What Kind of Attention Does Your Car draw?
 

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 :) ).

Chicks think they are cute, cops think they are cute, angry disenfranchised youth think they are a symbol of everything they hate, rice rockets always want to race, 8 yr old boys love the sound they make, your co-workers think you make too much money, 997 Carrera S and Lamborghini owners get really annoyed when you drive around them at the track. (that last part is my personal favorite part) :p

Lots of attention, all positive. Everyone respects and admires a convertible Porsche. Young men ask me if I'll trade them cars monthly. Kids stop, stare, and point. Women try not to look but they do anyway. Everyone thinks that you're rich. 911 drivers hate it when you pass them on the track. And the only cop that has ever pulled me over (for speeding, of course) let me go with a warning.

Pretty well said, above.

Except for the chick part...they seem to stare, smile, and wave more than others. I don't like it and I think I'm going to sell the car. The female attention is nice, of course, but I don't like being the center of attention everywhere I go. Here in the middle of the country, Porsches are rare and other exotics are basically non-existent.

The attention does get a bit tiring , my last car, a 190sl , always brought smiles and comments
and the usual " what year is it?" I put the year on the license plate holder - didn't make any difference.
Most of the comments I get is about the color but there is also the dumb " Do you want to trade for my Toyota , Ford , Bobcat......................

but I've never had a negative comment or worse vandalism with the car which I had with
my Corvette several times.

Maybe living in the bay area is different than the rest of the country, but woman folks around here seems to pay more attention to a nice 'fixie' than a Porsche.

Once a coworker ( chick ) ask me what car I drive .. I told her .. she had a look on her face like "why .. ?".

Another time while chit chatting @ work my boss found out I have a "Porsche" and got that look on his face like "D@mn .. am I paying you that much?" .. I had to immediately tell him its an old old one to put his world back right side up. Then the conversation led to how I must pay out the butt to maintain an old Porsche .. fun times .. I pretty much just don't talk cars to ppl at work now.

However, once in a while I get a nice car and a nod smile while getting gas. One time a homeless man yelled out "I wanna be like you when I grow up" as I drove by him leaving a gas station. Another occasion while getting my new watch sized, the worker ( chick ) for some reason was so interested in my car and did a 360 walk like 3 times before asking for a ride. If only I was single at the time .. LOL =)

Right on the money...
 

Except the "on the track" part. Haven't done that ...yet. :D

Quiet in Dayton
 

You'd think that a Guards Red Porsche would get attention, but not around here. Once in a while I'll get a second look from a lady or a child. The men seem to prefer pickup trucks with loud exhausts. I recently took a thousand mile round trip into New England and although the only Porsche I saw was a 912, my Boxster got virtually no attention whatsoever. And, I like it that way.

I am feeling like Particle, I think my white Porsche draws attention to trouble. I do live in Nascar World, North Carolina !!! I love the car but feel I should sell it to someone in ..........South Beach Florida or Beverly Hills California.

co-workers ask me why I did not get a Carrera....I ask them what kind of Porsche they drive.
then I tell them I could have easily afforded a Carrera but the Boxster drives better and is nearly as quick as a 996 (I have an 02 S) most people like it and think I paid way more than I did

Good question!
I agree with u I dont like being the centre of attention but I am not going to sell the car. Most of the time the top is up because I am not a showy person. One woman with a newer Boxster asked why I did not have the top down and I said I liked the lines of the car. Yes in this city it attracts a lot attention because there are not many "exotic" cars here . People dont realize that u can get a used Boxster for less than the price of a new small car. It gets more respect than my previous Miata. Riceburners want to race but I dont race anybody.
This car is special and I will talk to anybody who wants to talk about it. Anybody who dings it and damages it the talk will be more serious!Lots of people want a ride but nobody drives it but me. :):)

Not in downtown Dayton on a Sunday!!!

Not too different than most on here. I get the occasional compliment at a light or in a parking lot. I've never been asked why I didn't get a 911. No negative attention, no extra attention from police, etc. And yes - every ricer with and Mustang want to race. I don't.

Lately the Dangermobile has been stalked by Chaz and Mom . Not sure why ?

Haha! That's gross, man...

:)

When I drive it to job sites some of the trades guys will say things like "Wish I had your job" and I usually reply "Why, so that you too can drive a 13 year old car worth considerably less than a Nissan Sentra?" They tend not to believe me.

I get ricer pilots wanting to race - I ignore them. When they try to tell me how much faster their car is I say, "Yeah, but no matter how fast your car is, it's still just another ricer." They never seem to have a good comeback to that one.

Here in my part of Idaho (actually anywhere in Idaho) these cars seam to be somewhat rare. Yes we do see others, but certainly not on every street corner. People are always pleasant and have nice things to say. We even had one older gent ask us about our Ferrari. The funny thing is when at a traffic light we get all sorts of comments from folks. From "nice car" to "wanna race". It comes from many drivers in tuners to folks who want to race who are in huge tricked out diesel p/u trucks. We have a lot of those here. It seams like Idaho has more dirt roads than paved roads.

I get thumbs up from a kid, glance from incoming traffic and one time this car is following me from the other lane and noticed the driver checking out my Box. This car really gets attention and I love it. :)

People notice it whether they say so or not. It comes up in conversation alot..."ohh you have that yellow Porsche, I have seen it around town."

I really dont care about, well dont want a lot of extra attention and it sounds like for the most part these cars dont attract that much attention. as long as you can park them some where without worrying about vandalism or get pulled over constantly for BS reason's thats what matters to me.

Everyone seems to love my little red Box. gets more attention than I thought it would. I think early 986s are now old enough to not attract to much negative attention from the anti-money brigade. They also have a sort of small sports car vibe that most people tend to be pretty well disposed towards. The 987 looks a lot bigger (even though it's only slightly bigger) and more vulgar.

I expected most people to hate it to be honest, so have been pleasantly surprised. Few if any "why didn't you buy a 911 comments". People just think it's a pretty little car.

My 356 replica was never without a crowd. It was beautiful signal red with tan and a really nice car. I could not go anywhere without pics being taken etc. sold it and biught a real porsche and in the past 3 months have heard 1 time...nice car...lol! Thats ok. I smile when i drive it!

In my neck of the woods the maids drive boxsters, this is what shows up at our local $tarbucks.

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Wow, we have some of those here but they are very far and few between.

My car can't draw.

Sure it can. You just need to press the gas pedal harder and crank the wheel.

e's are easy...

In my neck of the woods Boxsters are as exotic as a Honda Civic or Toyota Camry
The only attention I get is from 10 year olds boys when I drop my daughter off at her school in the morning :rolleyes:

I am still learning to shift well and while practicing higher rev takeoffs I get folks trying to race me.

As soon as I get to the speed limit I settle down though. There's no limit on how fast you can accelerate to the speed limit, and I routinely prove the 0-60 in under 5.5 seconds because it makes me smile.

I noticed that Porsche drivers are always smiling;

1 - because your car handles like a dream
2 - because you have nothing to prove and it bugs people in other kinds of cars
3 - because there are no kids in the back
4 - because sometimes you have a hot girl in the passenger seat
5 - because even not so hot girls and guys automatically seem hotter in a Porsche
6 - Because you can take your DD to the Track and be competetive
7 - Because other folks decided to buy/drive less interesting or boring cars that are a dime a dozen
8 - Because other folks have not discovered that Porsches can be affordable.
9 - Because you have the history, design and performance of Porsche in your car.

That's a good run down. I've tried to take the moderate approach when it comes to "ricer racers", though Mustang Sallies(18yr old guys in daddy's Ford) are the worst.

BTW, most states have laws against displays of speed, like taking off fast, even if you keep it under the limit. We do here. Not that it stops me when I feel the need... :D

I think in CA, exhibition of speed needs something beside purely fast acceleration.

Meaning smoking tires, squealing tires, or rubber mark on ground.

Well, wait till the Boxster's 50 years old. Probably get the same response about it!

I get a lot more attention (meaning nearly 100 % of people checking it out, and many, many conversations) about my '68 Cadillac convertible. Not so much the Boxster. While far from ubiquitous, it is a very common car in most big cities, I would think.

I did have a funny incident a few years back in a small, north Georgia mountain town while getting gas (think Deliverance :)) I paid and the lady said, "That's a purdy Porsche." I thanked her and said, "It's been a lot of fun." My brother, who was driving his 2002 Carrera Cab with me was next in line. She looked out the front door at his car. "And yores is purdy too. Is that the new Camaro?" :D

I get looks all the time.

Lots of little kids staring and pointing.

I also get looks from adults and teens.

Last week, this guy nearly stopped his Lexus SC430(our competitor) in the middle of the road to watch me drive passed him. He made me laugh. I saw him eyeing my car in his mirror and out his window.

I also get teens looking and pointing from their Scion's when I drive by.

I do get the occasional look and compliment on the car. The car is in great shape and is red so I guess that tends to attract.

In three years I've not been pulled over pull in the boxster, but I've been pulled over twice in my pickup BS no tickets. So the ploilce in Pa seem to leave us alone. I get allot of doubletakes. Hondas with big mufflers WRX s and Eclipse seem to all think they are your match. F250 with huge tires allway want to screw with you? haven't quite figured that out yet. but it ammusing.

F250 with huge tires ? Sounds like "Good old Boys" from NC. Don't mess with them. They hate Porsches and drink Moonshine.

I did get one funny comment not too long ago from a little girl down the street. She's maybe 5 or 6 years old and was playing with her friends in her front yard. When I stopped at the stop sign (they live on the corner), she waved and then yelled "your sports car sure is shiny".

Her referring to it specifically as a sports car struck me as a funny comment coming from such a small girl. I told her thanks. :)

I live in a fairly small town and my 2000 base Boxster gets more attention than I ever thought it would. I agree with the others about the surprising number of people in big trucks that want to race me. It happens often and I don't get it.

I get that often too. People see the Porsche badge and think my 2000 base Boxster must cost as much as a house.

Monster (big) truck drivers think small cars are slow..not this car with a badge with "Stuttgard" written on it.

Sounds like you need a new badge.

:p