I feel the same way. i think DR PORSCHE  is a doctor that studys the
human (MIND)and like to drive. Every time back in the early 90s I
remember the red digital clocks, the ones  anywhere  would display them
when it got to 9er oclock,as the clock moved on , I would say to myself
its  911, then its 914, then 924, then 928, then 944, then 959 .i
sometimes would stare at the clock waiting to see the numbes..I had the
1980 924 turbo, then the 944 auto so wife could then i bought the 1985.2
new dash 5 speed so wife could not drive .he he its was gold with cocoa
interior its was in almost perfect shape with only 68k miles, thats the
car i did 142 mph on (my) highway very late at night in august hot
night.no traffic or anybody on the road.... today after 10 years of
waiting they re-paved to 3 lanes 70 mph speed limit and smooth as silk
im ready to do a little better this time. very soon coming in
august......  and it stayed with me in my mind every time i see a
digital clock in the 9er side. what could that be?..........maybe i quit
porsches in 1994 because we had baby girl.. and could no longer afford
the worlds finest sports on this planet and perhaps others
too.....................thanks, ED.

Update:

OK, I got her. Oh boy what a blast! Everything I hoped for and then a
great big bunch more. I'll give my impressions, then I have a couple
of questions.

I drove all weekend... no really ALL WEEKEND. My best friend is a SCCA
club racer in Spec Miata class, he owns a 996, he put me on his crew
list this Saturday at Daytona, so I drove out to the track. Even for a
Boxster, it seems to draw a lot of looks even among race car drivers.
I watched the race and my friend came in third, which I guess requires
a tech inspection. I was able to take my car literally into the tech/
pit area a Daytona. I was told "Porsches are allowed in the tech
area". My only regret there is I had no camera, I would have liked to
get a couple pics with the Nextel tower as a backdrop.

OK, lets see, driving down AIA in Daytona at night, top down, stop and
go traffic, I overheard a pedestrian say "nice Porsche.." to his wife.
Every Civic with a fart can has to speed by me. And that is pretty
much it, the car seems to demand attention everywhere it goes.

Now driving, it is PLENTY fast for me, and the exhaust note is like
car guy porn! I would pay 5.99 a minute to listen to that any day :)

Somebody asked me if I had opened it up, truth is, only once or twice,
just to quickly get to the speed limit. I usually find I get passed
more than anything, I tend to baby my cars around, I might sign up for
a track day at chinmotorsports.com though. I just like to keep if off
the street. BTW, I got over 25mpg with mixed city/highway, I couldn't
be more happy about that, that is on par with the Civic I bought for
my daughter.

Now the questions... my top seems to want to go outside the outer
frame when putting it up at the corner bend of the window. If I stop
halfway up and guide it inside the frame then finish going up it is
fine.. any trick here?

My remote does not work, this is a problem with the remote, I opened
it and the button on the circuit board is broken, however, unlocking
with the key does not alway turn the alarm off, more often than not,
it just opens the drivers door, I need to then quickly put the key in
the ignition to keep the alarm from going off, then open the passenger
door by hand for my wife.

Happily, the bottom is bone dry with no leaks on the garage at all. My
clear rear windscreen vibrates and makes noise, driving me crazy.

when the top is down, I hear some clicking when going over bumps right
in my left ear. When the top is up, is hear some very faint rattling
type noise when going over very bumpy roads at low speed, this sounds
like it is coming from directly behind me in the rear deck, I looked
at strut towers and all looks tight and secure. Seems still like it
might be something top related.

I have to give front trunk a shove to get it to lock closed.

This morning while sitting at a light, I noticed the most minor little
hint of a miss or a rough idle, an engine rev seemed to make it go
away, I am wondering if a cylinder might have some carbon or a if a
plug is getting a bit fouled.

Other than these couple of very minor annoyances, the car is perfect,
smooth, and fun.