Most interesting passenger comments

[DanS911]

"Oh THAT'S what braking is!"
Student after hanging on the belts going into T7 at Sebring

[baldman]

7 year old daughter - "Daddy, can we drive around until my friends see me?"

(little explanation - I have a shaved head, I'm kinda big, and I've ridden Harleys for years)
Wife - "We just got a 911"
Friend - "Andy drives a Porsche?"
Wife - "I know, it's kind of like a turd on a silk pillow"

Co-worker (and ex-911 owner) after a ride - "I hate you."

[Schrup]

A city cop pulled me over for speeding & passing on the right, he says "Beautiful car, I'd hate to see you pile it up". He let me go with a warning.

[nynor]

my dad- the tires just broke loose1 (shifting to second at redline)

my dad- i don't want to drive that thing!!! (when i offered to let him drive)

my wife- wow, this thing drives nice (120MPH going UP parleys canyon)

my brother- all right, its fast (taking some mountain curves at a pretty good clip)

[911S Targa]

Originally posted by ovilla
Talk about body language. Every Wednesday the wife stays home with our new daughter and I take my son to daycare in our sweet looking Orange 75' 914 (with polished 911 Fuchs). Anyway, whenever I pick him up at the end of the day he never fails to run out and hug the drivers side fender and say "I love my Porsche!". He also tells everyone that it's his p-car and that when he gets bigger he's going to give his sister a ride in it. BTW, he's only 3 and a half and he corrects people who don't know how to say Porsche correctly.

Funny. My then 3 year old was/is the same way. Hell, at 2.5 he was telling everybody it was HIS porsche. When people call it a porsch.,.,he say's "no, porsch "a". I also love it when we leave the house. and tells me, "no, were taking the porsch "a" dad"

[Super_Dave_D]

Conversation with me and my 4yr old in the garage

Her "Red's my favorite color"
Me "I thought pink was"
Her "No, Red's my new favorite color"

Her "this car smells funny"

More
"Faster Daddy faster"
"lets do it again"
"lets drive the race car"

[pmajka]

Wife: "you got your, when will i get mine?"

Wife: "Why cant you be happy with the one you have, you spend all day on the computer (pelican bbs) or working on the car. Put that laptop down and take me to dinner... Of course i want to go in the Porsche."

All Nieces and Nephews:
before the ride: "Take me for a ride Uncle Pete!"
after the ride: "(insert silence followed by a stuttering) Wow , thanks"

Son: (who could care less about cars) How long before we get home.

Dad: " I am real proud of you son, my vette cant do that (78 vette)"
Mom: "My God, How much did you pay for it?" followed by "Slowwww DOWN!!!!"

[Rouxzy]

I love my Porsche and everything it represents and maybe I'm getting old, but I don't think so. But, Let me get this straight. We drive up canyon roads doing 120 mph, drive to point where speed has people speachless or shaking and telling you to slow down. This all happens when we have family members in cars that are pushing anywhere from 20 to 30+ years old. So when your 4 year old wraps his Porsche around a tree at 16 because he doesn't understand nor realize what he is driving you can thank yourself. Yes, these cars were meant to be raced and run hard but not with family members in them when you have antique plates on the car. When I get the urge to drive foolishly I make sure I am by myself so if I screw up I go down alone. I hate throw a dark cloud on this thread but come-on guys what are you thinking?

[HFR_Racer]

From my 4 year old daughter: "Dad... Are you speeding???"

My wife: Why is the top so noisy?
My answer: It's a Targa sweetie...

[J P Stein]

I took a young lady on an AX pass.
At my advanced age, I can only wish I could cause her to make such noises and use such language ....ah...in different surroundings

[nynor]

Originally posted by Rouxzy
I love my Porsche and everything it represents and maybe I'm getting old, but I don't think so. But, Let me get this straight. We drive up canyon roads doing 120 mph, drive to point where speed has people speachless or shaking and telling you to slow down. This all happens when we have family members in cars that are pushing anywhere from 20 to 30+ years old. So when your 4 year old wraps his Porsche around a tree at 16 because he doesn't understand nor realize what he is driving you can thank yourself. Yes, these cars were meant to be raced and run hard but not with family members in them when you have antique plates on the car. When I get the urge to drive foolishly I make sure I am by myself so if I screw up I go down alone. I hate throw a dark cloud on this thread but come-on guys what are you thinking?

yep... old. JK good point.

[Super_Dave_D]

Originally posted by Rouxzy
I love my Porsche and everything it represents and maybe I'm getting old, but I don't think so. But, Let me get this straight. We drive up canyon roads doing 120 mph, drive to point where speed has people speachless or shaking and telling you to slow down. This all happens when we have family members in cars that are pushing anywhere from 20 to 30+ years old. So when your 4 year old wraps his Porsche around a tree at 16 because he doesn't understand nor realize what he is driving you can thank yourself. Yes, these cars were meant to be raced and run hard but not with family members in them when you have antique plates on the car. When I get the urge to drive foolishly I make sure I am by myself so if I screw up I go down alone. I hate throw a dark cloud on this thread but come-on guys what are you thinking?

OK, lets put this in the proper context. When my 4yr old is in the car, her safety is my only concern. We go around a corner at 35 and in her mind we just went 70++. You can give any passenger a good representation of what the car can do AND stay within the speed limits. I dont know anyone that would drive crazy with one of their kids in the car. You right though, when its just me in the car, thats another story.

[pmajka]

Your 4 year old sounds just like my mother at 35 mph around a turn....

I dont live in an area with high speed available roads, so G's are impressive, even a low speeds.

[S2GART]

Some of the one liners I have gotten during and after going through some twisties were
"Holy S%^!"
"That's just insane"
"That's sick"
"there are seats in the back?"
"where is the door handle"

One time to demostrate the braking capability I purposely waited to the last minute to hit the brakes. My passenger said as we approched an intersection with a stop sign going 55 mph "....you are going to stop, right?" I simply replied with my foot. "that's absolutely incredible" was his next comment.

[COLDBASS]

"Sounds like a Volkswagon"

[Nitrometano]

My girlfriend "I dont like the car. Another chicks will be like to date you, He is my enemy".
Julissa my classmate : "I like the car, is small like a toy but he rumble"
My dad: "The car is uncomfortable" "Too noisy that I can't heard the radio" "I can't stretch the legs" "Too lowered" "That car is a krap"
My mom: "I can ride it"
My sister: "You can do something to get my Pathfinder sound like the Porsche".

[jbrinkley]

She gets out of the car at her house walks to the back of the car grabs the rubber lip of the turbo spoiler bends over and says I know what this is for.

I need to go back to high school and accomplishh this task. I only remember the Scirocco

[berettafan]

Originally posted by J P Stein
I took a young lady on an AX pass.

that must have caused quite a few accidents!

[Dthurman]

"buying a Porsche and saying you won't drive fast is like buying a dump truck and saying you won't haul gravel"
Wife (who bought me the car as a birthday gift)-" ...from now on if I'm in the car just drive like you're in a parade"

[Doug&Julie]

Originally posted by Super_Dave_D
OK, lets put this in the proper context. When my 4yr old is in the car, her safety is my only concern. We go around a corner at 35 and in her mind we just went 70++. You can give any passenger a good representation of what the car can do AND stay within the speed limits. I dont know anyone that would drive crazy with one of their kids in the car...

Agreed completely. When I first took my nephews for a ride in my Turbo Look, they were unimpressed...until I floored it in first gear. That's enough to press the body into the seats, make the engine howl, and lift their chins away from the portable video games they were playing. We spent the rest of the drive (around the neighborhood) just slowing down and punching it...but always in first gear. (..and always in a straight line..)

When I had my '88, my youngest nephew loved to sit in my lap and "drive" around the neighborhood. Again, always in first gear only with his Uncle Doug working the brake and gas...Danny steering and waving to neighbors because he's so cool in the black Porsche! Occasionally, I'd mash the throttle and give him a thrill...but we were never even near out of control. It doesn't take much to thrill children.

...to keep this slightly on topic...one of the times I had my nephew in my lap, a guy raking his leaves noticed us and yelled out "Can I be next?!?!"

...which is a little weird when you consider Dan was in my lap..