Porsche Boxster GTS (981) of interest.
Release Date: 2020.03.10
About the 981 Boxster GTS
981 Boxster GTS in my home.I've written several articles praising the Boxster.But today, I would like to write about what I am interested in the Boxster GTS.
Heating is slow to start working.
First of all, I want to say.The heating system is very slow.It is. When I ride on a cold winter day, the heater does not work for about 20 minutes after starting the engine. So on really cold days, I turn on the seat heater as soon as possible to get by for a while.
The other day, I headed out in my Boxster to swap my Panamera, which is parked a short distance from my house, for the Boxster in my parking lot.We finally arrived at the parking lot just as the heat was starting to kick in. w
Of course, once it starts working, it gets warm without any problem, so it is perfectly fine to open the car from there, but it is slow to start working. Sometimes, after riding in a BoxsterNissan Note NISMO SWhen I ride in the "Mere Old Man," I am so impressed with how fast the heating system works.
On the other hand, as for our 911 GT3 (991.2) and Panamera Turbo (971), I don't think the heating is particularly slow.(though probably slower than domestic cars)I think this is true regarding the 981 Boxster GTS. My husband has been working on this point for a while now.
Unlike other grades, the GTS has an additional radiator in the center of the front, which may have an effect.Anyway, the water temperature, especially the oil temperature, does not warm up easily.Well, I think the temperature is stable on a circuit or something, but on a regular road, the heater doesn't come on well for about 15 to 20 minutes in winter.
I think it's one of the slowest Porsche models in terms of heating.
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I can't fold down the seat.
This is not so much the Boxster as it is a two-seater car, but it's just the way it is.The back of the seat cannot be folded down.It is fine when driving normally, but when, for example, you go into a convenience store and take a short rest in the car, you cannot fold down the seat to relax, and must always sit in an upright position.
Naturally, the passenger seat could not be folded down, so the wife riding in the passenger seat said, "I'm sorry.I'd like to ride slowly with the seat folded down a bit.It may be difficult for the passenger to ride in the passenger seat when driving long distances, since it is not possible to do so even if you think "I'll be able to do that.
Difficult to see diagonally backwards
I've been riding with the holo tucked in.Diagonal rear visibility is very poor.My Boxster is left-hand drive, but when I get off the IC on the highway and merge into the right lane, or when I change lanes, I am very scared because I can hardly see it visually.
Sure, you can see some of it in the rearview mirror, butI still want to check visually as well, so not being able to do so is a bit inconvenient.Well, maybe sports cars in general are like that compared to ordinary cars...
However, the part that is a window in the Cayman is a hood in the Boxster, so I guess the Boxster is still quite difficult to see.
718 Cayman S
981 Boxster GTS
My husband is a
It's hopelessly difficult to see the back of a Boxster at an angle. I've had many near misses myself. I can see them when the roof is open, so it's not a problem.I lean over a little to the passenger side to see when merging if it's closed. lane change assist is available as an option from 718.I think it is good to have it on, especially in the case of the Boxster, because of the
By the way, I'll tell you what else is wrong with it.Sometimes you can hear a squeaking noise, or slight noise, coming from the interior.Nah. I can hear a chirping now and then from around the base of the hood on the left rear.
If you are nervous or accustomed to the interior quality of domestic luxury cars, you may be surprised to find that theWhy does it sound like such an expensive Porsche?You might think, 'Well, Porsche is often a manufacturer with a lot of interior noise. Well, Porsche is often a manufacturer of interior noises. I think both the Panamera and the GT3 make some kind of small noise if you are aware of it.(I don't care about it at all.)
He said.
If you drive a Porsche while accustomed to the comfortable equipment of a domestic car, there may be quite a few areas where you feel dissatisfied. If you are accustomed to the comfortable equipment of domestic cars, you may feel some frustration when you drive a Porsche.
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I totally agree with you about the interior noise.
I don't mind it myself.
It seems that many users are concerned about it.
Porsche is an expensive car but not a luxury car.
I've always thought that's a good idea.
Well, I took my first ride of the year yesterday.
It's painful 90% of the time you're on it, but the sparkling moments are numbing.
I guess GW is next (laughs).
Kazukane Hills
>Porsche is an expensive car but not a luxury car.
>I've always thought it was a good idea.
Indeed...if you drive it with the sense that it is a luxury car, you are going to find a lot to complain about.
My husband also says, "It's not a luxury car, it's a high performance car," and I guess he's right...
>90% of the time I'm on it, it's a pain, but the sparkling moments are numbing.
Oh for that glimmering moment, the other 90% of the way...!
I wish I could go long distance touring too...
I hope you enjoy GW as much as we do!
I could only sympathize with this article.
Especially the hopelessness of diagonal rearward visibility is a message from the manufacturer not to run closed and
I'm taking a positive view for no reason (laughs).
You have to love the squeak of the GT3 and the mechanical noise of unknown origin.
I feel oppressed when I compare it to the 911.
Of course, it's not surprising because there's no back seat, but I remember being relieved when I went from a Boxster back to a 911.
Now I am trying to think of it positively as a sense of envelopment.
Because I just parted ways with my longtime 997 and signed a 981GTS contract!
LHD MT was hard to find and I asked my dealer to look for it, but he couldn't find it, so I ended up going to an import used car specialty store (which doesn't specialize in Porsche).
I bought it in a place where I might not have bought it in the first place. And because quite a few GTS 4.0 MTs are going into Japan, I'm going to have a few more.
I was advised by a few experts that the market would settle down if I waited. I was advised by a few experts that if I waited, the market would settle down, but I wanted a 981GTS, which is more bombastic than the 4.0 after the EU noise regulation.
I'm worried that the Boxster is not dealer certified pre-owned, so I'm worried about the revs, etc. But for now, I'm just looking forward to the Boxster, and I'm not too worried about the rest of the Boxster.
I hope you enjoy the 997... ♪
nave acid
Thank you for everything.
Surely the Boxster is a car that must be driven in the open, including visibility and pressure (laughs).
Oh you signed up for 981GTS!
Congratulations!
So there are no 981GTS's available now on dealer certified used cars...
Will it come out when GTS 4.0 comes out, as others have mentioned?
The sound of the 981GTS engine is truly awesome, and I look forward to sharing that with you!
I bet the 997 sounds great too... would love to drive one!
Nice to meet you, I have been reading your blog for about a year now.
I am a prospective buyer of a 718 Cayman in the near future.
What can you tell me about Porsche window glass?
The PC representative has recommended a UV +IR cut film as a dealer option, since Porsche window glass is almost never equipped with UV cut functionality.
It seems that most of the recent domestic cars have UV cutoff function (100%). I wonder if Porsche, where everything is optional, does not have UV cutoff as standard?
Do you have UV +IR cut film as an option on the Boxster, GT3, etc. that you own? I would appreciate it if you could tell me.
Hey, O-chan.
Thank you for visiting my blog!
>I am a prospective buyer of a 718 Cayman in the near future.
Oh yes!!!
My husband did some research and found that although the Porsche's window glass has UV
There seems to be no insulation (the Panamera had the option of insulating and soundproofing glass, but we didn't).
It seems to be more effective in insulating them, but they are not on our GT3 and Boxster.
My husband said, "It's totally fine without it on. The air conditioning works well.
This article by Mr. Intensive has also been verified, if you would like to read it.
http://intensive911.com/?p=8394
Talking about rearward visibility, in the Cayman 987LD, right diagonal rearward visibility is hopeless, and the small window is useless. On the other hand, the 911 996GT3 and 964CARRERA2 have excellent right diagonal rearward visibility, and I still think the 911 is wonderful.
I've never owned a Boxster, so I don't know much about it. I just wanted to give my personal opinion.
Mr. Principal Sensei.
>On the other hand, the right diagonal rear visibility is excellent only for 911 996GT3 and 964carrera2, and I still think 911 is wonderful.
After all, the 911 and Cayman-Boxster systems are completely different...!
Some of you have written in the comments that you feel relieved when you switch to the 911 because the Boxster is so oppressive.
I was reminded once again that the 911 is a well-made sports car.
Thank you for your comment!
Thank you for this very interesting article. Seems like evaluating a car from a negative aspect would be of great help to potential buyers!
As for the effectiveness of the heating system, the 987 Boxster S gives the impression of getting warm within 4 or 5 minutes, and if it is turned to maximum, it is so hot that it may cause low-temperature burns.
On the other hand, the 718 Boxster S seems to take about 7 or 8 minutes. This may have something to do with the mechanism around the air conditioner and the displacement.
As for the limited visibility, especially since my 718 has a mesh wind diffuser, rearward visibility is hopeless....
There are many other things that make me sad when I compare it to a BMW or Mercedes, such as the sound of the passenger seatbelt clattering, the squeaking noise inside the car, and the chattering noise when the audio system is turned on...
I tell myself and others that Porsche is a high performance car. Of course, even with those things out of the way, I still think they are the best cars☆.
Yoshikichi.
Thank you for the other day!
So the 987 Boxster and the 718 Boxster are quite different!
On winter mornings when we go to Ashiu, we have to run in the cold at first...
>I tell myself and others that Porsche is a high performance car.
That's wonderful (LOL)!!!!
Certainly, I think that Porsche is for people who think it's the best car for them, minus those things, and I'm not sure.
I think that Porsche's attitude of not complying with such voices, which I am sure have been heard, is also very Porsche-like (laughs).
Hi Mina.
My Boxster still does not produce warm air in the winter until about 15 minutes after I start running.
I thought, "Maybe the heater is broken," but I was convinced when I learned that there were 23 liters of coolant in the car (laughs).
The ALPINA B3 (3.3-liter inline 6-cylinder engine) I had been driving until then had 8 liters of coolant, which was still a lot for its displacement, so I guess MR/RR cars and FF/FR cars are built fundamentally differently.
However, I think a 991GT3 has 30 liters of coolant in it, and I am surprised to hear that the heating works faster than a 981GTS with 25 liters.
I wonder if the nature of the car is such that both water and hot water temperatures rise quickly.
WATA.
Thank you for your comment!
>I thought, "Maybe the heater is broken.
I was surprised at first because there was no sign of a warm breeze.
I see that the coolant for the ALPINA B3 at that time was 8 liters.
So different compared to the Boxster...!
The structure of a car is really deep.
>I think a 991GT3 has 30 liters of coolant in it, but I was surprised to hear that the heating works faster than a 981GTS with 25 liters.
My husband said, "When the GT3 is idling, the oil and water temperatures go up very quickly. The temperature rises really fast.
We look forward to hearing from you when you come to Kobe!
But I'm afraid of the weather, because if Miss...;
Thank you for your continued support!
Good evening Mina!
I used to drive a Cayman GTS, so I was surprised at how bad the visibility was when I switched to a Boxster GTS.
It's really hopeless on the back side of the passenger seat anymore.
In heavy rain, you can't see anything, so the confluence is like a "bakuchi" (sweat).
Also, my Boxster GTS has a sport chassis with the ride height lowered by 10mm, and of course it looks good, but the ride quality at low speeds is not half bad! It's not so comfortable at low speeds! It's so uncomfortable that it rattles my stomach or even my internal organs... It's fine when I go faster, but I have to be very careful when I have a passenger in the front seat. Also, the heating system of mine works immediately ^ ^ I wonder why?
Mr. taramangts.
Thank you for everything!
>It's really hopeless on the back side of the passenger seat now.
>In heavy rain, you can't see anything, so the confluence is like a "bakuchi" (sweat).
Certainly (laughs) you have to "GO" by feeling it with all five senses........
I see that the sport chassis makes the ride that much worse!
>I'm so uncomfortable riding that it's echoing in my stomach or even my gut...
I remember that my brother used to drive a car that was exactly the same car that resonated in my gut... that's something to be careful about when you drive people around town ^^;
Does the heating work immediately!
What is it, is there an individual difference?
Hello Mina and everyone!
I never thought I would get this excited about visibility and glass.
It is strange that different countries and cultures care differently about UV.
In Japan, people have suddenly become more concerned about sunburn in recent years. Perhaps it is a reaction to information from the West, but it seems that Japanese people are much more concerned about sunburns than white people, even though they do not need to be as concerned as white people. I guess they are concerned about the car because it is one of their outings. On the other hand, I feel that they are completely indifferent to the glass in buildings. Incidentally, even ordinary clear glass should reduce UV by about 30%. Even if we don't bother to say "UV-cut," "laminated glass" is considered to be almost completely UV-cut, so the windshield (windshield) of any car, unless it is very old, is UV-cut, not to mention Porsche.
On the other hand, I have no experience with IR cutoff, but I think it works for direct sunlight. However, if the car is parked outdoors in the summer, the temperature of the entire body will rise, and if the interior and glass surfaces are also hot, you will feel the radiation from them, so you won't be able to tell. In winter, it might be better not to cut it because it might be warmer. I have not thought deeply about it, but I have never put anything on.
I found the diagonal rearward visibility of the Boxster to be difficult, even the 718 Cayman had blind spots at certain angles, but when I drove the 911 Carrera, I was amazed at how few blind spots there were. It's better than a normal sedan. I can feel the difference especially when I have to stop at an angle to merge.
PorscheDreamer.
Thank you for everything!
Thank you for the detailed information.
I am a little concerned about how much the IR-cut glass would actually change the actual experience.
By the way, I don't have anything on my 320i, and anyway, the sun is too harsh and hot in the summer, so I'll have to think about the 320i this year...
I also had the opportunity to drive a 911 for a little while the other day, and I still thought there were very few blind spots.
It gave me a sense of openness, and I really felt that the 911 is a very well-made car.
Ours is a 981 Boxster S and I never think the heater is slow.
Is it an individual difference?
The right rear visibility is still hopeless. w High-speed merging is scary (p.s.).
On a different note, I really like the photo of the Boxster in the fog........
Sakonin.
I wonder if there are individual differences...I think many people around my husband and others have said that the heater works very slowly in the GTS.
I rode it today too, and it was indeed quite slow to warm up the oil temperature.
>I like the picture of the Boxster in the fog.
Thank you very much!