I just wanted to share this amusing anecdote, for background, I have a white 991S Cab. Last Sunday I was at the park with my 2 year old son, we were having a good time on the swing when a white convertible Beetle drove by. Can you guess what happened?

"Dad car, Dad car!"

Doh! Of course, if he had is way I'd be driving a Raptor / other large truck.

 

Good story and nothing to be ashamed of

 

DNA all the way!

 

Just for that reason, you should buy him a beetle for his first car. Tell him this story! It will be epic! haha.

 

That's funny. I feel your pain. I was at the DEQ getting emissions checked to renew my tags last year, and had a similar experience. They have a "self service" line now where you can pull up, plug in, and follow the onscreen instructions to run the test yourself. Since it is a relatively new feature, there was an attendant assisting. She was showing me how to plug the car up and was having a little trouble getting the plug to connect. She stood up and said, "Do you mind trying. It's really hard to get the plug in these Volkswagens."

 

My 82 year old neighbor would walk by when I used to wash the 997 TT and say they havent changed the look of the VW since his 1968 Bug. And I would say, Yup, why change a good thing. In his defense nothing on the back of the car states its a Porsche, just Turbo. Wasnt worth explaining.

 

hehe love it

 

Classic!! Love it

 

My 20 month old cries when he has to ride in anything but the Porsche. At first it was funny, now it is just annoying. We walk out and he runs to the 911 pulling on the handle. “Come on, buddy. We have to take the other car.” He drops to the ground and starts crying. Then continues to cry for 10 minutes in the other car.

He also sits on my lap for an hour while I drive iRacing.

Marc

 

Remember the Porsche execs that tried to buy VW during the financial crisis and got fired.

ChuckJ

 

haha, those are great stories! I suppose from a certain perspective the 911 is a VW now, but I love the idea of haunting the little guy with a Beetle when he turns 16!

 

Lets not forget that Dr. Wolfgang Porsche drive a VW Beatle in college. Read page 11 in Feb/March Christophorus magazine.

 

Same thing here: my 16 year old boy wants to take the Porsche to take his girlfriend to the Prom, my 14 year old boy does not want me to drive him around in the SUV and my 2 year old boy keeps watching car video clips (my wife tells me I brainwashed him...). My 10 year old daughter is the only one who says she does not like the Porsche because she feels embarrassed when her teacher tells her 'Nice car!' when I drive her to school