[majhopper]

My lady dentist owns a Boxster, my daughter's Ortho a Cayenne. Neither one know one damned thing about Porsche, except that it's a Porsche. It's all about the looks, the GPS, the stereo. The Ortho's Cayenne sports a Firestone sticker on the windscreen - to remind him when to get the oil improperly changed. Who in the King Fark takes a brand new Porsche to a farking Firestone for oil changes? And what the hell else are they doing for him there? Wtf?

They don't seem to give a hoot, if it dies, they'll buy another car that matches the plastic identity they are creating for themselves. It's a purse that matches their shoes, and that's all.

Contrast that with the elderly doctor two doors down from my dentist who drives a '75 911. Bought it new. He has it shipped to NH for vacation use, doesn't do the service himself but knows every friggin wire and bolt on the car. Knows his history, knows how to drive and enjoys driving it. And LOVES talking about it.

Then there is me, who came oh so close to getting a new 911 or a Cayenne once I finally had the resources to get into one, it was my dream, I thought. Thank goodness I thought again. Since I bought my 911 a month or so ago, I have lived in my garage with that car and my newly acquired 928 (how the hell do my wife and I wave to each other if we meet?). I haven't turned wrenches in over twenty years, but got through a timing belt/ water pump/gear job on the 928.

It's like anything else, like music - there are artists who are in it for the sake of the music and then there are posers who are more about the idea of being a musician - the ones who tease their hair and put on spandex before going out to breakfast.

I wave at them all - I wave at the badge, no way of telling who's behind the wheel and for what reasons. It could have been me in the 996 or the Cayenne.

FWIW, I get more looks and more comments and more people showing interest in the 928 than I do the 911. My neighbors didn't start wandering over until they saw the Shark's ass hanging out under the garage door. I'm not getting into the Air/Water thing, next year I am getting a 914 and/or a 944.

Were the 928 owners of yesteryear the Boxster/Cayenne owners of today?