[RKDinOKC]

In my 35 years of working at the company I work at there have only been 2 other people that drove Porsches. Both were young kids and drove 944s.

When people first met me at work they think I am overpaid and rich because I drive Porsches. Try to explain how if you shop around you can find them for less than they think and it just goes in one ear and out the other. Did find that when I say "I'm single" they are like "Ohhh okay, no wonder. If I was single I could afford a Porsche too." The truth is I typically spent less on my Porsches than they spent on their pickup trucks.

Most of the factory workers with sports cars are American made bigots and drive Corvettes, Mustangs, Camaros, etc, there is even a couple of Cobras , a viper, and a Ford GT. There are also several classic restores, muscle cars and street rods. No other foreign cars. When we had our first employee car show (part of the company picnic) my 928 was the only foreign car there. They just don't seem to realize the founder was of German descent and used to delight in 1/4 mile racing the hot rodding machinists and beating them with his 300 SL convertible. One of the 1/4 mile street racing spots in the area was about a mile from the company.

At the car show there were also quite a few bikes. At one point on of the Harley guys went of started up and reved it. The crowd applauded. My nephew went over and reved his 4 cylinder crotch rocket and they applauded again. The guy with the Ford GT started up and reved it and crowed applauded even louder. I started up and reved my GTS with newly installed rear muffler bypass and the crowed applauded, cheered, and whistled. A couple of the guys with street and drag rods said they wouldn't rev theirs because they liked the sound of my GTS better.

A month after the car show I found out vote wise I had won the people choice award, but they decided to not give it to me since I was "a member of the family." What a rip. They've had the show every year since and I refuse to enter my 928.