MODS BELOW
The Porsche Boxster undeniably caught a bad rap for at least a decade, and sometimes still does: "The baby Porsche", "Hairdressers car", and so on. Growing up in that era, some of those stereotypes undeniably wore off on me, not to that extent, but just enough that I never gave early Boxsters the time of day.

Quite frankly, driving the 981 GT4 brought the entire brand into focus for me, and I've been obsessed with owning something akin to that car ever since. Now we arrive at the 987 Boxsters and Caymans, the Porsche's I could pretty reasonably purchase without a mortgage. Going into this drive I really hoped this 2006 Boxster S would offer as much as the owner claimed... maybe the 987 would be my route into the club.

Top Gear UK Valved exhaust (custom wired to factory Porsche Sports Exhaust Button)
Del Rey Customs LED tail lights
Boxster Spyder Side vents
Cayman R Springs on Bilstein Dampers
Numeric Short Throw Shifter & Cables
Fabspeed Tune
75mm Cayman Throttle body
Carrera S II 19" Wheels with Continental Extreme Contact Sport 02
Recaro Pole Position Classic custom Dyed & seat heaters added
OEM Porsche Sport Steering Wheel
Mild Track Alignment


00:00 Introduction
00:42 Why it's interesting in 2023
01:46 Driving Impressions
06:27 "Fast" is easy
08:10 Final Thoughts (The GT effect)