I think the only people who think of a boxster as a poor mans 911 really are people who miss the point of a really sweet handling mid engined chassis and havent driven one.
In many ways they are actually a more fun car to drive, the modern 911's manage to go round corners despite their ludicrous layout just because they are so well engineered and developed now they handle well despite that, but the boxster is just a naturally well setup car.
I think the way to look at them is to ignore that there are other porsches and just look at the boxster on its merits as a car and I think it has plenty.
If you ignore the hairdresser image, there really isnt much not to like about them.
You still got the v6 clio phil?