I hope you found it fair, I really enjoyed driving it as you could probably tell, I think the decision on which you prefer will come down to what you value as they are the same car, just different.
I did find it fair.
All seem to agree that the 718 is the best sports car at this price point and even compared to a lot of more expensive cars.
The one thing a lot of people disagree on is whether the sound from the engine is worthy of the Porsche badge.
Personally I really like the sound the flat four makes, and I have no problem with a four cylinder Porsche, it's not like it's something new to Porsche to make four cylinder cars (just don't get me started on Porsche Diesels, I never got the point of that).
It's also not that I don't get that a flat six can sound better, but we also need to be realistic, when factoring in things like the power a small turbo engine makes, cost, consumption and emissions Porsche made the right choice in going for a flat four.
I actually think Porsche should have made the first and every following Boxster and Cayman a flat four, to follow the linage of the 912, 914, 944 and 968, the problem with this thought is that the original Boxster might not have been such a huge success that the brand would have been something totally different today.
But maybe if the Boxster had always been a flat four, it may not have been viewed as much as a poor man's 911 and would have been judged on its own merits.
It's not that I don't like the sound of a flat six, because I do, but I also like the fact that the sound of the flat four helps differentiate the 718 even more from the 911.
Lets face it, if all cars were the same the world would be a boring place, even if they all were flat six Porsches
