Originally Posted by VroomGrrl
I'm really enjoying the responses here.
A couple of things -
On my maiden voyage home with my 911 from Houston, TX to Tuscaloosa, AL, I was a bit hypersensitive, I think. I had this "HELLOOOO EVERYBODY I AM DRIVING MY (MY MY MY!) NEW PORSCHE! WOOOHOOO" sensation 100% of the time. I was just getting used to the car, so I was not doing anything but keeping close to the speed limit, and watching the road closely for holes & crap I wanted to avoid, really keeping my distance from everyone and everything. Yes, of course, when the opportunity presented itself, I did a little leg-stretching. Plenty of opportunity for that on an 850 mile drive!
However. I did notice that certain cars wanted to "play" with me a bit. I just let them do their thing. Except every time a BMW or a Mustang passed me, I just could not stand it! They would whiz by and I'd be all, "HEY! HEY HEY HEY! YOU? PASSING ME? IN MY PORSCHE? I DON'T THINK SO!" and I confess, I played back with a couple of those along the way. I have since calmed down considerably and no longer react to those internal alarms (they do still go off.....).
Now, what I really love is when a car pulls around to be next to me wanting to communicate some admiration for my car. The funnest experience of this kind ever was on my way home from an autocross a couple of months ago. I was on the interstate, and a couple in a white Honda Civic kept playing with me, in front, behind, one side, other side. I was not paying much attention at first, but when I finally looked into the car as it slowed on my left side mid-pass, the woman in the passenger seat started literally jumping up and down in her seat, maniacally waving and thumbs-upping me vigorously, smiling ear to ear, and mouthing the words, "LOVE YOUR CAR!"
I love my car, too, so I was totally ok with that reaction!
One last thing - there are two Boxsters which are regulars in my office parking lot. I have met one of the guys, the other I've never even seen. One day I pulled into the lot and saw that Boxster had just pulled in. I whipped into an empty space beside it and was looking forward to saying hello to my fellow Pcar person and having a little chat about our cars. Or at a minimum some type of Porsche-fellowship-acknowledgement.
Well! I looked over and caught his eye and waved as I was gathering my things to get out.
HE IGNORED ME.
DISSED by the Boxster! Whattup with that? I won't tell you what I thought, as I would risk pissing off the entire world of Boxster owners......
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