[Joe V]

I sometimes hesitate to tell people that I drive a Porsche, because I get the: Oooh, a Porsch-A! response most of the time.
My wife drives it to school sometimes (when I need 4 doors instead of 1 and a half). She bumped into a fellow teacher that commented that "somebody at the school drives a Porsche" as if it were a Nobel Peace Prize. She admitted to holding the keys to said car and got the: Oooh, a Porsch-A! response.

So you really don't know if they're mocking you or praising you. I would much rather have them ask for a ride and get chat about the technical bits of the car.

Here's a question about attitude towards us and our cars: Do you find that most people behind you in traffic, regardless of what THEY drive, are always trying to push you to go faster? My wife, who is a conservative school teacher that normally drives a 2002 Civic well below the speed limit, mentioned this to me the other day. It seems that the expectation from other drivers is to drive them fast and hard. And when you don't, other drivers assume that is either something wrong with you, or your machine, and usually neither is true. We just want to enjoy our cars.