997 flashed me today
 

I still have yet to be flashed by anyone driving a boxster, but, this morning, I saw I think it was a Seal Grey 997 and as I was moving my hand to flash him, he flashed me first, so I of course flashed back... stupid, but made a crappy morning a little better.

Are you sure it wasn't just a malfunction in one of his HID headlights? :)








Tim

Ha, I suppose it's possible, but no, it was a genuine flash: two flashes of the brights

At least it was not a 996....!

I've found those guys completely oblivious to the pedigree in Los Angeles.......go figure. Posers. Oops did I say that out loud? Guess I'm just a mid-year snob, go figure.

Scott

Yea i always think people are flashing me but then i realize they just hit a bump and the sun reflected the light. I dont see porshes much in my travels but the newer ones never even turn their head to see me. I was crusing nexto a 996 on the highway for a good minute and the guy never looked over. I see cayennes alot and they never acknowledge me. I dunno i guess there just not car people

i tried to go search for it but couldn't find one of the funniest threads describing the rules/protocols of which years of vehicles to flash.....i still laugh just thinking of it.

I always flash.

To be honest, the only people that don't seem to respond are the longhood Targas.

Go figure.

Hello, My name is Mack...
Im a flasher, and a waver.

Perhaps he had recently traded his SC for a 997. The flash/wave reflex has not yet worn off.

I'm sure it's been said before but, I'll bet the vast majority of the newer watercoolers are leased by a guy more concerned about a certain payment getting him into "Porsh" than anything else; his knowledge of the marque limited to how much his buyout is at the end of the lease.

Most bling of high value is like that; only owned because some turd on MTV Cribs has one.

im in formerly cold, now sunny ct and i get flashes and waves all the time ,fewer with boxsters but i actually raced with 997 a couple days ago and i dont drive a concours 911 more like a mad max 911

So what is the proper protocol? A flash, a wave.....or a pick:D (Seinfeld)

I found the rules:D

1- '79-98 911's get an enthusiastic wave
2- '74-78 911's get a wave of sympathy
3- Boxsters get a wave only if they wave first
4- Cayenne owners get a hostile stare or middle finger
5- '99-05 911's - see Boxster
6- Pre '73 911's get a wave and salute
7- 356's- see pre '73
8- 914's get a nod
9- 924, 928,944,968 get eye contact
10- "special" Porsches (anything not covered previously)
Use your best judgement.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/off-topic-discussions/231387-porsche-wave-ten-simple-rules.html?highlight=cv+joint

:rolleyes:

Same dumb argument for 50 years.

Sigh.

THOSE ARE THE RULES!....Thanks!

They really do describe how things work in real-life out on the streets! :D :D

Are you sure you weren't going too slow? :D

Thread fails to deliver.
Now if it had been a hot chick in a 997 flashing her headlights... ;)

Hey, i've been calling it a Porsh for many a moon; I see it as tomato, tomahto. When I hear 'Porsha' I think of men in leisure suits jumping out of their 924 - that's a stererotype I have to get over.

As for no waves; I've said it before...Nobody waves/flashes/acknowledges in SoCal. I wave when I come up along another P car (except cayennes) and I get a "screw you buddy" or "whatever" look from those I do.

Maybe it's pink slip envy as stated above, when I was a rover guy, my rover got more waves from fellow rover guys.

You can always see me when I take the 911; i'm the only guy in OC waving/flashing - look for me.

SmileWavy Thats just wrong! 74-78 911's need love too!:p

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1207847369.jpg

while i don't acknowledge water-cooled vehicles, nor do they acknowledge me, i'm consistently surprised by the number of second glances i get from them (driving the 74-look) when they think i'm not looking.

So true for many of them. Even if we're parked at a light I can't get the to look or acknowledge.

I too take offense to rule #2:


http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1207848307.jpg


Actually the very first time I took my 930 out for a drive a 997 turbo came up beside me, I got a wave and a horn. -I reciprocated and was pleased that the owner was aware of his cars history + lineage.

i think this is a reference to the 2.7 litre NA cars with their early emissions equipment (thermal reactors for ex) which made them slower and softer than the cars they replaced

A little California Hospitality for you, huh?

Since my reply, I ran to get my 911 washed and flashed a Carrera, red Targa (had 7+9s, looked pretty nice); and the guy just looked right through me...Maybe my white Targa is so shiny and clean that he got caught in the reflection and didn't see my flashing?

don't feel too bad.....at least you made the list.....it's the 1973 years that got left off completely. it jumps from pre-73 straight to 74 & up. :D

We must understand that we belong to a community of motorheads that are a breed different from the muscle car guys and the ones that own the car for status only ie the newer cars that you see the doctor driving to the clinic in my town he would not have a clue what the flash meant he would think his lights are on and check them.

Am I the only one who thought we were talking about boobs for a while?

LOL to above post.

-yeah, my 3.0 turbo always gets lumped in w/ the bad reputation 2.7's of that year.

uh.....i thought we were.....:eek::eek: j/k

Lol, I probably shouldn't even mention this before i get banned from the forum, but you should look at my recent off topic thread about this....


Okay, so the thread may fail to deliver, but if you happened to be in Charleston, SC in 2002? There was a tangerine '67 912 with a girl with purple hair hanging out of the passenger window flashing people (yes boobs) in downtown charleston for like 30 minutes immediately following getting her nipples piereced.. lol, yes it was my car Now that was flashing and we didn't just stop at Porsches, no no, were were saluting driver's of every marque, and even some people that were walking.

"2- '74-78 911's get a wave of sympathy"

Since it's all about the sense of community, let's not exclude our '74-'78 brothers. Emissions controls or not, those are still some sweet classic Porsches!

"4- Cayenne owners get a hostile stare or middle finger"

This one just makes me crack up. Hey, I just had a Cayenne owner give me a big thumbs up and a honk the other day, so they aren't all bad. The one thing you can say for the Cayenne is that is has made Porsche the most profitable car company in the world, and that just gives them more money to make sweet 911s and race.

I can see So. Cal being more of a cold environment for the waving and flashing simply becasue there are so many Porsches everywhere you go. It's not as unique of a thing as it is other areas.

:rolleyes: I have given a cayenne the finger before... Lol, what can I say, they just came out and I thought they were destroying Porsche...

Right on. And as the P-car ownership pool gets younger, the traditions go away. Used to be that there were damn few 20 somethings driving newer Porsches, especially when 356's were being sold new. AFAIC, younger people could give a lick about tradition. Look what has happened to the older VW bug. Seems to me that the whole deal has been taken over by another culture altogether.

Will that happen to older 911s? Hope not.

Wait, here comes a "Cal look" 911 with no front vent windows and the deck lid raised up on washers! Oooh, skinny white walls and a roof rack with wood slats. B!tchin, man.

I used to flash, but in LA you will soon wear out your stalk switch !

or you'll get shot :p

Milt, you are partially right, traditions die with those upholding the traditions; but that only furthers the reason the flash needs to be kept alive IMO.

I get so forgetful that i flash people while i'm driving a different car; then think "if they have any grey matter in their noodle, they'll see my PCA sticker on the back window and say 'ahhh...' ".

As I step off my soapbox; my departing $.02 is FLASH FLASH FLASH.

I'm a young driver, and I do the flash.

My issue was with the post that said anyone who drives a new car is a poseur and the implied "any new Porsche is not a real Porsche".

I also think the post was misguided with regard that anyone who has a newer one is fiscally irresponsible and must stretch for payments.

As always, some of us work hard, make smart choices and can afford our toys.

That is what I term the eternally dumb argument.

I know that sympathetic wave. It was from a Boxster. I laughed, downshifted and passed him.

I agree with porsche356a. In 1986, my car was purchased by a doctor with $$ to buy it new then at around $40k. I could not have done that.

Back to the wave, just today I got and returned a wave from a nice looking gal in an old white Corvette. That was fun, a cross gender/car culture wave!