06-01-2012, 07:26 PM
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Some kid in a Chrysler 200 Convertible was trying to race me a few days ago.
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06-01-2012, 09:32 PM
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Sounds like you need a new badge.
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A bigger Badge.. 
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06-01-2012, 10:42 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Ft. Leonard Wood
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ekam
Some kid in a Chrysler 200 Convertible was trying to race me a few days ago.
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That's just sad. 
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06-01-2012, 11:05 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Southern California
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When I first bought my 987, compliments were extremely common. Not so much anymore, though I do get a nice comment occasionally. I don't seem to get attention from law enforcement like some seem to. Negative on the races too.
My partner bought a black Mini Coupe early this year (just as they launched) and gets ALL the attention. Kids point and stare. Girls shriek in cutsy excitement. And guys (in their super cool way) comment how slick it looks. 
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06-02-2012, 12:10 AM
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2006 987
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: st. louis
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Originally Posted by LightngSVT
Im wondering about what kind of both positive and negative attention your cars bring? Do you get admiring glances and people asking about the car or find people mess with your cars in parking lots (door dings, etc)? Most importantly what about cops? Do you get pulled over more frequently, or for no apparent reason (not talking about the times your caught testing the redline ). |
all positive
mess... not really... well, not true, because i park far away, but someone ALWAYS pulls up right next to me! grrrrr
cops.... seems to ignore me, strangely enough, even when testing redline
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06-02-2012, 01:22 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: 986 degrees n
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:ah:Was coming out of bam and a nice lady exclaimed her happiness with my quote " nice. 986!"...needless to say I was just as pleased ...then I took to have fluids changed ....ummmm..got the bill.
.excitement subdues..LOL
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06-02-2012, 09:09 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Minneapolis,Mn
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I seem to be invisible to cops, maybe my car has a factory option cloaking device...
I get a lot of compliments from guys, but only a handful of ladies seem impressed (unless they are just playing hard to get)
But around where i live, every young guy with a ricer try's to race me, usually to impress their female passenger. It takes everything in me to not show off hah.
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06-03-2012, 06:02 AM
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flybird
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Grove City OH
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Wanna race?
My 2001 boxster is my daily driver and the top is down every chance I get I just love the wind as I'm motoring around town. Everyone looks at me like I'm some Hollywood star, LOL . I hate being stared at so I ignor them and do not give eye contact. In my small town everyone wants to race. There are many types of cars also from supercharged MG's to BMW, tons of ricers. Now here is the crazy part, the Wife and I try to get lost in the countryside and Big 4X4 Driver comes up on us wanting to have a go at it. I love driving fast and we all know this car does it better than most so that said I will not lead crazy or drunk guy into a corner he can not handle. So go ahead and stare me down, rev your motor, ride my ass. When I'm doing what I love to do its all worth it.
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06-03-2012, 06:29 AM
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recycledsixtie
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Edmonton Canada
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Quote:
Originally Posted by flybird
My 2001 boxster is my daily driver and the top is down every chance I get I just love the wind as I'm motoring around town. Everyone looks at me like I'm some Hollywood star, LOL . I hate being stared at so I ignor them and do not give eye contact. In my small town everyone wants to race. There are many types of cars also from supercharged MG's to BMW, tons of ricers. Now here is the crazy part, the Wife and I try to get lost in the countryside and Big 4X4 Driver comes up on us wanting to have a go at it. I love driving fast and we all know this car does it better than most so that said I will not lead crazy or drunk guy into a corner he can not handle. So go ahead and stare me down, rev your motor, ride my ass. When I'm doing what I love to do its all worth it.
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You are setting a fine example. Unfortunately there are too many people out there that race to the scene of their own accident 
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06-03-2012, 07:54 AM
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Join Date: May 2012
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The whole thing of guys in big trucks wanting to race seems so weird to me?!? We dont have to many jacked up 4x4's here, lots of nice trucks and SUV just not to many hillbilly-mobile's. I think I answered my question yesterday when I went to a Porsche dealer to test drive a Cayman and a Boxster, both times they just handed me the plate to keep on the passengers seat while driving so the car's had no plate visible from the outside. I was passed from behind by a cop while in the Cayman and went by another cop while in the Boxster and not even a second glance from either of them. So I can probably check my fear of cops of the list.
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06-04-2012, 05:36 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: eastern NC Crystal Coast
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LightngSVT
The whole thing of guys in big trucks wanting to race seems so weird to me?!? We dont have to many jacked up 4x4's here, lots of nice trucks and SUV just not to many hillbilly-mobile's. I think I answered my question yesterday when I went to a Porsche dealer to test drive a Cayman and a Boxster, both times they just handed me the plate to keep on the passengers seat while driving so the car's had no plate visible from the outside. I was passed from behind by a cop while in the Cayman and went by another cop while in the Boxster and not even a second glance from either of them. So I can probably check my fear of cops of the list.
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"Big trucks wanting to race", Hell no !!! They want to roll over you and crush your car. I live in the "Grave Digger" state. North Carolina
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06-04-2012, 06:06 PM
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Track rat
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Southern ID
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Originally Posted by milliemax
"Big trucks wanting to race", Hell no !!! They want to roll over you and crush your car. I live in the "Grave Digger" state. North Carolina
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Yep, they are crazy all right. I have an old friend who takes his lifted 4x4 Duramax Diesel to the drags. It was last dynoed at 1000hp and he spends most of his money replacing trans and rear diffs. Crazy fool wants to race me up winding Mt. Baldy Road in my Boxster. Never gonna happen because he will insist on winning or die trying. Crazy fool.
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06-05-2012, 03:13 AM
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flybird
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Grove City OH
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open road
Quote:
Originally Posted by milliemax
"Big trucks wanting to race", Hell no !!! They want to roll over you and crush your car. I live in the "Grave Digger" state. North Carolina
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I can't tell you the number of times we will be motoring along and Big 4x4 Fella comes up on our tail doing at least eighty to get there . My wife will say oh my gosh, she don't curse but I do enough for both of us. I guess we must be passing through his clearly marked territory. I smile and wave him on watching to make sure he goes around us instead of over us. For the most part our country drives are on the back roads and the people always wave as they stare at our car as we cruise by.
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06-05-2012, 07:57 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: NY
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Much to my surprise, it's the Benz coupes that want to tango, in the last encounter the traffic was such that who had what car was moot; still I guess he tasted victory reaching nearly the same destination at least 80 feet before me.
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06-05-2012, 10:02 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Nor.Cal
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Originally Posted by flybird
she don't curse but I do enough for both of us.
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lol !! well said.. 
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06-05-2012, 10:18 AM
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Location: Toronto
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What's this 4x4, "trucks" that you guys speak of? Canadians are just too polite to drive those things.
We just have old Asian ladies in their Lexus SUV that hit other cars in the parking lot. They're not mad, just blind.
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06-05-2012, 10:32 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: NKY
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I get compliments pretty much any time i stop for gas, go to the golf course, meet someone new while I'm driving it, etc. Typically it's just, "I really like your car, it looks great".
Happens quite a bit, but there don't seem to be many Porsche's around here. It's rare to see Boxsters, I typically see more 911's and Cayenne's than anything.
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06-05-2012, 11:19 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: san jose
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Kinda unfair to single out the old Asian lady .. at least when they hit your car its not with a 4000lb Buick.
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06-05-2012, 12:39 PM
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Location: eastern NC Crystal Coast
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Originally Posted by vijen6
Kinda unfair to single out the old Asian lady .. at least when they hit your car its not with a 4000lb Buick.
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OMG My mother is still driving her 4000 lb BUICK also !!! I need to take away her keys.
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06-06-2012, 04:00 PM
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There Is No Substitute.
Join Date: May 2007
Location: West Coast
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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!
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