[CJFusco]

These stories seem weird to me... even with my "lowly" 944, I've gotten nothing but positive attention.

I was visiting a friend at Fairfied U last spring and heard a couple of kids (getting out of a "riced" Eclipse, nonetheless) have this conversation:

"That car is f***ing sweet."
"Yeah it's nice. Not really that fast, though..."
"Who cares? I heard they handle great, and besides, it's a Porsche."

There was one night last summer that I had the car out for 2 hours tops, and got offers to buy it by two excited 20-25 year olds.

My friend, whose father has a 1969 Corvette 427 with 9000 miles on it, told me that after seeing my car his father said he could see himself driving it as a daily driver.

One time I was driving by a gas station, and a group of, um, 'urban' teenagers started pointing. I was like, "oh great, what now..." but then one yelled, "hey is that a 944?" I nodded yes and he asked me to rev the engine. I complied. I got smiles, thumbs up, and nods of approval.

There was one time that I even got a "thumbs up" from a middle-aged Corvette C4 driver going past in the other direction. (this one really put a smile on my face)

The only people that really seem to have contempt for me and my car are "ricers," particularly wealthy suburban white boys that despise anything that isn't Japanese and covered with stickers.

I stare at every Porsche that goes by, whether it is a new Turbo or a beat-up 924. And I wave to every one if I am in my car...

... it may not be a 911, but it gets a lot of positive attention. And I love the attention, but I wouldn't really mind if it didn't get any.