Local Cars & Coffee, Guy Starts Harassing Me For Owning Porsche

[sugarwood]

Time to update my list. Or was it already covered?

Originally Posted by rw229

I have interacted with more *holes in this hobby the last 5 years than the previous 20.

Flippers are just businessmen.

The real *holes are car guys who are arrogant know-it-all types.
They are constantly insulting people with the "wrong" car.

• Corvettes suck, Mustangs suck, Camaros suck.
• 70s cars suck. 80s cars suck. 90s cars suck. All modern cars suck.
• Porsche AG sucks. BMW AG sucks.
• Automatic cars all suck. PDK sucks. SMG sucks.
• EV sucks. Elon sucks.
• Magnus sucks
• Driving fast sucks. Driving slow sucks.
• Turbo sucks. 4-cyl sucks. V8 sucks.
• Front engine sucks. Mid engine sucks. Rear engine sucks.
• FWD sucks. RWD sucks. AWD sucks. 4WD sucks.
• Honda sucks. Nissan sucks. Subaru sucks. Ford sucks. GM sucks. Benz sucks. BMW sucks. Hyundai sucks.
• Stealerships suck. Your indy sucks.
• Hot hatch sucks. Land barge sucks. Lotus sucks for DD.
• DIY sucks. People who don't DIY suck.
• Yellow cars suck. Brown cars suck. 70s colors suck.
• Modern car colors suck. All 4 of them.
• Miatas are for hairdressers, Boxsters are for secretaries,
• BMW sucks. Old BMW suck. New BMW suck.
• GTI sucks. Focus RS sucks. Golf R sucks. BRZ sucks. New Supra sucks.
• Japanese cars all suck. WRX STI sucks. Ricers suck.
• Camber Tuner Modders Stance bros all suck
• Snowflakes suck. Millennials all suck. Anyone younger than me sucks.
• Everything sucks, except me and my car!

None of my other interests are filled so many with bitter, judgmental and critical people with massive chips on their shoulders.

[0cean]

Originally Posted by sugarwood

Time to update my list. Or was it already covered?

• Corvettes suck, Mustangs suck, Camaros suck.
• 70s cars suck. 80s cars suck. 90s cars suck. All modern cars suck.
• Porsche AG sucks. BMW AG sucks.
• Automatic cars all suck. PDK sucks. SMG sucks.
• EV sucks. Elon sucks.
• Magnus sucks
• Driving fast sucks. Driving slow sucks.
• Turbo sucks. 4-cyl sucks. V8 sucks.
• Front engine sucks. Mid engine sucks. Rear engine sucks.
• FWD sucks. RWD sucks. AWD sucks. 4WD sucks.
• Honda sucks. Nissan sucks. Subaru sucks. Ford sucks. GM sucks. Benz sucks. BMW sucks. Hyundai sucks.
• Stealerships suck. Your indy sucks.
• Hot hatch sucks. Land barge sucks. Lotus sucks for DD.
• DIY sucks. People who don't DIY suck.
• Yellow cars suck. Brown cars suck. 70s colors suck.
• Modern car colors suck. All 4 of them.
• Miatas are for hairdressers, Boxsters are for secretaries,
• BMW sucks. Old BMW suck. New BMW suck.
• GTI sucks. Focus RS sucks. Golf R sucks. BRZ sucks. New Supra sucks.
• Japanese cars all suck. WRX STI sucks. Ricers suck.
• Camber Tuner Modders Stance bros all suck
• Snowflakes suck. Millennials all suck. Anyone younger than me sucks.
• Everything sucks, except me and my car!

If you could harness all that sucking, you could have one powerful engine.

[winders]

Ferdinand Porsche was the Porsche involved with the Tiger tanks. He found Porsche in 1931 as a consulting firm. Ferry Porsche reconstituted Porsche after the WWII. The first cars Porsche produced in 1948 were actually made by the Austrian company Ferry started because he was not allowed back in Germany.

Butzi, the grandson of Ferdinand, didn't really design the 911. Erwin Komenda did....

Regardless, that person's hate is misplaced. Nissan (Datsun) was far more heavily involved in war production than Porsche ever was.

[winders]

Originally Posted by 0cean

If you could harness all that sucking, you could have one powerful engine.

....or a great porn star!

[dwelle]

Originally Posted by sugarwood

The real *holes are car guys who are arrogant know-it-all types. They are constantly insulting people with the "wrong" car.

oh, the irony.

you've been guilty of that many a time around here shug. unless a BRZ is being discussed.

well played...

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by winders

Ferdinand Porsche was the Porsche involved with the Tiger tanks. He found Porsche in 1931 as a consulting firm. Ferry Porsche reconstituted Porsche after the WWII. The first cars Porsche produced in 1948 were actually made by the Austrian company Ferry started because he was not allowed back in Germany.

Butzi, the grandson of Ferdinand, didn't really design the 911. Erwin Komenda did....

Regardless, that person's hate is misplaced. Nissan (Datsun) was far more heavily involved in war production than Porsche ever was.

There is no doubt Ferdinand the original was summoned by Hitler to come see him, and told to design a peoples car. What was he supposed to do, tell Hitler no?

And Ferdinand was not really involved with the 356 design, he was still in French jail. He died in 1951. Ferdinand Jr, AKA Ferry really made the company what it grew to be. His son Ferdinand, AKA Hans Peter Porsche is in control of the family that owns 51% of VW. And of course VW owns VW, Porsche, Audi, Lamborghini, Skoda, and others.

[pmax]

Butzi was under 10 during WW2.

[winders]

Butzi is a not really part of this conversation as Butzi never really did much at Porsche AG.

[4flyboy]

Originally Posted by 911pcars

It's relatively easy to buy from a showroom and be an automatic car dude.

Sherwood

Nice Sherwood quote....before my time but he sounds awesome...

[RarlyL8]

The city I live in has it's civic center named after an SS rocket scientist who built missiles for Hitler using concentration camp labor, I don't worry too much about any WWII Porsche references. They did recently move the confederate statues off the court house lawn though, guess the Jewish community is a little more tolerant than the BLM crowd. Moral of the story is about every group has had a rough go of it sometime in history, don't suffer the fool who doesn't realize this.

[911pcars]

Originally Posted by sugarwood

Time to update my list. Or was it already covered?

Flippers are just businessmen.

The real *holes are car guys who are arrogant know-it-all types.
They are constantly insulting people with the "wrong" car.

• Corvettes suck, Mustangs suck, Camaros suck.
• 70s cars suck. 80s cars suck. 90s cars suck. All modern cars suck.
• Porsche AG sucks. BMW AG sucks.
• Automatic cars all suck. PDK sucks. SMG sucks.
• EV sucks. Elon sucks.
• Magnus sucks
• Driving fast sucks. Driving slow sucks.
• Turbo sucks. 4-cyl sucks. V8 sucks.
• Front engine sucks. Mid engine sucks. Rear engine sucks.
• FWD sucks. RWD sucks. AWD sucks. 4WD sucks.
• Honda sucks. Nissan sucks. Subaru sucks. Ford sucks. GM sucks. Benz sucks. BMW sucks. Hyundai sucks.
• Stealerships suck. Your indy sucks.
• Hot hatch sucks. Land barge sucks. Lotus sucks for DD.
• DIY sucks. People who don't DIY suck.
• Yellow cars suck. Brown cars suck. 70s colors suck.
• Modern car colors suck. All 4 of them.
• Miatas are for hairdressers, Boxsters are for secretaries,
• BMW sucks. Old BMW suck. New BMW suck.
• GTI sucks. Focus RS sucks. Golf R sucks. BRZ sucks. New Supra sucks.
• Japanese cars all suck. WRX STI sucks. Ricers suck.
• Camber Tuner Modders Stance bros all suck
• Snowflakes suck. Millennials all suck. Anyone younger than me sucks.
• Everything sucks, except me and my car!

None of my other interests are filled so many with bitter, judgmental and critical people with massive chips on their shoulders.

Nowadays, if you're a female and mouthing gems like these, your name is Karen. Apologies to all the innocents named Karen.

Thus far, there doesn't seem to be a male name that sticks as well. Stephen Miller might be a candidate..... or not. Uh oh. This might be getting perilously close to the OT forum. Apologies.

[Quasimoto]

FWIW, I’ve gotten that “hitler” flak a few times. Sometimes sneeringly, sometimes they just think they are being funny. People can be unthinking sometimes...

My favorite thus far was a coworker that commented when I was working on the P car and drove the wife’s Model 3 in to work instead.

“Don’t you own any American cars?”

[porschyard]

Originally Posted by DSM

At local cars & coffee this weekend. Guy wearing vet hat and pins asks who owns this Porsche? Starts asking all kinds of engine build technical questions. Then says he has a real love hate feeling about these cars. Asks me if I know why? Then gets weird/angry and says the guy who designed it was hitlers boy. He designed the tiger tank and a GREAT BUG. Then walks off mumbling some bs. This ever happen to any of you? Then he gets in his vintage Datsun Z and drives off. Btw anyone see the hypocrisy? Lol

Remember this people

Life is short and Death is long, which one do you want to enjoy the most !


Richard

[86 911 Targa]

This guy is living proof that you cannot fix STUPID!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gerry

[Dpmulvan]

Funny are space program and the Saturn five rocket designed by Nazis.

[911SauCy]

Heck...before my car went through her identity/name change, she was named Eva....after Hitler's mistress, Eva Braun...

People never knew what to say when I told them why... LOL

[jackb911]

Several years ago when I was single, I dated a woman who requested not having to ride in my Porsche.

She is Jewish and was aware of the Hitler connection.

The relationship eventually ended but Porsche avoidance was not the reason. I understood why she felt the way she did and we have remained friends.

BTW, my grandmother's maiden name on my dad's side was......Messerschmitt.

[Tea Tray]

We went to a flea market in Mass. and I parked in a handicap spot as I’m a disabled veteran. As we were returning to the car a 30-ish couple was standing by our car complaining “Like a Porsche owner needs to park there!” I walked to the passenger side and unlocked the door for my wife and the couple just stood there in silence.
Growing old isn’t for sissies...

[darrin]

Originally Posted by jackb911

Several years ago when I was single, I dated a woman who requested not having to ride in my Porsche.

She is Jewish and was aware of the Hitler connection.

The relationship eventually ended but Porsche avoidance was not the reason. I understood why she felt the way she did and we have remained friends.

BTW, my grandmother's maiden name on my dad's side was......Messerschmitt.

As a jew, I'm more concerned with self-proclaimed antisemites than potential guilt by association -- e.g. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/henryford-antisemitism/ -- and know folks that, to this day, will not buy/rent/drive a ford.

[Bill Douglas]

Ah, the Germans.

I've never trusted them since they bombed Perl Harbor way back in 1974.