Porsche owners have always had a stigma surrounding them just like any high-line car like the BMW, MB, Ferrrari, Cadillac et al.
It comes with "owning" a car with a hood crest, 3 pointed star, prancing horse or roundel. It's been that way since I was a kid who bought his first clapped out '71 914 off the "not-running" line of a used car lot in early 1974.
My brothers in arms with Big Block Chevelles, Barracudas, Chargers, etc. and Mustangs generally gave me a wide berth "considering" my car before they knew ME. Once they got over my choice of cars, it was business as usual since I was a gearhead and knew as much about their choice of cars as they did and most times even more. It was, however, not a reciprocal arrangement.
My car was still strange and weird to them and they didn't really want to know.
Ironically, most of these cars are worth so much that these same guys would have to be wealthy to afford their own cars today.
And, last, but not least: The
Audi (TT) was designed by a founding R Gruppe member, Freeman Thomas, who is one of the of the nicest people you would ever hope to meet.
Tom