Porschephile part Duex

[stray15]

Well guys, here is the paper that I wrote for my college composition class. I would first like to thank all the people that gave their input and I have used some peoples words(hope they don't mind). I would also like to let everyone know that I am no Jack Olsen, I do my best though. Also, I am aware of all the errors in the page. Enjoy! Here it is:

A Porschephile is a person who is a die-hard Porsche enthusiast. This is not just anyone who likes Porsches, or owns one. This is a person who dreams of his upcoming track event in his sleep, or even his drive to work. They park their car at the spot in a parking lot, away from other cars. When they walk away from their Porsche, they look back at it at least twice. They often stop at a toy store and buy any toy that is a Porsche; then they tell the cashier it is for them. Porschephiles tend to take the long way home, or to the grocery store. Porschephiles feel a sense of brotherhood when you spot another Porsche on the road. The brotherhood is a campaign, known as, “Save the Flash”. Whenever you come along any Porsche model, you flash your headlights or give a wave. The fallowing quote is an example:
“Believe it or not, most of the waves I get are from 944 drivers…although 911 guys wave to…mostly the older cars. Never got a wave from a Boxster owner though…guess the cars haven’t changed hands from the yuppies to the Porschephile yet.”
The above quote gives an example of how you can see the difference in the Porsche owners; the Porschephile that I have explained above, and the ones that buy the car because it is just that, a car. They tend to lease the car. They drive the car because of the name and the cost. They think that since the car is so expensive, it must be the best performing car, if they even care about performance.
Here is one person’s theory: “drivers of new Porsches don’t wave or flash because they are not real Porschephiles (for the most part)…they have enough money for a high-end sports car, and they just picked a Porsche over a Vette or a Lotus or a Viper or a NSX. Those of us that really love Porsche, however, drive older models for various reasons: 1. We realize that a car doesn’t have to be new to be great (I am very happy with my ’83 944). 2. We don’t have the income to pay for a brand new Porsche. If we wanted a new car, we would have leased a new car…but we want Porsches, so we have older Porsches.”
From the word Porschephile, you can pull even more words that associate with it. Such as Porschepile, this is the rusted out hulk that the Porschephile greedily snatches up with a glimmer in his eye. He sees what the car used to be, and could be again, if he hemorrhages enough money in its general direction. Porscheophilliac, the uncontrolled bleeding of the wallet when something goes wrong with their Porsche. The Porschephobe is the wife of the Porschephile who wants nothing to do with Porsches and always wants her husband to sell the Porsche. Then the Porschaholic is the Porschephile that is passed down through heredity.
Which do you want to be?

[Jack Olsen]

Excellent paper! Finally, a school asssignment about something interesting.

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Jack Olsen
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[Bill Douglas]

Hey Jack! Look out, this guys after your job

[stray15]

Thanks for the kind words guys. Jack, you don't have anything to worry about.

I like the "Porschepile" bit. That's funny. Too bad it won't fit on a license plate.

[stray15]

Originally posted by robh:
I like the "Porschepile" bit. That's funny. Too bad it won't fit on a license plate.

I wish I could take credit for that, but that was posted by "dtw".