Yep agree..

The one thing about this thread I realized is that there are really two issues. 1) Is it awkward which is how you feel and 2) How other peoples who are aholes or exhibit inept behavior.


For #1, To feel awkward about having something nice (name it.. car, watch, clothes etc) I suppose is just a personal thing.. If you like it and enjoy it do it.. it isn't hurting anyone else. If you can't deal with it then drive a Toyota or see a shrink.

For #2, you can't control what other people think. I'm not going to not do something because my neighbor or someone else thinks it is precocious or whatever. Couldn't care less if they like it or not.

That isn't to say, you shove it down other throats by bragging, showing off etc. That's just as inept as someone asking how much something costs.

On the other hand, I watch myself in certain parts of town.. Seems like there is a certain area near me (for lack of a better term I'll call it very working class and I don't mean that to demean working folks.. just an area that is rough around the edges..).. seems like everytime I'm at a stop light in that area I've got some dingleberry hanging out his pickup truck or rusty 1975 datsun B210 window wanting to make a comment and get my attention. For the most part I just attempt to avoid the situation entirely.

 

I truly can't believe this is still being discussed? Who give a SH-T. Drive the car and enjoy it. F everyone else.

 

Agree.

If you can help me out by not having to be working class and still enjoy nice things, please help a fellow Porsche fan out here! : )

 

In my life I have spend a lot of money on cars, the rest of it was just wasted.

 

I think it is evidence that some people understand the impact of one's perceptions, and how it can affect your life/objects. If people are in a position to alter your property, it may help to "give a SH-T", and to NOT "F everyone else". Easiest way to find an egg thrown at your car, a key mark, door ding, boot mark, etc... on your vehicle.

(That's without any other property or politics at play, from a person in a position to alter anything else in your life)

 

From the above statment, I am pretty sure you are an attorney

 

There was a thread over on Rennlist about answering this question. The response I liked best: "I won't know until I sell it". Personally, I'll be saying "My Corvette, my Challenger, and my BMW and Harley bikes"...

 

This, sir, is one of the rudest comments I have ever seen, anywhere... The only one worse than that would have been a (car) salesmen.

 

That's perfect!

 

First, to the original post,... A little. I've driven some pretty nice cars over the years, but most were "old" and "interesting" so the kind of attention I got was mostly positive. With this car, as with others, I'm not in it for the attention, so it feels a little awkward when it comes. Unless it's a fellow car guy/gal. If someone walks up and asks, "how did you get quad exhaust tips on a C2?" I'm perfectly at ease.

Secondly, a bit of an aside about situational awareness... In 1989 I got my first real job and bought my dream car. A 1987 928S4. Two months after I bought it, I parked in the far back of a parking lot at an office building I was visiting--Against the fence surrounding the lot, away from other cars and possible door dings. I came down from my meeting to find my new baby keyed across the side, around the back, and up the other side. Down to the primer. Little did I know, the section of fence I parked against housed a door that connected the lot to the high rise apartment building next door. Evidently, someone used that door to cut through the lot and had a jealous, destructive moment. I like to think karma has repaid the a-hole many times over, but the $6K repaint taught me a lesson about situational awareness that I never forgot. When I sold that car 10 years later, it was as pristine as it was when it left the paint shop.

 

I've never had any of these things happen to me. 2nd if you go into politics and buying a nice car make keep you from getting a raise well then you don't buy it and take it to work. Do you see Obama driving a ferrari? Do you see any president driving a Ferrari? They could if they wanted to. Think about it......

 

I wish our presidents did drive Ferrari's. But this country is so conservative about politics it wouldn't happen. Politicians only wear navy suits with red or blue ties. Anything else would be un-American. They have to wear the pin of our flag to prove their loyalty. God forbid they're stylish and drive a nice car, and a foreign one at that.

 

Most of the comments I get or look I get are usually negative in my 991 C2S Cabriolet.. I don't drive like a jerk, i just attracts negative attention. I have heard of others who suffer from the same problem. I live in South Dakota, however, so I understand the small town aspect of it. Most farmers don't see the Porsche positively like cities do.

 

Agreed. I've bought 7 Porsches for the street, 5 of them new, along with a 5 other high-end cars over the years. I live in Texas. I also have had 3 Diesel pickup trucks (currently drive a 2013). In Texas, depending upon where you are you can pull up in a $65k MSRP maxed-out F250 or F350, and they say nothing at all, or "nice truck." If you pull up in my 1980 911SC worth about $20k on the open market, they look at you and size you up, or possibly say something to you. A lot of this is where you live, who you interact with, and what they do, etc.

-Keith

 

So true. I had a 10 year old M3 that people made fun of while they were driving $40k SUVs.

Marc