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There are two distinct "sport" buttons on the Boxster when it has Sport Chrono and PASM. It is just like on the 997; there's one for PASM "sport" and one for Sport Chrono "sport." The two "sport" modes can be selected together or separately, although pressing one of the buttons causes the other one to light up, but you can then disable it. Translation: you can have just hard shocks but normal Sport Chrono; soft shocks with Sport Chrono sport, or sport everything.
The PASM sport mode just affects the shocks, and yes, the non-sport mode is a tiny, tiny bit softer than a non-PASM-equipped car when driven normally. Switching PASM only changes the shocks (not the springs), so the differences in ride quality between PASM regular (softest), non-PASM-equipped (middle), and PASM sport (hardest) are subtle.
The Sport Chrono sport mode does a couple of things. First off, it remaps throttle response for more aggressive tip-in. The difference in throttle response with the sport mode on is pronounced. It makes heel-and-toeing easy even for me, a guy with size-11s. In my '02 Boxster S, I have to contort my leg to heel-and-toe. The Sport Chrono sport mode also makes the fuel cutoff a hard cutoff instead of a soft one, so in theory, you can rev it slightly higher before it begins to cut. PSM is also noticeably less intrusive in the sport mode.
To me, PASM seems like frivolity; I'd only buy it for the lowered ride height. For $2000, one could just about buy some very nice conventional lowering springs and matched shocks (or a bundled coilover setup). Sport Chrono is worthwhile in my mind, if only for the better throttle tip-in and more fun PSM algorithm. I love to heel and toe, and it is truly night-and-day easier with sport mode engaged. I dislike the stopwatch because I can't picture a manually-actuated stopwatch offering a lot of useful information, and furthermore the silver plastic bezel around it makes it look chintzy, but I'd tolerate it for the other advantages of the package.
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There are two distinct "sport" buttons on the Boxster when it has Sport Chrono and PASM. It is just like on the 997; there's one for PASM "sport" and one for Sport Chrono "sport." The two "sport" modes can be selected together or separately, although pressing one of the buttons causes the other one to light up, but you can then disable it. Translation: you can have just hard shocks but normal Sport Chrono; soft shocks with Sport Chrono sport, or sport everything.
The PASM sport mode just affects the shocks, and yes, the non-sport mode is a tiny, tiny bit softer than a non-PASM-equipped car when driven normally. Switching PASM only changes the shocks (not the springs), so the differences in ride quality between PASM regular (softest), non-PASM-equipped (middle), and PASM sport (hardest) are subtle.
The Sport Chrono sport mode does a couple of things. First off, it remaps throttle response for more aggressive tip-in. The difference in throttle response with the sport mode on is pronounced. It makes heel-and-toeing easy even for me, a guy with size-11s. In my '02 Boxster S, I have to contort my leg to heel-and-toe. The Sport Chrono sport mode also makes the fuel cutoff a hard cutoff instead of a soft one, so in theory, you can rev it slightly higher before it begins to cut. PSM is also noticeably less intrusive in the sport mode.
To me, PASM seems like frivolity; I'd only buy it for the lowered ride height. For $2000, one could just about buy some very nice conventional lowering springs and matched shocks (or a bundled coilover setup). Sport Chrono is worthwhile in my mind, if only for the better throttle tip-in and more fun PSM algorithm. I love to heel and toe, and it is truly night-and-day easier with sport mode engaged. I dislike the stopwatch because I can't picture a manually-actuated stopwatch offering a lot of useful information, and furthermore the silver plastic bezel around it makes it look chintzy, but I'd tolerate it for the other advantages of the package.
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Thats pathetic reasoning! Especially for a sports car. I wonder what the late great Ayrton Senna would have chosen.
Or just imagine the scene in the Ferrari F1 garage. Well Michael, we need you to find an extra few tenths a lap. However, to help we have a couple of new development options. Firstly there is a sort of active suspension system which monitors the load on the suspension at each corner of the car, continuously adjusting to balance braking and cornering forces in order to optimise the attitude of the car throughout cornering, braking and acceleration.
Secondly we have a tacky stop watch thingy which helps you press the accelerator.
"Ya, I vill have za stopvatch thingy as long as I can also have za cupenholders".
Or just imagine the scene in the Ferrari F1 garage. Well Michael, we need you to find an extra few tenths a lap. However, to help we have a couple of new development options. Firstly there is a sort of active suspension system which monitors the load on the suspension at each corner of the car, continuously adjusting to balance braking and cornering forces in order to optimise the attitude of the car throughout cornering, braking and acceleration.
Secondly we have a tacky stop watch thingy which helps you press the accelerator.
"Ya, I vill have za stopvatch thingy as long as I can also have za cupenholders".
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