what do you do when you see another box?

[eslai]

Boxsters are common enough down here year-round that I honestly don't even notice them on the road that often. I've had a few wave exchanges, but generally don't make it my mission in life.

[FrayAdjacent]

I've seen a few other Boxsters on the road so far. Waved at a couple guys... no response.

One guy in an 80s 911SC waved... one guy in a 968 nodded as he passed the other direction....


It's hit or miss around here. If you get a wave back, it's an enthusiast. If you don't, it's a rich puke that drives a Porsche just because it says Porsche on the hood.

[TriGem2k]

Originally Posted by FrayAdjacent

If you get a wave back, it's an enthusiast. If you don't, it's a rich puke that drives a Porsche just because it says Porsche on the hood.

YES...COULDN"T AGREE MORE

[David N.]

There are quite a few Boxsters in SoCal, I wouldn't take it personally if they didn't acknowledge back. I definitely wave on twisty roads tho, you know it's an enthusiast up there (it's even moreso when your riding a bike and wave to other bikers).

This car was regarded as a 'trophy wife car' by my friends when I first considered it, but I ignored them because it's such an amazing car overall. Sadly tho, most of the people I see driving them around my area seem to fall into that category

-David N.

[z12358]

Originally Posted by David N.

I definitely wave on twisty roads tho, you know it's an enthusiast up there (it's even moreso when your riding a bike and wave to other bikers).

Good observation. I love the Porsche blip. In twisties country (which is where I mostly drive mine) I blip my lights to a Porsche and get a blip back 90% of the time (half the time, the other Porsche blips first). We both know why we're there and what we're doing. If it's a DE or a club race weekend at Limerock, there are Porsche blips galore on the country roads in the 30 mile radius around it. As I go to more PCA events I start to even recognize people and Porsches so then the blip replaces a human 'hi'. Most Porsche people I've met there are good, down-to-earth, folks.

In conclusion, if the car (Porsche), road (twisties), and purpose (joy) all meet, the blip exchange is almost guaranteed. To the extent that one, two, or all three of these conditions are not there, the blips become less likely (e.g. a congested highway on the way to work).

Z.

[bosxter7]

I see no reason to wave to other boxsters, I do wave to other motorcycle riders when im on my bike, but just is not the same in a car.

Originally Posted by bosxter7

I see no reason to wave to other boxsters, I do wave to other motorcycle riders when im on my bike, but just is not the same in a car.

I have actually gotten several waves and thumbs up from motorcycle guys...especially Harley riders!

[z12358]

Originally Posted by bmussatti

I have actually gotten several waves and thumbs up from motorcycle guys...especially Harley riders!

Same here. I think it's the love for the twisties that connects.

Z.

[Crono0001]

Originally Posted by FrayAdjacent

It's hit or miss around here. If you get a wave back, it's an enthusiast. If you don't, it's a rich puke that drives a Porsche just because it says Porsche on the hood.

People under really old or relatively young will always wave. It's the late thirties and early forties that drive around looking at everyone down their nose. I make it a point to catch up to any boxster I see and wave at them.

Also, women driving boxsters never wave back.

[Bavarian Motorist]

Originally Posted by eslai

Boxsters are common enough down here year-round that I honestly don't even notice them on the road that often. I've had a few wave exchanges, but generally don't make it my mission in life.

Well, screw you, outcast



Maybe I just haven't noticed the Boxsters until I got my own...I'm sure in the summer they're EVERYWHERE.


But lately I've been seeing more and more of them.


Wow wouldn't it be funny if you acknowledged someone behind you by putting your spoiler up, lol

[eslai]

Originally Posted by Bavarian Motorist

Well, screw you, outcast

Haha, see I kind of agree with MN--I didn't buy the Boxster because of the badge, I bought it because I thought it looked sexy and because I can drive it the way I want to drive a car. I certainly don't lament that I didn't buy a 911 or anything like that, and I could care less whether others think I'm gay for driving it.

All that said, I like being part of a web community, PCA and all that, but I'm MUCH more interested in "my car" than in "the community", y'know what I mean?

[MNBoxster]

Originally Posted by eslai

Boxsters are common enough down here year-round that I honestly don't even notice them on the road that often. I've had a few wave exchanges, but generally don't make it my mission in life.

Hi,

Couldn't agree more. They're fairly common up here too.

I didn't buy my Boxster to gain entry into any particular Society or Club (nor do I think I have), I bought it for me. I could care less what others think, who sees me in it, or who I see in another one.

There's an older Black guy somewhere in my general neighborhood who owns a Guards Red 944. Every time he sees me approaching, he begins waving frantically about a block out (almost to the point of being unsafe).

I don't want to know this guy, make friends with him, invite him to Xmas Dinner, nor do I feel obligated to acknowledge him just because he owns a car from the same manufacturer as I. Frankly, he looks like a Dork doing it. But, to each his own...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99

[Bavarian Motorist]

Originally Posted by MNBoxster

Hi,

Couldn't agree more. They're fairly common up here too.

I didn't buy my Boxster to gain entry into any particular Society or Club (nor do I think I have), I bought it for me. I could care less what others think, who sees me in it, or who I see in another one.

There's an older Black guy somewhere in my general neighborhood who owns a Guards Red 944. Every time he sees me approaching, he begins waving frantically about a block out (almost to the point of being unsafe).

I don't want to know this guy, make friends with him, invite him to Xmas Dinner, nor do I feel obligated to acknowledge him just because he owns a car from the same manufacturer as I. Frankly, he looks like a Dork doing it. But, to each his own...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99

Jeeze... so negative.


If you didn't want to belong to a particular community, why are you on these forums?

It is a natural propensity of humans to want to belong to groups which they directly relate to. It's nothing to be ashamed of.

[AUDIOGUY]

If I had to do the waive each time I saw a Porsche in my area, I would devolope Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. I usually waive back to the folks that waive at me. Every once and a while I initiate a waive. It doesnt bother me at all.

I can't stand when every kid in a hopped up Subaru or Honda chases me down and thinks that I want to race. I'm not interested.... save your gas money kids you'll need it for your next "ricey" mod.

By the way, 3 inches of ice on the ground, car stranded at my office.

[drburton]

Mnboxster, I'm not sure where you are seeing all these boxsters in the twin cities b/c I am certainly not. Pretty much don't see any over the winter and maybe one a month in the summer.

...and I do wave and actually get excited to see another one.

[Bavarian Motorist]

Originally Posted by drburton

Mnboxster, I'm not sure where you are seeing all these boxsters in the twin cities b/c I am certainly not. Pretty much don't see any over the winter and maybe one a month in the summer.

...and I do wave and actually get excited to see another one.

That's the spirit

[SC986]

I can't stand when every kid in a hopped up Subaru or Honda chases me down and thinks that I want to race. I'm not interested.... save your gas money kids you'll need it for your next "ricey" mod.

That's funny. I get the same thing everytime I go out, with the new mustangs as well. There was a time where I couldn't pass them up, but it no longer bothers me to let them think they would have won or I was scared.

If they slow back down to try and egg me on, then I try to make sure they see me laughing madly at them while shaking my head. Kind of being a jerk I know, but usually it gets them to floor and drive madly away one more time which is even more amusing.

[Bavarian Motorist]

Nobody has wanted to race me yet.


Oh, just one guy in some riced out...well, I'm not sure what it used to be, but some ricey car.

[MNBoxster]

Originally Posted by drburton

Mnboxster, I'm not sure where you are seeing all these boxsters in the twin cities b/c I am certainly not. Pretty much don't see any over the winter and maybe one a month in the summer.

...and I do wave and actually get excited to see another one.

Hi,

There are tons of Boxsters here in MSP. I live on River Blvd. in St. Paul and this is one of the scenic drives many sports car owners in town frequently make, I see them going past the house all the time (as well as many others). Around the Lakes too. Certainly not so many in winter, but there are 5 other Boxsters alone within a 6-block radius of my home. A Black one, Navy, 2 Arctic Silver and another Guards Red, as well as at least 10 911s of various models.

MSP is the only city in the US with the size population it has to have two Porsche Dealerships, and these existed well before the Boxster or the Cayenne were introduced. Traditionally, this area is high for Porsche Ownership, especially by Mid-Western, limited Driving Season, standards.

I suspect you haven't had yours long enough, or driven as thoroughly through town, to have noticed. See if you don't agree with me by this time next year...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99

[MNBoxster]

Originally Posted by Bavarian Motorist

Jeeze... so negative.


If you didn't want to belong to a particular community, why are you on these forums?

It is a natural propensity of humans to want to belong to groups which they directly relate to. It's nothing to be ashamed of.

Hi,

Enough with the Psycho-babble, it's not negative at all.

I bought the car - not the nameplate or the so-called Community. It doesn't matter one whit to me that it's a Porsche. Give me the same car, styling, handling, with a Yugo badge (or any other) on the hood and I'm there (except maybe for the China-Doll engine). Wasn't it you who pointed out that it's about the power and handling?

I've owned several equally, or even more prestigeous, Hood Badges in my time. To me a Porsche isn't a Porsche, it's just a car. There are numerous Porsche models which i have absolutely no desire to own.

Granted, the same may not be true of all others. Many (I suspect even many here) bought the car exactly because of the Community, the Nameplate, what it says to others about who they are. That they wanted to be included in such a percieved group. Also, it's been my experience (not just now, but through the years) that as a group Porsche owners tend to know a lot less about cars than owners of several other performance marques. Certainly not all, I'm not making that assertion, but many more than I've found in Jaguars, Ferraris, Lotus, maybe even Mustangs and Vettes. That's OK too, not positive or negative, just OK.

But, if you must know, I am on these forums because I chose to be. To learn from others and help others learn about these cars. Not because merely owning this car somehow obligates me to buy into other people's sense of Community...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99