I hate haters... - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

gmboxster · 05-05-2008, 12:37 AM

It's funny all those guys that call boxsters a chick car. Boxsters can out performance their muscle cars easliy. Maybe not in a straight line drag race but in every other catagory. Think I'll just hang on to my 'chick' car.

hjkim550 · 05-05-2008, 04:28 AM

Peer,

I am glad that you did not let them goad you into a fist fight. Being an short Asian man with a short temper, I got into a lot of them when I was younger. I trained in Tae Kwon Do for 12 years and thought that I was tough. I won my share but also got my a$$ whooped plenty of times. I don't really remember the fights I won but vividly remember the fights I lost. Not fun. It is a good thing that I was just a kid and did not get seriously injured.

Now that I am older (hopefully wiser), I cannot imagine being in a fist fight. I have no delusions about what can happen in a fight and would rather stay away from them. There are plenty of idiots out there... fighting with them will not change them.

rick3000 · 05-05-2008, 07:30 AM

I totally agree, good job not losing it and not getting into a fight.
It is interesting that so many people are rude. Most of the people with nice (mostly German) cars I know like my car, but everyone with a Ford or a rice rocket is a jerk (within the car enthusiast crowd). They must all be jealous, even though I paid probably paid less for my car than they did for there new Mustang or Honda.

I never get into fights about my car even though I have had people throw gum on the windshield, and smash an egg on the back. Their jealous and I'll put up with them because I know my car can outperform theirs any day of the week!

Brucelee · 05-05-2008, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by hjkim550

Peer,

I am glad that you did not let them goad you into a fist fight. Being an short Asian man with a short temper, I got into a lot of them when I was younger. I trained in Tae Kwon Do for 12 years and thought that I was tough. I won my share but also got my a$$ whooped plenty of times. I don't really remember the fights I won but vividly remember the fights I lost. Not fun. It is a good thing that I was just a kid and did not get seriously injured.

Now that I am older (hopefully wiser), I cannot imagine being in a fist fight. I have no delusions about what can happen in a fight and would rather stay away from them. There are plenty of idiots out there... fighting with them will not change them.

I used to teach MA. I would tell the young guys, when you fight, you lose, even if you win. I have never had a fight where I didn't hurt something, a toe, ankle, knuckle, rist, eye, etc. etc.

So, even if I WON, the fight, I lost.

Fighting is better left for when the alternative is pretty darn awful.

Certainly, fighting over a car is totally a bad call.

marbique · 05-05-2008, 02:10 PM

Peer,

That's what makes the world go round. Try (easy to say, harder to do) to save your mental energy - life is too short already to waste it wondering about all the knuckle-draggers around us.

I think it is largely jealousy that causes people to act like that, but sometimes I think the dimmer ones feel we're "asking for it", for example, parking with the roof down when their car roof is fixed (and probably covered in torn vinyl), if they even own a car. After an egg in my Boxster and one in my Miata before that, I take the few minutes to raise the roof when I park just to avoid antagonizing the bottom-feeders. Doesn't take much to irk them with an IQ in single digits and it takes 10 to bark.

I've heard the 997 shots about Boxsters as well, but I also have two friends who have traded 997s for Boxster Ss like mine, with two trunks and a folding top and owners who don't seem to take themselves quite so seriously.

My mantra has always been to remind myself that there is always someone worse off than me. That goes double for anyone who can afford a treat like a Porsche so spend a nanosecond feeling sorry for the other guys and move on with a smile on your face. No doubt there are guys right now on an Aston Martin site somewhere feeling sorry for us poor wee folk in our Boxsters.

TimAustinW · 05-05-2008, 02:48 PM

I have a lot of respect for the 911s wish it was the same for the 911 owners to the Boxsters. We all hate hearing the "poor mans porsche" and "it's not a real porsche" or "it's a girls porsche" and my favorite "the Chixster". You'd think the 911 owners would have a little more gratitude towards the Boxster as it helped Porsche get out of it's financial slump and rise to the top again. Still it always blows my mind with the whole Poor Mans Porsche. With prices starting at $45K for the base 987 and $50K for the S I don't see many poor people driving em. Not to mention you can configure a Boxster S 987 with features to bring it up over $100K. that ain't cheap.

Screw this guy for trying to pick a fight by pulling your strings. You did the right thing.

tboyer · 05-05-2008, 03:11 PM

Good job Peer, not only did you keep you cool, you kept to your plans to shoot pool. I admire people with patience, probably why you bought a Boxster. Clean up your car and buy yourself something nice.

I don't care what anyone thinks about my car, my status, or why I choose to drive what I drive. I owe absolutely no explanation to anyone. I enjoy participating in two PCA clubs with folks interested in being friends and talking cars. The percentage of good folks far outweighs the bad.