Comments You've Received on your Boxster
 

I was sitting in down town Port Jefferson, Ny on a bench eating my ice cream when a younger couple walked up to my car and just stopped and starting pointing at things on and in the car. I was sitting close enough to hear them talk. The guy "man, this is my dream car" The girl "drueling" Oh and while I am driving, I would have to say it is not the girls that stare as much as the guys. Kinda sux. LOL All the other boxster owners always ask what kind mine is or how come theres' does not look like that. LOL Factory aero kit and some wheels and spring and upgraded lights does the trick, the headers and exhaust note does not hurt either.
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Well, just after I had gotten a Porsche, one of the more bizarre comments I heard was from no other than my own dad; "Aha, so you finally got that Nazi-go-cart you always wanted." (his so-called humor should be seen in the light of that he went to school and got his degree in Hitler's birth country, and he also experienced the 2nd w-war first hand)

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Oh man.. I think that wins already within 2 posts.

I've been surprised at how many people ask me what kind of car mine is. I also had a redneck approach me from the back of the car and say "That's a nice car. Boxster... who makes that? Dodge?" I thought that was kinda funny.

I've had a funny thing ask when my aunt seen my car the 2nd time, The first time she knew it was a Porsche right away... The second time she seen it, The Porsche emblem was replaced with a RUF emblem and she said oh did you trade your porsche for that Toyota?!!?! Funny how people many people dont know what a porsche is unless they see the hood emblem.

I was sitting in mine, top down, at the marina last summer. A guy walked by, stopped and turned, and asked me "Is that a Ferrari?" Obviously not a car guy. :rolleyes:

i had a guy come into the diner I was in and say "who left the lights on their Toyota spyder?"

I've only had mine for around a month, but I'm surprised by how many people think the car is brand new. I almost feel guilty, because I'm generally very modest and would never spend 40-50k on a car. I tell them it was either this or a brand new Civic!

That's one of the great things about the Boxster, it still looks very similar to the new models and has a timeless design.

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Falling victim to a speed trap here in So. Cal., and in middle of doing some radio up-grades; so radio missing; as the Police Officer was handing me my ticket, he noticed the missing radio and said- "Ha, just like you Prosche guys to remove a $1000,00 dollar radio, just to save a little weight"!

Haha, nice. I would have said "It was stolen... Maybe it wouldn't be missing if you guys weren't wasting so much time writing up traffic violations." ;)

Wrong thread... that belong in the "Things not to say to a Police Officer" thread. :D

I had a guy pull up next to me at a gas station as I was filling up. I could hear him tell his son..."Look at him, he's putting his gas in the front, must go directly to the engine..." He was missing several teeth...

Pulled up to a hotel, parked and and opened front & rear trunks for the bellman to retrieve the bags when an elderly couple looked quizzically and asked, "where's the engine?" With a straight face, I said, "It's solar powered". They smiled, nodded and said, "nice".

Another time when getting gas around dusk, a woman approached me and asked, "Does your car change colors?"

Fellow Ocean Blue owners know what I'm talking about. ;)

Another Ferrari
 

I was driving through a local Park and as I passed a couple riding their bikes I heard the guy say to the girl, "That's a Ferrari".

LMAO!!! I accidentally spit on my computer screen from lauging at this! I love it! I'm quoting this in my sig!

This is beginning to sound like elitist posts... I thought LAMBO had bigger egos but do continue because I find this amusing.

How so? Relating funny comments we've heard? :confused:

Aren't you being a bit elitist by thinking you're somehow superior to us because you find this "amusing"? :rolleyes:

tooo tooo tooo funny lol!!! :D :D

paper towels
 

We had just gotten back from Target, and I was pulling big pack of paper towels from the front trunk, while my wife was grabbing the rest of the bags from the back. A guy walking down the street stopped and asked
"did i just see you pull paper towels out of your engine?"
:p

Last year I was traveling to Fort Leonard Wood from Florida, it got late and severe weather had moved in and I decided that I better find a place to rest for the night, I was about 100 miles north of Metropolis and saw a Holiday Inn, I pulled in under the canopy and as I was checking in, the news was on and they said golf ball hail was expected, as I gasped, the lady at the counter ask what was wrong, I said I didn't have a car cover and I was concern the hail was going to damage my car, she looked out and ask is that your car? staring at my nice black Boxster, I said yeah, she said, you know, our shuttle bus is in the shop and you are more than welcome to park in its vacant spot (under the canopy) and besides we'll be able to keep an eye on it for you, best compliment I could have ever imagine, to that lady, THANKS, to any Holiday Inn Excecs that may be on this forum, THANKS for hiring folks like that.

My neighbor had a Mustang LX with a 5 point O... and when I got the Boxster, he asked me "what does that thing have.... a 2 litre 4 banger." I just smiled and told him, "Naw this is the one with the 3.2 6 cylinder."

He's a nice guy, but sure doesn't think past the Blue Oval.

We have been having a lot of work done on the house recently, and last week, two different workmen who were there (not affiliated) said to me, “is that your Porsche? I prefer the 911.” The first time it happened, I just rolled my eyes and directed the guy to the rock wall I wanted him to replace. The next day when the deck refinisher guy said the same thing, I asked him if that is the car he drives. Apparently, he opted for a 2003 base Tundra instead.

I was at the famous weekly Sunday Long Island CapTree car guys meet-up. It was a beautiful day and there were about 500 cars there of every kind including: Ferrari, Maserati, Lamborghini, Lotus, Astin Martin, Porsches of every year, Corvettes and classic muscle cars. My Boxster S was parked among these magnificent cars and I was feeling very humble until a young kid about 10 years old kept walking around my car looking at it and then said to me "Mr you have a really nice car". I said thank you, it's not as nice as most of the cars here but thanks. Made me feel really great. :cheers:

I had just finished washing the car one day last summer when the three little boys from the apartment downstairs went running around the corner of the building making a lot of noise when they came to a dead stop right in front of the car.

Their eyes were wide open and one of them let out a soft "wow" to break their silence.

...And then they went running on around the other side of the building yelling and hollering.

Those few seconds of silence from the otherwise loud boys were the best comments I've had.

That's why you're doing whatever you do (I'd assume a white-collar profession) and he's a construction worker.

On the good side:
I gave my wife's Professor (Medical School) a ride and afterwards he told his wife that he really liked the ride in my Ferrari.
Obviously not a car guy, but still a very nice compliment :D

On the bad side:
I gave a guy who came in for a job interview a ride to go to lunch and he kept on boasting about his BMW 330i. At the end of the ride he asked me: is this a 2 liter engine (and yes he was serious) :o

I guess he didn't get the job. :p

Took my car down to a friend's shop on Saturday. It's a local, family owned place that a lot of hot rodders frequent. We had the car inside when a guy driving a Chevy Dually tow-rig came in, carrying a melted HEI distributor.

He said "Who's Porsche"?

I said "Mine".

He said "Hmmmm, the Porsche for guys who can't afford a real Porsche".

I said "No, the Porsche for guys who can afford any Chevrolet they want, but have more sense".

My friends snickered and he stalked off.

At the local ST. Louis PCA DE I had a few ask me if it was a CGT or a CGT body kit. Nope just the Aero Kit 1 :p

Another time I had a guy ask at the parts store of all places ask me "who makes Porsche now Dodge?". :rolleyes:

A few have asked if it was a ferrari or just plain asked what the heck is it. It got so bad for a while I thought about putting the badge back on the back. Then I thought......NAH! :cheers: