How to feel instantly inferior in your Boxster

[ehD]

i dont get why a carrera flashing his lights at you is a good thing... isnt that usually a sign of 'get out of the way i'm passing'? i flick my high beams a couple times when people are frustratingly slow in front of me =x

[Grizzly]

Originally Posted by ehD

i dont get why a carrera flashing his lights at you is a good thing... isnt that usually a sign of 'get out of the way i'm passing'? i flick my high beams a couple times when people are frustratingly slow in front of me =x

"Not so many years ago, spotting another Porsche on the road was a welcome event. Without ever meeting the driver, you could rest assured that you had encountered a kindred spirit; someone who shared your appreciation of one of the best engineered performance cars in the world. As a sign of acknowledgment, the drivers would flash their headlights. Though some still practice the tradition, many old owners have gotten lazy and many new owners have never learned this important tradition. Owning a Porsche is a unique experience. Do your part to preserve the experience... keep the flash alive! "

[porscheracer]

Originally Posted by ehD

i dont get why a carrera flashing his lights at you is a good thing... isnt that usually a sign of 'get out of the way i'm passing'? i flick my high beams a couple times when people are frustratingly slow in front of me =x

If the driver flicks his beams from the opposite direction its cool. if the guy behind you flicks his beams then your driving to slow and move out of the way..show respect!
In Europe they respect this gesture but in good old USA they wont understand..
In fact there is no order in America highways.. Anyone may drive the fast lane even trucks..

[djomlas]

funny thing you mention that.
me and my friend were going to get his new car, we were in his 540i
we were going down south in IL
as soon as we kinda got out of chicago area, EVERYONE moved out of the way as we sped by (i will not mention any speeds, but he clearly want following the speed limit by any means). it was pretty neat, we were just passing everyyyyone, we were in far left lane, and everyone just moved over as they saw us approaching, i tought that was cool.
then on the way back you can totally see were getting close to chicago as more and more people are going like 40 in left lane on a freaking highway.
driving in chicago is the most frustrating thing ever, so many idiots on roads

[porscheracer]

If you can drive in NYC you can drive anywhere... try driving midtown during rush hour...better yet check out time square at 7 pm...


Help my autox skills...

[Jump]

To make Porscheracer feel better I’ll provide more details. I had pulled off the highway to swing through a park quickly to check out the lake. At the stop sign as I was pulling back onto the highway he came over a hill on the road opposite of me and flashed his lights at me. I was already into the turn too far for me to flash back. He pulls in behind me but kept a respectful distance back. If anything, he fell back as a pushed it a little harder through the turns. 3/4s of a mile later he pulled off onto another side road. Nothing but respect from both drivers.

[ddb]

Speaking of feeling inferior in your Boxster....

I thought you guys and gals would enjoy this picture.

ddb

[Perfectlap]

well if it makes you feel better I would feel much much safer in our Boxsters than an all carbon fiber tub on the open road. One Rennlister died a year ago in the CGT hitting the wall at Fontana. I'm not sure what the investigation by Porsche yielded, probably not very much because the families of deceased are now or were suing the last time I checked. What struck me at the time of the tragedy was that the CGT was designed to be an LMP racer, not a road car yet the drivers had no chance in a pretty straight forward high speed crash. I'm not a racing car designer but I think I've seen a dozen carbon fiber racing cars desintegrate and yet the driver just walked out with only a scratch.
I never really heard a detailed description of why the car wasn't redesigned once the LMP rules changed, instead Porsche just scrapped the whole racing project and put the cars on the road for $500K. And of course they recently pulled the plug on the Carrera GT altogether.