For a change on this forum. There's always apples to oranges comparos here. This one is actually apples to apples in spite of price differences :tup:

Thanks for the right up :tiphat:

Oh I do still own my 370Z. It's a sport touring 6MT

Awesome! Are you custom ordering it? And of course I'm assuming you will choose the factory delivery / pickup option? Very jealous of where you live. I gotta visit soon.

my :twocents:

i rather have a Z over a boxster any day. the boxster is ugly in my opinion and less powerful than the Z. it's over priced, ridiculously priced options, nothing in the base model, and repair and insurance costs hahaha :bowrofl:forget it. i only pay around or < than $900 a year insurance for my Z now and it ends up being less when it's in the garage all winter.

to be honest a boxster with any performance options you can get a more powerful cayman which i feel is the real porsche competitor for the Z performance wise.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kaF91YxCzM...D1308337289000

not sure if i should point out that cayman and boxster are same car... with same power....

then you're dumb because the boxster S has 315 and the cayman S has 325. also the cayman R has 330.

soooo close but not the same. boxster with the drop top hurts the body style in my opinion. the roofline just looks too good on the cayman. then again the old cayman and the 370 are twins pretty much.

http://www.motivemag.com/Content/uploads/1/gulls.jpg

regardless i'd still have a Z over the porsche. and if i was gonna blow 60-75 on some blah german car i would just get a used GT-R and crush mostly any porsche on the road :stirthepot:

...are u kidding me with this 10hp stuff. yea one is a hard top, one is a vert, but same engine, trans, frame... thats like saying a 370 and a 370 nismo are different cars.

yet i'm dumb for understanding how the porsche product line works

tech they are different cars. 10HP is 10HP also. regardless either porcshe with any of there performance upgrades (brakes, exhaust, etc...) plus some comfort options its way too much money for the poor man' porsche. 911 is the way to go.....or TT cayenne :stirthepot: lol

I don't think there are any actual hardware differences between the Cayman and Boxster engines. I believe it is just an ECU change, making the difference between the two much less than a Nismo 370 and a Sport 370. I know for a fact that no one has chosen one or the other based off that 10hp..

But I agree, soft tops ruin the look of any car I've seen, but they are just suchhhhh a joy to drive. I really do think they have the best roadster for under 60K. But is the cayman the best coupe under 60Kish? I don't know..
Oh but the Z4 do have hard tops convertibles.

The only Porsches I would get are Cayenne GTS; 911 S, GT3, GTS; or a used Boxster Spyder with all the delete options (AC, small battery, radio, so on). Just my 2¢

If I hit lotto tomorrow. The first two cars going immediately in the stable will be a Nissan GT-R and a Porsche 911 turbo. Then I'd order a Ferrari 458 Italia.

The porsche cayman is a weird car to me. I love it... From Style, ergonimocs, seat positioning and feel. I just think that Porsche should have found a way to keep repair costs down, and to keep the cost from rising above $60k.

The z may be crude and coarse compared to a Cayman but it's fun, cheap and can perform on the same level. If I were to spend the more realistic cost of $70+k for a porsche cayman S. I would look at other cars instead. the Corvette Z06 BMW M3 or even an entry 911, which offer what i consider a next level performance experience.
No doubt the cayman is refined and better balanced sports machine by comparison to a Z. Just not worth double the Z price.