Boxster musings

I just spoke with my sister and parents and it seems that there are at
least two people following our progress! So I'll write a bit more
while it's Mey's turn to drive.
The boxster s is a great car. I feel a bit like the guy in the
waterburger commercial who gets "out whataburgered". Ride and
handling are great without being as stiff as the Honda, and the engine
is nice and torquey. We got only 23 mpg on the last tank despite
mostly highway driving. Still not bad, so it's a small price to pay
for such a fun motor.
Having two trunks is nice as we have two bags, a car cover and a spare
tire with plenty of room to spare. Interior room is a bit tighter for
those of us over six feet. My head is brushing the headliner and my
legs are leaning on the interior while driving. Somehow I don't seem
to mind...
The other thing I noticed is that this car gets more attention than I
was expecting. I wasn't expecting many people to look, as these have
been on the roads for more than a decade. I guess I underestimated the
general public's attraction of this European roadster. It probably is
accentuated by the fact that (with the exception of a brief stint in
tallahasse) we've mostly been in rural areas and truckstops.