposes, where the boxster was the only car you could drive. I think perhaps it should be mentioned here, but I can't remember the name of that game. 85.28.65.75 15:51, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
- It was Porsche Challenge. According to Moby Games, "The game was developed in collaboration with Porsche. As a result of this collaboration the game features only Porsche Boxsters as cars and focuses more on realistic look and feel of these Boxsters than on fast and furious action and spectacular crashes." --Edvvc 22:26, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Zscout370's deletion of the majority of the links
Zscout370, why did you delete the majority of the external links? They most assuredly weren't spam -- two were from Porsche's own website! I understand that some of them may technically have violated some oft-ignored linking rules (for example, external forum links are ostensibly forbidden, although many car articles have them), but but Boxster FAQ if nothing else is beyond reproach. Please don't just delete the links again without commenting here first. Stephen Hui 05:39, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
- Everything from the official website of Porche to the the FAQ, I would not mind keeping. However, it was brought to our attention offline that many of the Porche articles are getting spammed with links to the autowiki and by fourms. I am going to remove the forum links again. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 05:47, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Engine output figures
The European and American engine output figures apparently differed. I reverted the last edit because it changed one model year's listed figure from the American one to the European one. We should probably list both for all model years, but we shouldn't mix them between model years, especially without having an appropriate notation. For example, before my edit the 1997 car's output was listed at the American car's 201 hp, while the 2000 car's output was listed at the European car's 204 hp, making it sound like the 2000 was essentially no more powerful than the 1997. Stephen Hui 21:18, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] "Boxster's discs rust unusually quickly"
I'm deleting this assertion because I can't find any data to justify its inclusion per WP:Verifiability. The two sources the original posted added were both columns written by individuals describing their own cars; while they may have had problems, that doesn't mean it's a common issue. Automobile didn't have the problem in their long-term test, nor did MotorWeek or European Car. Popular Mechanics did an owner's survey, and rusty brakes didn't get mentioned. Neither Consumer Guide nor MSN Autos mention brakes as a problem area in their reliability surveys. So why exactly does this merit inclusion in an encyclopedia?
From the linked Wikipedia policy page:
- Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, has said of this: "I can NOT emphasize this enough. There seems to be a terrible bias among some editors that some sort of random speculative 'I heard it somewhere' pseudo information is to be tagged with a 'needs a cite' tag. Wrong. It should be removed, aggressively, unless it can be sourced.
Stephen Hui 14:48, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Shares everything forward of the windshield with the 996
Is it worth noting that the Boxster shares the same front of the car with the 996 Carrera, in terms of suspension, steering, etc. and body / headlights (at least up until the 996 got the Turbo's headlights to differentiate it from the Boxster)? Geoff126 19:15, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
