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Whether you're a car or a human, the different paths to a thinner waist are more plentiful than the number of ingredients in a Twinkie. Cars can use special metals, downsized engines with turbos, and carbon fiber. People have Weight Watchers, bariatric surgery, and fiber. But the obvious, and perhaps oldest, strategy is to simply live without the indulgences. Porsche has done just that with its new Boxster Spyder, ditching luxuries such as air-conditioning and a radio to save more than 175 pounds over the Boxster S.inline_mediumwraptextright32138334/reviews/driven/1003_2011_porsche_boxster_spyder1003_01_z+2011_porsche_boxster_spyder+front_three_quarter_view.jpgTrue