[jwetering]

I bought a 996 about a month ago, and it's my daily driver now (great great car by the way).

In my carburetted, ducktailed, very noisy SC, I used to (usually) get waves from air cooled cars but rarely from 996's. We all have to ignore boxsters here because they are EVERYWHERE.

Now, in the 996, I get ignored by the air cooled cars, and while I have passed only one 996 (surprising how few actually) he did nod on the way by.

I also had to work a bit to get the attention of a 993 recently, at which point he thumb upped in a reasonably friendly and enthusiastic manner.

It's kinda like the air cooled guys are reverse discriminating. There's a change afoot I think. The younger enthusiasts like me are moving into the really rather excellent and inexpensive 996 models, while the older stuffier crowd are staying in their air cooled cars.

No big deal - as I posted here a 100 years ago when this thread started, there's too many Porsches around these parts to be acknowledging everyone you see.