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      01-23-2017, 10:57 PM   #1
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It's not too surprising which wins. 718 boxster s does 12 flat in the quarter mile and those beetles launch like crazy.



Also, there's another video of these cars going at it with the exact same results from a while back:
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      01-24-2017, 02:55 PM   #2
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Well ,BMW needs to put the new B58 in its new Z5 and make handle at least as well as the Boxster.

That'll be a versus video worth watching
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These cars have too much low end torque which makes launching them very difficult. On a roll this would likely be a better race.

Wonder how a Cayman would have fared.

Test drove the new 718 S Cayman before getting the F80 and that car is quick!
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The 718 are so quick and nimble, very much so an under the radar car. M2 looks good in black though
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Well ,BMW needs to put the new B58 in its new Z5 and make handle at least as well as the Boxster.

That'll be a versus video worth watching
True indeed.

Comparisons are so much better when actually comparing apples to apples.
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      01-24-2017, 04:44 PM   #6
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Looks like the M2 actually had a better launch.
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      01-24-2017, 04:53 PM   #7
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Z5 should be on par with the Boxster in terms of weight. M40i vs Boxster S, this will be so interesting!
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      01-24-2017, 06:48 PM   #8
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Are these muscle cars?

NO -- so why continue to test them like they are?

If I wanted straight line speed I would buy an American V8.
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      01-24-2017, 07:35 PM   #9
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NO -- so why continue to test them like they are?

If I wanted straight line speed I would buy an American V8.
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Because everyone appreciates a good drag race. This is where the BMW has the advantage, anyway. The mid-engine Porsche will easily out handle it.
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And just imagine if the top wasn't down causing crazy amounts of drag.

They recently tested the two in the same comparison for MT, the 718S trapped 7 mph more. That is not even worth comparing they are so far from being in the same performance category. The 718 also beat it by 3 seconds per lap in the same comparison.

http://www.motortrend.com/cars/fiat/...r-s-toyota-86/
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Put 3 passengers in each car, easy win for the M2
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$93,420 2017 Boxster S PDK ¼-mile: 11.9 sec @ 117 mph
$57,395 2016 M2 DCT ¼-mile: 12.5 sec @ 113 mph
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$93,420 2017 Boxster S PDK ¼-mile: 11.9 sec @ 117 mph
$57,395 2016 M2 DCT ¼-mile: 12.5 sec @ 113 mph
That only tells half the story! The M2 gives you and extra 300 lbs of quality German steel for half the money!

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With the top down....Just disrespectful lol
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And the 718 looks so cute with the top down!

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not even worth comparing they are so far from being in the same performance category.
Burns your ass, doesn't it?
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With the top down....Just disrespectful lol
Well, it's a 117 trap car...same as a 6MT M4. Imagine a race ending in a tie between the two caught of video.....Just shameful lol
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$93,420 2017 Boxster S PDK ¼-mile: 11.9 sec @ 117 mph
$57,395 2016 M2 DCT ¼-mile: 12.5 sec @ 113 mph
damn almost double the price...
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Put 3 passengers in each car, easy win for the M2
Might be hard to do since the Boxster only holds 2 people. Maybe a third in the frunk and fourth in the trunk if you wanted make it interesting.
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damn almost double the price...
Yeah but options (that don't all increase performance) make the P car's price go up pretty quickly - without knowing what options the Boxster had, it's hard to know how the price got that high. I think the standard 718S is in the ~67K range...just food for thought.
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the current 718s is as fast around the ring as the gt4 if you upgrade tire width. It is a bargain in the p world. Porsche options can get bananas and press cars tend to have stupid shit on them.



I had a 991 manual, It broke all the time, had squeaks ext. I actually got a m235i to replace it (2014, no m2) and it is more fun to drive on track than the 991. I never miss the 991 (well mostly the Panamera loaner I was in half the time).

I would not buy a first gen anything from Porsche, they are so over engineered like ruth Goldberg machines, fortune to maintain even if it is just the maintenance service. (oil change on 991 was a bumper off affair, and like 500 bills for the yearly service.)

The run cost for the 718S on track will be high, P brakes, P wheel sizes, ext.

m2 consumables are cheap, figure 1/3 of P world. Plus daily car no problem.

As fast? no

More fun? yes

looking forward to lci on m2 (if b58), or if they come out with a xyz version, will upgrade then.
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Interesting.... as I'm considering trading my M2 in for the hardtop 718S. Only by the time I stopped ticking boxes the porka is £15k or 20% more expensive than my M2.
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