I tried a Z4M 2006 and a Boxster S 2006...which won?

[Z4coupebeaver]

I know the Boxster is the better car to drive, the chassis and steering is fantastic, .

If better = softer - then yes the Boxster is the better car but I think that the M is a step too far for those who come from a sporty saloon to a sportscar.

As we've said - it's each to their own. I've owned 2 Z4s so I guess I must like them but I swore I would never have another Boxster.

Regarding running costs - I've got to say the Boxster was without fault while both Z4s have had minr irritations - all fixed under warranty.

 

[aquazi]

I intended on getting a boxter before I got my Z; infact when 3 years ago when i got my last car i said the next car i own will have to be a Boxter, didnt even consider a Z4 - at the time in my nieve eyes BMW = Cock!

Then my Dad picked up his M5, I got looking in the dealer and the price difference between a non s Boxter and a 2.5 Z4 was over 5k, and the Z4 would have more luxuries and mod cons... test drove a 2.5si and decided i had to get one instead!

But now my next car will have to be a Cayman!

 

[Entwistlea]

i tried a cayman when i was moving up from my 2.5 roadster, it was that or the Z4MC for me. I also know the guys who run Piston heads and they agreed for what i wanted and what i had to spend, these were the two.

Test drove the Cayman first. VERY well built, easy to drive and i loved the looks.... as i drove i remember thinking, this is the sensible choice, its an easy car to drive day to day.... i hit the slip road to the M3 and floored it... it was quick, but didn;t feel special...

An hour later i was in the Z4MC grinning like a loon.... the engine, the noise, the way it delivers power and the fact its an animal in comparrison, nowhere near as easy to live with, but thats why i loved it, it felt special.... and i've always loved the looks....

3 months on, no regrets..... The Cayman is the sensible choice, the Z4M is the choice for those that like the pleasure of driving and appreciate cars IMHO...

 

[Mik]

Simple,BoxsterS, Boxster S, Boxster S , had three of them, then a Zed 4, and went back to another Porsche. (daughters got the Z now) They win hands down on so many levels over the BMW
Go get one mate !!

 

[texasjohn]

I got looking in the dealer and the price difference between a non s Boxter and a 2.5 Z4 was over 5k, and the Z4 would have more luxuries and mod cons... test drove a 2.5si and decided i had to get one instead!

Eexactly why I have never owned one.

BMW Z4 and Z4M are just much better value for money than the Boxster or Boxster S.

First time around ('07) I was looking it was a 2000/2001 Boxster S with 30 or 40k miles or a Z4 3.0i SMG with 10-15k miles for the same money.

Similar difference in 2010 between an older Boxster and a Z4M, now the Z4M prices have come down so much.

What Boxster can you get for 21k with 14000 miles? Not an 08, I bet.

 

[sammyz]

In the end let's be thankful that Porsche, BMW, Lotus etc make reasonably priced drivers cars for us to fall out about! It would be a sadder place for petrolheads if Porsche went 'up market' and stopped making anything under £70k. Let's hope BMW still deliver a Z2 which is more like the MX5 and less like the 6 series like the current Z4.

 

[craig3.2]

Yes I certainly understand your point, and thankfully we all don't like the same thing, there is nothing at all wrong with you loving your Z4M kind of like maybe wondering how I could love my 2.5 with only 184hp. Well that 184hp is a beautiful refined tried and tested engine and has been the major engine for bmw for a long time, so they did a great job tweaking it. But the refinement of the porsche's 280hp and the speed of that car also blew me away, gee I wonder if I would like to drive a F430...well actually I am going to try one, I have to give a 2k deposit fully refundable after I tell them I did not like it, that should be interesting, is that car more refined like porsche or stubborn like the z4m?!!!

As for the boxster,as other ppl have said,it is a better car in some regards
mainly it is more refined than say a 3.0i on runflats(with the stndrd msport suspnsn),but if u fit a bmw front tower strutbrace(and fit non rft's),the z is as good as/better than a boxster or a cayman,imho (mate used to own a 2.7,and have driven a boxster and cayman s,911/turbo/lambos,etc)


Re the f430,having driven one,i would say the best thing about it is its sweeet engn note,and tho obvsly sporty its fairly civilised /and it is fairly easy for any1 to go drive(quickly),ditto a cayman or 911,where a z is more "raw",and more of a handful,initially :evil:

the only problem for me with the f430 was that the one i drove had paddle grbox and just 2 pedals/with very little space btwn the brake and ftrest to left,as i have qt a wide foot!
(made it very hard to come on/off brake and aclrtr smoothly

Aas for lambos;gallardo is good,but try a mrclgo lp 640(or 670) if u ever get the chance.
a heavier car/but a real mans car(so to speak),and a great sound from engn/exhst when downchanging thru the paddle gears