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I have a Porsche, a BMW and a Mercedes. I get the dirtiest looks in the Benz because it's by far the loudest and most obnoxious (open exhaust, 8000 rpm redline, low gearing). I get thumbs up in the M6 because it's an older car and unique/handsome. The 911 is a dime a dozen in CA.
In the 1970s and 1980s if you owned a Porsche it might have been because of status but surely involved some cash in purchase and maintenance. New Porsches nowadays are the same. It's only the glut of midyear cars (that makes this board run) which is unusual...ie DIY enthusiasts. The public in general have no idea that the ~1970-1998 cars are owned by people who could care less what people think about our cars and who probably aren't willing to blow obscene money on cars (unlike the to be seen Panamera crowd [in general]).