Beardie

Stolen from Boxa.net

Article by James May in the Telegraph's motoring section.

So, anyway, I might as well get straight to the point. I went and bought the Porsche Boxster S yesterday.

In case you weren't reading last week, I went to my local Porsche emporium to buy a new indicator bulb for the old 911 but was hoodwinked into taking a test drive in the new Boxster and persuaded that, contrary to all the other indications (still no stair carpet, for example), I could afford one. As someone who has never bought a brand new car before, I am now consumed by Protestant guilt and self-loathing.

And when I say I've bought it, what I mean is that I've paid a 10 per cent deposit in an attempt to persuade those slacking Germans to stop spending half of August on a beach in Spain and actually put the bloody thing together for me. Even then, it's going to take several months. It should be ready for the winter.

Paying the deposit also entitles me to "spec" the car, which is trickier than I thought. The standard Boxster S - something that seems to exist only in theory - is as austere as the Cavalier MkI that I once owned. However, it's easy to spend another

Beardie

Good on the guy
Bet you won't see Jezza driving about in an S2000.

Beardie

And for those with an interest, I've searched Google just for you.

http://www.gccg.org.uk/

Having spent many years displaying (a car) at classic car shows, I can just see the reaction from some of the clubs when they discover the GCCG is on the stand next to them.

Badger

Chris Type R

James might have some difficulty using his tools on the Boxster with it's hidden engine though.

euan

Strange, I thought May was into classic cars.

(and since when did you read the Torygraph Iain? )

Shipley

he was...guess its all the drives he's had in modern ones.

...but brown ?...he's ordered a brown one ?

Sundance

JMP

And for that matter boxa.net

mikey k

I disagree - ideal car for messing around with "ring spanners"