Fifth Gear is back on Discovery Channel UK: Jet Fighter vs. Porsche Boxster S Race

Fifth Gear is back on Discovery Channel UK. And recently I received a sneak preview of the upcoming show! Vicki Butler-Henderson is racing a jet fighter with Porsche Boxster S. This sounds a bit crazy and the result is quite obvious but according to footage, things did not go as we expected.

So, if you wonder which vehicle won the race stay tuned to Fifth Gear on Discovery Channel UK. Porsche Boxster S is powered by a 3.5-lt 315 HP engine, 360 Nm of torque with the top speed of 277 km/h (172 mph) and only needs 5 seconds to reach 100 km/h (62 mph). If you pay more for Sport+, it will accelerate in 4,8 seconds. These figures for the high-tech Porsche Doppelkupplung (PDK) double clutch automatic gearbox. Manual is a bit slower. Here is the official figures of Porsche Boxster S.

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İşler Güçler Porsche Boxster

I usually don't write in Turkish but today, there is an exception. Recently, a comedy TV series called "İşler Güçler" started on Star TV in Turkey and became a phenomenon. However, they have a small mistake during their introduction. 

The car they drove is a Porsche Boxster. They try to run the car but instead of engine decides to run, it generates white smoke. This probably mean, things did not went well under the bonnet. However, engine bonnet of Porsche Boxster at the rear and the smoke is coming from the front.

I know, if the smoke comes out from the rear, no one can see on TV, but I couldn't miss this funny mistake :)

Yakın bir zaman önce yayın hayatına başlayan İşler Güçler dizisi çok kısa zaman da herkes takip ettiği ve yaz bitince, bitmesin dediği bir dizi oldu. Normal de yapılan işler hakkında pek eleştiri yapmayı sevmem ama bu sefer gördüğüm ufak bir hatayı söylemek istedim.

Dizinin girişinde ki Porsche Boxster arabanın önünde gelen duman, aslında arkadan gelmesi gerekiyordu. Porsche Boxster ortadan motorlu ve motor kapağa arkada olduğu için, dumanın asıl gelmesi gereken yer arka taraf. Maalesef, duman arkadan geldiği zaman pek kimsenin görmesi mümkün olmadığı için duman ön kısımdan geliyor.Komik bir hata olmasa asla yazmadım :)

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Porsche Cayman & Boxster: Think Again

When you dream of something, usually you don’t consider the price! I think this comes from the dreams, the ones we see while sleeping not during the daytime. There is a no need use money in a dream, because you can have everything with no financial concerns.

During the day dreaming, we don’t care about money too. I was doing this for Porsche 911. It is a very expensive at everywhere regardless of ruthless import taxes. 911 is an expensive but this never let me down for dreaming. And I always thinking, why people buy Boxster and Cayman while 911 is available.

So, I decided to check the price of a 911 Carrera S (It would be easier to compare with Cayman S and Boxster S). And I immediately notice that, 911 Carrera S is price nearly twice of a Cayman S or Boxster S! My dream car 911 costs relatively too much for the Porsche range. Therefore, many people rush into Cayman and Boxster. Eventually, they are not slow either! Both of them accelerate quite well and offer many 911 technologies with a more reasonable price. And also, Boxster and Cayman are middle engine cars, they will definitely offer a unique driving pleasure. 911 is a rear engine, which means that are lots of weight on the rear wheels.

Buying a Boxster or Cayman is not a bad option for the start ;)

Honestly, Cayman S is not a bad option. For that price, it is better than a BMW Z4 and Mercedes SLK. They are not bad cars but Cayman is a Porsche.

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New Small Porsche

I like one thing with Porsche, even if you cannot afford to buy one, you can still buy a Porsche product from Porsche Design. I agree it does not give the same feeling but if you are into Porsche, their product would definitely satisfy you. This is similar to luxury handbag brands, like Louis Vuitton if you cannot afford to buy a decent size hand bag, they have other options to satisfy you. The other options are usually small leather goods but at least you have a LV!

Hopefully Porsche realised that, there are many people like me who are willing to own a Porsche but does not wish to save money for following next couple of decades. Or end up with Boxster, it is really a nice car but I would like to own a 911 or something with more Porsche genes. Eventually, Porsche is going to find a solution for this confusion. They recently announced that 550 Spyder will be built on 2014 summer. This car will be based on James Dean’s Porsche 550 Spyder and it will be powered by 1.6 litre engine that produces 200-horse power. 200 HP sounds really weak for a Porsche but don't forget old Porsche cars had small engines!

Honestly, if they revealed this car I would be happy to buy one. It will be a contemporary interpretation of the old version. It may not be very fast but I am pretty sure that, it will have the Porsche handling characteristics. This would help us to ignore the sufficient engine power. And it is not the first time Porsche offers a small car with small engine.

Price starts from 35000€ and this makes Spyder even more attractive! I know many people will buy it but still it is good have a Porsche like this.

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