My Boxster

I was fortunate to agree to have "one of those silver cars" more than three years ago, when negotiating my 968. Hence my car was the first customer delivery for my dealer, so a learning experience all round. Being a UK spec car, it is RHD and comes with electric mirrors, Thatcham class 1 remote control alarm and immobiliser, CD player, and that's it. I added 17" wheels with Michelin Pilot SX's (but no sports suspension package), air conditioning, centre console and wind deflector kit. The paint is ocean blue metallic (very dark blue, almost navy), and the interior is black non-leather (cloth). My trusty Valentine One found its way onto the dash top. The car has chassis number 1211.

So what's it really like?

You, like me, will have read magazine reports (where the writer has done a few miles, got an impression, andis then desperate to put down some decent sounding similes) or the official Porsche promotional guff. I intend to describe here what the car is really like to own and to drive in everyday situations (the Boxster is my main car and I commute 50 miles a day). Also I will try to explain what the Porsche engineers have built, but not in the style of the marketing men who write those awful brochures.