What Kind of Attention Does Your Car draw?

[BYprodriver]

I get enough Negative reactions every time I drive my Boxster that I rarely make eye contact with anyone. Some people can handle a Porsche conv, some can handle a bright yellow car, but very few can handle both at one time. I am always driving too slow or too fast. If the truck has tires big enough to require the body to be raised, then it must require tailgating smaller than average cars also. Knowing they rarely upgrade the brakes to maintain oem braking performance with the huge wheels & tires, I never allow them to ride my bumper long. It is amazing how often I stop at a traffic light & see girls in adjacent cars start fixing their hair. I have put 87,K miles on this Box mostly on SoCA freeways & only pulled over by a Cop once. Ticketed for doing 75 in a 65mph zone at 6:30 am about 5 miles before WillowSprings Raceway. No other cars on the road. Drove from LA to LA (Louisiana) once got stopped in ElPaso & Calhoun County TX where the fine Deputy refered to my "little yellow car" & wrote me a ticket for speeding. (84mph in a 75) interesting how he knew this when he was miles away at the time of the infraction.

[Flavor 987S]

The 987S completely flies under the radar. The 993 Turbo, on the other hand, attracts a ton of attention.

[ddb]

Originally Posted by Flavor 987S

The 993 Turbo, on the other hand, attracts a ton of attention.

Love your car! The paint looks flawless.

Looks like you changed your wheels. I like them a lot!

[Olin]

Originally Posted by BYprodriver

I get enough Negative reactions every time I drive my Boxster that I rarely make eye contact with anyone. Some people can handle a Porsche conv, some can handle a bright yellow car, but very few can handle both at one time. am

Same same here , don't know what it is, but at times as much as I love the yellow, I wish I had gone for a more conservative colour, but then Hey..it's a sports car.http://www.986forum.com/forums/images/smilies/mad.gif

I think they are just pissed that they don't have one....

I put the hardtop on for the winter (now) and I don't notice any of the crap looks I think the hard top moves it out of the firing line for some reason.
I actually love the hard top look.

[opus69]

While stopped at a light this morning a member of the local constabulary offered to trade his squad car.

[rick3000]

Every now and then I get an idiot teenager that revs his engine to race me from a light, and certainly get more glances with the top down, and occasionally catch little boys starring at the car out of minivans. More rarely do I get a compliment, had a lady at the gas station ask me if it was a Ferrari once.

I get the occasionally jest about the lack of storage from friends, but I don't talk about my car much, so anyone that thinks having a sports cars is snobby or elitist quickly forgets about it. Which is a viewpoint I have unfortunately gotten a lot from people.

My favorite moment was a cute girl that waved to me and did the flash from a Guards Red 986 as she drove past!

[wvboxst3r]

Just came back from the beach house in middle of night. No traffic and a short time frame. Took six hours for a normal seven and half hour drive. Just before the really twisty 33 miles of the trip speed limit on 4 lane is 55. Had a minivan come up on me and tried to hang, I took off just to get away and not have to watch the guy die. He tried to follow me at 75 so I left him in the worst section with a short burst of 90. Never to be seen again. He scared me I could see that thing leaning left then a hard flip back to the right then back thought for sure it was flipping over.

Side note that section at those speeds with maybe three cars at 4am was a blast.

[particlewave]

Faster! FASTER!!!

(taken during a break from my lcd led backlight mod, so no digitals)

[particlewave]

I just got back from KC. Pulled up next to a red late 90's Carrera convertible on the freeway.
We paced each other for a while, checking out each others cars. That was pretty freakin sweet!

I'm easily amused!

[particlewave]

Driving in the left lane is illegal in most places, so he was probably still breaking the law(unless on a call or in pursuit).

The left lane is for passing and moving over for breakdowns, police stops, and mergers. It irritates the heck out of me that so many "drivers" are ignorant to this. It is also extremely bad etiquette. It does not fly in Missouri, as we have strict enforcement of that particular law...especially in KC. Nebraskans are the worst; driving 60 in the passing lane in a 70 zone. Every darn day.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-04-19/delaware-highway-traffic/54409762/1

[shadrach74]

In MD, the right lane is the new left lane. You can regularly see car train 12 vehicles long in the left lane and no one in the right or middle lanes. It's awful.

[BYprodriver]

Originally Posted by shadrach74

In MD, the right lane is the new left lane. You can regularly see car train 12 vehicles long in the left lane and no one in the right or middle lanes. It's awful.

The far left lane has been taken over by texter's here in LA.

[Ghostrider 310]

Originally Posted by BYprodriver

The far left lane has been taken over by texter's here in LA.

Wouldn't it be cool if it was legal to pelt texters with paint balls? At least one day a year.

[particlewave]

Originally Posted by Ghostrider 310

Wouldn't it be cool if it was legal to pelt texters with paint balls? At least one day a year.

Yes, yes, and YES! Love this idea!

[thstone]

Yesterday I stopped at a stop sign and waited for a guy to cross the street. As he get close to me he says, "Sorry, but I'm walking slow so I can have more time to check out your beautiful car"!

[Mark_T]

Except instead of paint we'll put brake fluid in the balls.

[Ghostrider 310]

Originally Posted by Mark_T

Except instead of paint we'll put brake fluid in the balls.

That's too mean spirited, I had a similar idea once regarding the construction of round up water balloons but never tried to get the logistics down.

[Mark_T]

LOL - that is wicked, and the beauty of it is that small round spots of dead grass would get blamed on some dog.

[Kenny Boxster]

Here in Texas the left lane is not limited to just passing. You will find people driving from Austin to Dallas in the left lane for hours! People drive on both right and left lane on highways effectively causing traffic problems. It's a standoff!

[keysguy]

I live in a tourist town and my cars tend to get attention when I park them out and about. I normally park them in a private off street lot when I take them out on Friday or Saturday nights. Every so often I park them on street in front of one of the local wine bars I frequent. The wine bar has a front porch and it's neat to sit on the porch with a glass of wine and watch the tourist walk by and check them out. I'm always amazed about how many pictures are taken of them. The old 911 is in much worse shape than the Boxster (Boxster is pristine) but it seems to get most of the attention. I think it's because it has the big whale tail on it. Late at night one a year or so ago we sat on the porch of the wine bar when two couples walked by, the guy convinced their ladies to "flash" while the guys took a couple of pictures. I hollered at them that I wanted copies of the pics but they just laughed it off and walked down the street.