A few more pictures of the car.
2019 Porsche Boxster GTS ~3,000 km
- Aventurine green
- PDK
- black leather interior
- Burmeister stereo (holy crap is it good)
Ok, time for some impressions / thoughts / comments. Remember, I'm just a regular car guy, have driven only a handful of cars, and this is the first Porsche I've driven; really the first true sports car as well. We did a day trip to Niagara-on-the-Lake, took all the kids out for joy rides, did some solo rides, and took it out for an evening cruise, top down, with the wife.
Overall: Fast, comfortable, easy to drive, very fast, economical, and lastly very, very fast - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde personality
Comfortable / Easy to drive
- Seats, driving position, ergonomics are top notch
- Both driver and passenger were very relaxed - I could see driving this for hours and getting out refreshed - that good
- Even with 20" wheels, the suspension provides very good damping - its no Cadillac, but for a pure sports car, very good
- When driven gently, as easy to drive as a Civic
Economical
- All that driving (I live in the west end of GTA) and used only half a tank of gas
- Averaged about 8.7L /100 km - not bad
Fast
- Wholly crap!
- Gentle driver, but when you stomp the gas pedal, better hold on and make sure no cars are in front - probably too fast
Other observations:
- Sound: Ok this is the controversial point - flat 4 turbo. Not having driven any other Porsches, I can say the sound is very different from what I'm use to. You know that its a sports car. Very mechanical, in a Harley / VW beatle kind of way. I enjoyed it.
- PDK is fast, economical and fun, but in my view not inline with the mechanical feel of the car - I'd opt for the manual
- Stereo was spectacular, better be for a $5000 option.
- This particular GTS was loaded and in my view had too many options. I'd prefer a more low spec version A manual T or S
- Didn't think I would, but loved open top driving
- Sadly, no room for the dog
... means I need to look at 911s, but man I really like the Boxster format
Total cost for the 1 day rental: $394.37 - with great service