I play in a local blues/rock band, and my bandmates started calling my Boxster "Barbie". I typically ignore them. So a few weeks ago I drove my drummer and myself to hear another local band .... he lives close by ...... this was the first time he'd ridden in the car.
On the way home I was stopped at a redlight. There was no traffic and the road was empty ahead ......... conditions were clear and dry. When the light turned green I punched it. The road turned into a stretch of 60 MPH highway. Once I shifted from 2nd into 3rd, I immediately backed off, as to not get into "crazy speed for the road territory"........ but that "0 to 65" blast was completely unexpected on his part.
I looked over at my friend, who had this look of "what the h*ll just happened"
on his face, and he said: "I'll never refer to this thing as 'Barbie' again"
I said: "I tried to tell you guys what this car was all about, but no one listened". Of course he'd already been introduced to the fantastic handling earlier in the evening
I think people are finally realizing what a nice sports car the 718 is, including the base model. So many people trashed it early on because of the sound and "missing 2 cylinders", that I think some people dismissed the car at first.