Rattles

Increased with time. The dash rattled under certain temperature conditions, but this has now been fixed by the dealer. The roof occasionally lets out a squeak from the rear, but then it stops. It is amazing that it isn't a cacophony considering it's covered in frost, but then again time will tell. Only a large hole in the road causes a crash from the rear, but other than those moments, the car feels like a coupe. There's certainly no scuttle shake and you get a really good feeling of rigidity as you travel around. The dash and doors were initially completely silent, but now the doors rattle on choppy roads. The perspex wind deflector also squeaks furiously, and there was a fair old row from the plastic shields that cover the lower roll cage parts until I moved the sound deadening covering the engine to behind the door surround trim.

The suspension is fairly firm, but perfectly damped (it feels like it has a very low unsprung weight). Even though I love very hard Club Sport style suspension, this is only because that previously was the only route to excellent body control through changes in cornering. The Boxster however behaves perfectly, on what is a pretty comfortable setting. So no, your teeth don't rattle either.

The car sounded exactly the same, with the exception of the sunroof which was awful. It clonked, banged and rattled very loudly all the time. I guess it was a fault specific to the car I was in....