2003 Porsche Boxster S w/Fabspeed Exhaust - WR TV POV Discussion

We go for a spin in Chris O's lightly modified Porsche Boxster S. Be sure to check out some of his videos at / chrisostberg
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[@hammychan1]

Gen 1 Boxster is looking better and better over time!

[@joejoe188]

Watch the values go up to the point if whaaaaat? You serious? The 986? By then haters will be priced out of the new collectible. The air cooled 911 has been through it, the 356C compared to a stretched Beetle, the 356 Spyder and look now??? Just wait, remember we told them so today! 😉

[@cullenmcnamara4404]

For real.!!!

[@cullenmcnamara4404]

My dream car of the last 2 years and everyone shits on it.

[@Lakefield_]

I didn't like the look when they were newer. But now ... they seem to age really well. When you see one on the streets it's a really nice, small car that already looks like fun.

[@matthewmcclintock1952]

As the owner of a 2004 986S, I have to say that I think these are among the most underrated cars available. An absolute joy to drive, and stylistically aging well. And even in Colorado foothills mine is a 4 season vehicle. Porches are built to be DRIVEN.

[@UPlayNetwork]

wow, the sound it makes)

[@FabspeedMotorsport]

Glad you like it! :)

[@jortepap]

Sounds fantastic! Porsche NA flat 6 engines sound sooooo much better than V6 engines. Love this car.

[@FabspeedMotorsport]

Glad you like the way it sounds!

[@needmoretime4028]

Doesn't have the exhaust note of a Nissan VQ.

[@mattbudesa3038]

@@needmoretime4028 which is a good thing. The vqs sound like hair dryers on steroids.

[@habdman]

Weren't these a flat 4?

[@StochasticWolf]

An S2000 couldn't even sound this good in it's dreams!

[@AllThingsAutomotive97]

Nice to actually hear someone review a car, and knows what he's talking about! Great to see proper driving too, the heel and toe/rev match game is strong! Really enjoyed this.

[@jamesst1809]

That sound is worth every penny on its own wow!

[@rootsmanuva82]

Porsche flat 6 engine wail is my favorite engine sound in all of cardom, hands down.

[@alecjones8235]

I’m in Brazil right now. My Porsche is in America and damn this makes me weep for some America’s roads and my Porsche

[@HannahsGarage]

Can't get enough of these discussion and review videos

[@FabspeedMotorsport]

Outstanding video and great production value. Keep the awesome videos coming!

[@StarOfArtemis]

Fantastic sound, best sounding 986 I've seen! I want this setup.

[@홍성범-o8d]

sounds a lot better than the new 718

[@JonasRosenven]

What a lovely car. Not over done - usable and fun power. A friend of mine has a John Works mini cooper and a Jaguar xkr convertible from 2014. I actually like the cooper better. You can actually use the power. In the Jag it's over if you use the power for more than 2 or 3 seconds. The 510 hp are not really usable in the real world. Great in a game but not in real life. Also: I appreciated the "sweet jumps" thing :)

[@RiccardoFiaccadorisGoProPOV]

It sounds awesome! Where did you put the microphone to capture that sound without wind noise?

[@matfox6254]

He put the microphones in the description box.

[@joejoe188]

Here's the absolute fact! You buy a Boxster for the bargain, the performance and it's 90% a 911. From parts to engine, to plastics down to the ignition switch. I love transaxles, have three beautiful clean no bs examples for almost 8 yrs. Own a 911 and a Boxster. I can afford any 911 but I love driving, looking and working on 944, 924,and 924S's. Friends with their 997C2S, GT3RS,, 911 Turbos and 991 cars are like sell all that and get a newer 911. Why? To brag? This is what I do, like and love! The Boxster is my most modern Porsche and I can go as fast as I need to, and handles better than my 82 911SC coupe. You buy a Boxster not because you can't afford a 911? I have a nice one at that, modified and all. You buy a Boxster because you like the way it feels, it drives, just point and the car goes there. Wanna put the top down you can, like the sort of chopped top look with the top up on a 986? Leave it up! Cayman owners think they are above you? NOOOOO, they are driving a Boxster Coupe with better looking headlights. It's called marketing boys, and profits based on variety! Buy a Boxster and enjoy it for what it is and enjoy. You don't need a 911 so your friends and strangers can quit teasing you! You are the same person with or without the car. Screw the nay sayers! There is a reason why Porsche under engineered the Boxster even though it is 90% a 911. Being a better handling car, and with more power better brakes better stopping better everything? Well, for Porsche? That is a no no! they still want to keep the 911 on a pedestal. all the engineers at Portia know which car has the potential to be the best Porsche sports car ever built. And that is the mid-engine layout!

[@ssnobrakesable]

I have a speed yellow 02 Boxster S alot like this one........love it !

[@mauricemotors8207]

People like him are awesome they understand what there car likes and what it doesn't like.

[@michaelflaherty2137]

Most important upgrade is the IMS bearing. Love Porsche.

[@eddherring4972]

Michael Flaherty no, most important is regular reasonable length journeys say 10 miles or so getting the engine warm and not revving over 3000rpm until properly warm. Combined with regular oil changes the IMS will be fine. The IMS is a secondary failure due to oil seeping into the intermediate shaft then heating and cooling until it turns acidic. This acidic oil then seeps back through the bearing corroding the ball bearings and causing the failure. Daily drivers will almost certainly never fail with routine maintenance. Garage queens are the ones to watch out for. Whatever happens DO NOT lay the car up for winter, use it and enjoy it.

[@empirejackson]

Perfect exhaust note

[@minibeee]

I owned a 2002s a couple years back. This car looks like a good one. You got very lucky. These can be an absolute disaster. I hope yours gives you that couple of years with no pain. Because when they say that there's no such thing as a cheap Porsche, they couldn't be more right.

[@koopspook]

There's a good deal on a 2005 S with about 91k on it, would it be worth to even look at.. haven't owned a porsche before

[@Toma_Sucin]

That exhaust sounds crazy!!

[@edwinkulauzovic3879]

Great video. Make some more videos with Porsche cars! Worth watching 100%

[@AJTalks]

Good review. If the car doesn't feel tight in the chassis it needs new bushings probably.

[@kanob6440]

I've never liked these models at all, but this one is done extremely right

[@a.kastner5588]

Once you’re infected with the Porsche-Virus you’ll never own another car being happy, except it is a Porsche, love it 😍

[@scepticalien8179]

That Boxter is beautiful.

[@otter25702]

Sounds like my 00 S...sweet! Beautiful Bumble Bee.

[@rambodelajoya2195]

Mine is red 2003. It has little over 3,000 miles on it and the sound is awesome.

[@DaveK183]

great discussion, it doesn't ruin the ride actually

[@lgliam]

God I can't wait to get mine next month!

[@FabspeedMotorsport]

Congrats! Let us know if you'd like the same exhaust! :)

[@lgliam]

I may well be very interested, do you do a cat-back system?

[@heitorlima1968]

I have the same car, only diff mine is red :) Love it so much

[@JohnyLupu]

Really enjoyed this

[@bmw.source]

Chris O is that your Boxster S? Beautiful car btw I love Porsches

[@ChrisOstberg]

Yes, thanks!

[@StarOfArtemis]

beautiful car man, wanting to get one like yours here in a few years

[@mikiwalkowski2315]

amazing job. love your setup and can't wait to buy one!

[@craigj1969]

sounds very good!

[@hillbillyartscrafts4367]

just because the car is from 2003 doesn't mean you have to wear an oversized hip hop watch from the same year

[@aurelien.bvideos494]

Sounds much better than the new 718

[@roger9280]

Beautifull car love the color. Have a black 2.7 986 from 2003. 228 HP. Same great flat 6sound.

[@rileyn54]

I thought the title said fapspeed! LOLOL

[@williamvossgard6515]

Where did you get the windshield sticker?

[@AurelCars]

Yes I want too !

[@SkarnDeBrax]

Really great video. Thanks for sharing !

[@ryanskystorm527]

"Slides effortlessly into gears" may be a German car thing. I drive my buddy's 1997.5 VW Jetta and it slides effortlessly like that. Or maybe it's VW.... Since VW does own Porsche.

[@nimarama72]

Sounds glorious..

[@chenzhao1071]

Sounds amazing! Btw is this the stock shifter? I recently got a 04 S but the shifting didn't feel very effortless (I've owned a GTI before so that was my reference)...

[@SScozzari]

Yeah same here the shifting is super stiff, short shift is definitely a must buy

[@chenzhao1071]

@@SScozzari have you changed your stock shifter? I'm looking into the 997 shifter which seems a common upgrade that costs not too much...

[@SScozzari]

@@chenzhao1071 I’ll keep that in mind but no I haven’t Im in the military so I don’t get as much time with my car as I would like if you end up doing that swap let me know if you remember I’d appreciate it

[@kentac1911]

Just seems like a fun car to drive!!

[@Patryk_Luna]

Used to be the air cooled was the sound of Porsche. It's called evolution. :p

[@julienrousset4821]

beautiful boxster! good exhaust sound! what are this black rims please ?? i love it

[@horizonaviation2279]

I like the discussions

[@josemarrero7067]

The new cx9 men !!

[@DarkstarDarth]

I almost bought one of these but chickened out cause of he IMS risk and got a Prius instead😂 perhaps later I'll have the cuyaks to try one out.....1999 to 2008 you need stay on top of oil changes and monitoring the oil filter for metal particles. Prices now range from $5500 to $7500 here in LA......thx for vid guys👍

[@TheLemonArmy]

DarkstarDarth you chose a Prius over a Porsche...

[@MrExpertzzz]

You know you can buy an upgraded IMS replacement. Even then if you bought a 2000 or pre-2000 model the IMS bearing failure rate drops from 7/8% to 1%

[@04dram04]

They wont be that price for much longer. Will definitely be a $20k car in five years.

[@Ryan_Duckworth]

04dram04 all the (decent) ones on sale in my area are already $15,000-$20,000

[@Baerchenization]

Sounds better than a stock GTS... I don't normally care much about after market exhausts, they are often trying too hard / add too much.

[@skrillakilla6394]

Can't rest your hands in that position w/ the tiptronic shifters on this model...

[@marcusjomiel6789]

Damn sounds like an RB26!

[@algd_4739]

In LA you'd get pulled over almost immediately lol

[@Eth3realwarrior]

No no no! You tax paying law abiding citizen NO! You can't have any fun.

[@scorpio7mafia]

holy shit, listen to they way the VTEC kicks in at just over 5000rpm!!! i didnt know Porsche use Hondas type R vtec engines in there boxster

[@BRAG3A]

scorpio7mafia, IT dosent have a VTEC

[@ev2135]

scorpio7mafia That's not what he said, try to listen with your ears not your ass.....

[@ArkArmy90]

Does a lsd even exist for this car or is some custom made thing that has to be done ?

[@AJTalks]

Oh yeah, you can get a Wavetrac LSD for $1.3k for this car.

[@ABCTEST213]

just perfect

[@easonmurphree4353]

The driver is one of the best manual drivers I've ever seen

[@traceywilliams5359]

What was the exhaust system? I love the sound and need one for my Boxter

[@StochasticWolf]

FabSpeed

[@ikasika87662000]

I am consider to buy 2003 boxter s. when did you take this movie?

[@countrygent282]

Really like how the car sounds, kind of wish at some point these 2 would just shut up and drive.

[@HellaRandomVideos]

PCA sticker!

[@Amasson99]

can you do a video on heel toe shifting? I really want to hear your take on it

[@jamesvzfighter]

This car sounds proper, the Boxster doesnt need 500hp.

[@fucuszullanti7877]

yes it does

[@fireyt1015]

I want that car sound nice

[@jacobfarrelly8243]

That's my school it was filmed at

[@OverTurntGamerTM]

i thought the title said Fapspeed Exhaust.

[@4x4simon4x4simon]

can you please tell me more about the shifter.? I have a 2.7 5speed and the shift is far slower than the one in the video. Thanks

[@joshrinconnn]

Check out this Porsche Boxster its super loud exhaust!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/f32wfISnoKqrpc0

[@billycav75]

Just bought a 02 boxsyer s . I've got to have that exhaust. What is it called. I was on the website didn't know which one it was.

[@prestonjoslin2309]

they actually talked!

[@damienlaw4454]

Hi! Do you know what exhausts is on the boxster? Thanks!

[@empirejackson]

Can you give me the exact name of the exhaust please ? I would like to buy the same

[@robertwilsoniii2048]

Porsche > BMW and Mercedes.

[@ArcanumMortis98]

VW > Porsche joke ^^

[@lollol-xp4mc]

@@ArcanumMortis98 vw is porsche

[@theeeMitchi]

Huh, I think I've seen this video on your private channel ... ;)

[@BourneAccident]

Does this car have PMS? If so, was it an option or standard? Thanks.

[@arjunsatwani9664]

You mean PSM? That's an option.

[@Harrock]

Do you have to push the gearstick down for the reverse geat?

[@ChrisOstberg]

No, push left.

[@TheFitITGuy]

yes

[@XessiveGamer]

I’d rather drive a slow car fast than a fast car slow

[@easezgin]

Owners please tell us about IMS beraing issue!!!

[@purplepump5467]

Now, I’m 16 and i have to choose Corvette C5 ,BMW X1, Porsche Boxter -S or Subaru WRX can you guys choose??

[@undefinedxx55]

The Boxter is probably the best value there, if that's a priority.

[@purplepump5467]

FlyingLeaf thanks!

[@undefinedxx55]

@@purplepump5467 It also depends on your priorities. I personally chose the Boxter for myself because of it's low insurance cost, because of it's exhaust sound, and because I have no need to carry passengers. I recommend you look into all of them to see what suits you best. 👍

[@chicatee861]

is this cars a 2.7L or a 3.4L h6?

[@nunesdiamant6888]

✌

[@godoff.5304]

I remember a lot of idiots were calling this car as "HairDresser Car" especially with the bullshit they here from the TV car show hosts!. A Mid Engine, naturally aspirated 6 Cylinders and around 2800 CC, RWD, stick shift Porsche raves upto 6-7 Thousand RPM eaasy and grab there like a Rottweiler, run the corners like a Anatolian Shepherd on run, growls like a Pİtbull defined as "Hairdresser Car"!!!! That car was one of a kind when tit came out and soon also (already have been) one of a kind unique car too. These cars can be way way faster than they are and also great retro classics needs some renovations and upgrades.

[@juanmendez3828]

How much did it cost

[@renetorres6204]

What spoiler is that

[@burchmaine2962]

Woah, did you just speak?

[@Addison0526]

You must not watch winding road videos regularly...

[@hugogabriel196]

how much ? please

[@NobruDedraan]

BR é foda kkkkk

[@hugogabriel196]

+Bruno Andrade Tem que saber os preços.kkkk

[@celsinhoaguiar98]

deve ser d 30 a 40 mil dolares

[@hugogabriel196]

+celso aguiar Eu acho que é uns 25

[@celsinhoaguiar98]

Pode ser é q vi em um video um prata tava 30 mil

[@pappyodanial]

Porsche's always come with sufficient brakes LOL. Someone's never driven a stock 993.

[@brightenupcc]

You’re not leaning enough on the suspension to accurately convey steering feel. But sure, throw out the cliched steering feel adjectives that you probably don’t truly understand

[@Kylo_Ren_2033]

Newer base model already has more power than this S model

[@scorpio7mafia]

are these cars reliable? you can get them for 4 to 5k in the uk but i dont want problems and money pit cars like this merc i once had, otherwise im going to stick to my JDM 100% reliability

[@dominiklf331]

Haha same not studying....

[@zefnreaj3548]

dat color is perfect , dat rear wing is shit , dat soung , ooooooggghghhhhhhhh gooood porrrnn

[@LatecoBraxatoris]

Fapspeed :(

[@markuk7010]

type in ----- FASTER THAN A 911

[@r129r16pfl]

"Selling to the wife" go #mgtow and drive what you want!

[@فراسبنفهد4]

absw

[@Kamerdra]

Le Porsche Coxster Xd

[@israelmotorsport8702]

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