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Hello everyone, I've been lurking on the sight for about a year. Based on the information I gathered, I decided to trade my 2008 Porshce Boxster S for a blade silver 2009 C6 coupe (3LT, Mag. sel. ride, dual mode exhaust, chrome wheels.
I have to say, in the past I've been a Porsche guy. I've owned 4 porsches, 2 Boxster S, 1 Cayman S, and one 911S. These were all very nice cars but in my opinion Porshce holds back on the horsepower. I know that doesn't matter to everyone but I wanted to give some good old American muscle a shot and see how I liked it. I've only put 300 miles on it so I haven't been able to really tap into to the full power of the 436 ponies. I can say it is a huge difference in power between a C6 with 436 ponies and a carrera S with 355, not to mention the 295 HP that came with the Boxster S and Cayman S.
I have to say, in the past I've been a Porsche guy. I've owned 4 porsches, 2 Boxster S, 1 Cayman S, and one 911S. These were all very nice cars but in my opinion Porshce holds back on the horsepower. I know that doesn't matter to everyone but I wanted to give some good old American muscle a shot and see how I liked it. I've only put 300 miles on it so I haven't been able to really tap into to the full power of the 436 ponies. I can say it is a huge difference in power between a C6 with 436 ponies and a carrera S with 355, not to mention the 295 HP that came with the Boxster S and Cayman S.
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