Reputation of "Porsche Drivers"

[Vintage Racer]

Originally Posted by milt

The average number of posts by the posters here are under 500.

Sorry, we don't have as much extra time as you enjoy.

Of course, I know many message boards where the quality of a post is more important than the quantities of the posts.

[911nut]

Originally Posted by NathanR

When I acquired my 911, one of my British car "friends" told me, "buying a Porsche makes people pricks". He was dead serious. I've since come to the conclusion he simply projects his own personality flaws onto others. I don't speak to him much any more.
Nathan

See, he was right

I've experienced almost every situation and reaction that's described on this thread in my few years of Porsche ownership. When a fellow owner waves out on the road I tend to forget all about the dumb stuff.
After I got my first 911 I told someone who I thought would appreciate it. His response was "oh, a wine-and-cheese car". I replied that he was confusing a Porsche with a Ferrari

[Moke81]

You were there once too.
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1981SC Coupe

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by Vintage Racer

Sorry, we don't have as much extra time as you enjoy.

Of course, I know many message boards where the quality of a post is more important than the quantities of the posts.

My point was....

[tincan]

When you are twenty years old you are really concerned about what others think about you, when you get to forty you really dont care what others think and when you get to sixty you finally realise that nobody cares about you anyway, so why worry, go enjoy your 911 and dont care what the world thinks

I'm well below the average 500 post mark but over 60 so the same rules apply

Noel
'88 3.2 Venetian Blue

[davidbir]

Originally Posted by tincan

When you are twenty years old you are really concerned about what others think about you, when you get to forty you really dont care what others think and when you get to sixty you finally realise that nobody cares about you anyway, so why worry, go enjoy your 911 and dont care what the world thinks

I'm well below the average 500 post mark but over 60 so the same rules apply

Noel
'88 3.2 Venetian Blue

Ditto!!

[Zeke]

I guess I'll have to state the obvious.

THIS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AD NAUSEAM HERE.

The reference to low post counts was a reference to that fact.



And I agree, who cares about what personality exists behind the wheel as long as they drive well?

[Moke81]

Happy Holidays

[MELO-911]

Short story:
Annual Porsche day here in Perth Western Australia about three weeks ago. so car is squeaky clean driving home i get to a set of lights were a car full of young guys give me the thumbs up & say how nice the car thanks guys, keep driving about 5 min later at another set of lights i stop just in front of another car full of young guys and couple of seconds later i get THATS NOT A REAL CAR with a i am like so i just say yeah whatever. lights turn green & he keeps going (traffic in front of me so couldn't really drive away) next thing he shouts out is SPOILED LITTLE RICH KID i reply with actually 4 yrs at uni + hard work & also by the way that is a real car you have i got one at home in the garage ( Jeep Cherokee i like anyway). finally get to clear way but little did i know that while he was alongside me just to the back of the car he & i guess his mate spat all over the rear side of the my car oh man when i noticed when i got home boy was i my wife was says i looked like i was about rip the next thing that even looked at me. i get the little rich look seeing i am only 27 had the car for about 3 years now & most guys around my age drive skylines etc.
funny thing is cant win i recently purchased a WRX ( wagon) & i get the racer boy looks.
i on the other hand if i see a nice car i give the thumbs up.
anyway thought i would share my worst experience with little car.

[VroomGrrl]

Originally Posted by milt

I guess I'll have to state the obvious.

THIS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AD NAUSEAM HERE.

The reference to low post counts was a reference to that fact.

And I agree, who cares about what personality exists behind the wheel as long as they drive well?

Did you read the first post in the thread? Did you check the blog I linked (or tried to - you have to type the F-word into the URL yourself, sorry)? For anyone with a twisted sense of humor like mine, it's damned funny. I hope some of you saw it & enjoyed it.

Look there's nothing new under the sun. Without gathering statistics, I would guess that at least 80% of everything that is discussed on this board every single day has been discussed AD NAUSEUM. What tires? What wheels? How do I check my oil? How do I fabricate my own flux capacitor? Show us your Porsche in the XXX, etc. With your 17000+ posts, nobody should be more aware of this than you.

But thanks for bringing your particular brand of crankiness to the thread anyway. It takes a village.....

[MindtrapX]

Originally Posted by VroomGrrl

Did you read the first post in the thread? Did you check the blog I linked (or tried to - you have to type the F-word into the URL yourself, sorry)? For anyone with a twisted sense of humor like mine, it's damned funny. I hope some of you saw it & enjoyed it.

Look there's nothing new under the sun. Without gathering statistics, I would guess that at least 80% of everything that is discussed on this board every single day has been discussed AD NAUSEUM. What tires? What wheels? How do I check my oil? How do I fabricate my own flux capacitor? Show us your Porsche in the XXX, etc. With your 17000+ posts, nobody should be more aware of this than you.

But thanks for bringing your particular brand of crankiness to the thread anyway. It takes a village.....

Right on!

[RSBob]

During my recent drive down the NW coast, I got stuck behind a pickup in So. Oregon which drove slightly below the posted signs for about 3 miles of corners. I kept an appropriate amount of following distance - because in the rural areas - most people with scarlet colored necks driving pickups really don't appreciate our cars nearly as much as we do - so I try to be extra courteous - until the road opens up. Finally there was a straight where I could pass, he speeded up (argh - hate that), I dropped down a gear and blew by him. I started decelerating when I saw him charging hard to catch me. The avid 55 MPH truckster was now tailgating me at 70, 75, 80 on the straights. He obviously had a little problem with 1. being passed and 2. his perception of the car. When a set of twisites presented themselves I made short work of him. He was still trying to chase but dropped and dropped and dropped behind until he was a mere zit on the arse end of the earth.

Moral to the story, you can be as courteous as pie, but if people hate Porch drivers then get ready to do some serious driving.

[01sport]

Your driving your 911 or 740 in L.A.

You need to change lanes. Of course there lots of traffic after all your in L.A. You turn on your blinker and the person in the lane next to you thinks to themselves, "No way am I letting this So And So BMW/Porsche driver into MY lane". They speed up and slam the door on you. Well what do expect your in L.A. This goes on day after day, week after week, well you get the idea.

So next time you change lanes you don't signal. It was safe. There were at least 4 or 5 car lengths between you and the car you pull in front of. Nobody had to hit the brakes. But the guy comes unglued! Honking, flashing, flipping the So And So BMW/Porsche driver. You can't let it get to you. After all your in L.A.

[RSBob]

What is rather peculiar - actually its really at odds with this discussion is when I am waiting at a driveway or other place to merger into traffic, some nice person will always let me in far faster in the 911 versus one of my other cars (914 included). It's almost as if, "Oh look, there's a nice car, let's let him in." Strange eh?

[450knotOffice]

MIlt's really a great guy if you meet him in person - willing to help anybody anytime. I like him. However, he is an admitted crab sometimes. I guess this was one of those times.

[450knotOffice]

Originally Posted by 01sport

Your driving your 911 or 740 in L.A.

You need to change lanes. Of course there lots of traffic after all your in L.A. You turn on your blinker and the person in the lane next to you thinks to themselves, "No way am I letting this So And So BMW/Porsche driver into MY lane". They speed up and slam the door on you. Well what do expect your in L.A. This goes on day after day, week after week, well you get the idea.

So next time you change lanes you don't signal. It was safe. There were at least 4 or 5 car lengths between you and the car you pull in front of. Nobody had to hit the brakes. But the guy comes unglued! Honking, flashing, flipping the So And So BMW/Porsche driver. You can't let it get to you. After all your in L.A.

BINGO!! This is exactly how it is out here. In fact, you don't even need to turn on your blinker to get the door slammed shut. All you have to do is just pull up alongside the car you're going to pass (going maybe 5 mph faster). This is usually enough to cause the driver of the other car (usually an SUV, actually), to speed up just enough that the door is slammed shut. Then they slow down and just sit there, smug that they just fuched with you a little bit. Pisses me off. What's really sad is that my father in law, who's becoming a real road crab these days, does this krap all the time. I know because I'm a frequent passenger in his Chevy Tahoe (formerly mine, btw). He thinks EVERYONE (and I mean EVERYONE) on the road is either a menace to society or is just plain stupid, so he's on this constant warpath to prevent people from getting in front of him. It's embarrassing and has gotten to the point where my mother-in law, my wife and I hate driving with him.

I suspect there are plenty out there like him.

[4flyboy]

Originally Posted by RSBob

During my recent drive down the NW coast, I got stuck behind a pickup in So. Oregon which drove slightly below the posted signs for about 3 miles of corners. I kept an appropriate amount of following distance - because in the rural areas - most people with scarlet colored necks driving pickups really don't appreciate our cars nearly as much as we do - so I try to be extra courteous - until the road opens up. Finally there was a straight where I could pass, he speeded up (argh - hate that), I dropped down a gear and blew by him. I started decelerating when I saw him charging hard to catch me. The avid 55 MPH truckster was now tailgating me at 70, 75, 80 on the straights. He obviously had a little problem with 1. being passed and 2. his perception of the car. When a set of twisites presented themselves I made short work of him. He was still trying to chase but dropped and dropped and dropped behind until he was a mere zit on the arse end of the earth.

Moral to the story, you can be as courteous as pie, but if people hate Porch drivers then get ready to do some serious driving.

"zit on the arse end of the earth"


What a great visualization! Well described. Thank you.

Oh and the diplomatic "scarlet neck". We rednecks do appreciate the deference.


S.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by 450knotOffice

MIlt's really a great guy if you meet him in person - willing to help anybody anytime. I like him. However, he is an admitted crab sometimes. I guess this was one of those times.

Thanks for the support. I could look away and should, but I see these rather useless topics about porcupines and Porsches too much.

VroomGrrl, I did open your link. I didn't think it was as "twisted" as you apparently did. I did find the comments that followed the pic to be really shallow to to the extent of being absolutely worthless; just something someone could type in to be a part of it and use the f-word.

And then out of nowhere comes this, "Total Porsche drivers. They probably have special swimming gloves that they wear and will cut you off in the middle of a lake for no reason."

Now that's brilliant, don't you say?

Hey, somebody has to be a crab. Otherwise this would turn into a VW BBS.

[RF5BPilot]

Originally Posted by RSBob

During my recent drive down the NW coast, I got stuck behind a pickup in So. Oregon which drove slightly below the posted signs for about 3 miles of corners. I kept an appropriate amount of following distance - because in the rural areas - most people with scarlet colored necks driving pickups really don't appreciate our cars nearly as much as we do - so I try to be extra courteous - until the road opens up. Finally there was a straight where I could pass, he speeded up (argh - hate that), I dropped down a gear and blew by him. I started decelerating when I saw him charging hard to catch me. The avid 55 MPH truckster was now tailgating me at 70, 75, 80 on the straights. He obviously had a little problem with 1. being passed and 2. his perception of the car. When a set of twisites presented themselves I made short work of him. He was still trying to chase but dropped and dropped and dropped behind until he was a mere zit on the arse end of the earth.

Moral to the story, you can be as courteous as pie, but if people hate Porch drivers then get ready to do some serious driving.

I have been amazed over the years at how slowly some drivers will go as long as they can block others. As soon as they can't, then they'll speed up trying to keep in front. I see it on 2-lane roads with passing sections and on the highway as well. While I recognize the pattern of behavior, I really don't understand it.

[KeoRS]

If you really want to perplex another driver on the road that is dissing your P-Car with whatever argument he can come up with, just look at him reallllllly excited, crazy-eyed and say : "It's not even my car! WOOOOOOO" and drive off.