Taunted by Corollas ?

[rp17]

Danger...I get this a lot. I take it in stride though. Just some kids or simply non porshe owners wanting to hear the box over 5k rpms. And as addicted to the sound I am, personally I can't blame them.
Coming home one night on the freeway, I get challenged by a VW. Dropped in 4th let him hear the howl. Upshift to 5th let him here some more and shut it down. After he caught up, he gave me a big thumbs up and went on his way. The guy probably has more respect for the car if he didn't before. What I don't get is the guy in the Caddy suburban trying to race me at the stop light. He's the guy thats probably saying....couldn't afford a 911. Either way, another smh boxster grin story. Love this car.

[Johnny Danger]

Originally Posted by rp17

Danger...I get this a lot. I take it in stride though. Just some kids or simply non porshe owners wanting to hear the box over 5k rpms. And as addicted to the sound I am, personally I can't blame them.
Coming home one night on the freeway, I get challenged by a VW. Dropped in 4th let him hear the howl. Upshift to 5th let him here some more and shut it down. After he caught up, he gave me a big thumbs up and went on his way. The guy probably has more respect for the car if he didn't before. What I don't get is the guy in the Caddy suburban trying to race me at the stop light. He's the guy thats probably saying....couldn't afford a 911. Either way, another smh boxster grin story. Love this car.

I could tell that one of the Corollas had some sort of forced induction system under the hood. It was comical to see the vehicle literally jump half a lane when the driver got on it. Although, it would be no laughing matter if the jackass lost control.

[Hayden]

Well, then he was trying to race you, and would have probably won if he jumped a lane on-throttle. It could have had a supercharged v6 camry engine. Look up those on youtube for some track videos. I wouldn't want to encounter one.

Otherwise, if there were more than two people, you can almost guarantee these days that one of them's got their damn phone out and is recording it. They want to hear you rev, or race you in their sleeper with a kill video. I've seen sleepers like that going out and hunting for exotics to take down on camera. Can't blame them really.

[pothole]

A Boxster is no place to be wielding a chocolate bar, Johnny. For shame!

[Topless]

If it truly was a "carload" in that Corolla, he wasn't going anywhere very fast unless he stuffed an LS3 motor in there. The average knuckle dragger weighs 200 lbs plus these days and 600 extra lbs of passenger will wipe out most or all hp advantage. No reason to embarrass the lad in front of his friends by showing him your tail lights.

[southernstar]

JD, I am sure they just wanted to have a drag race between you and their hopped-up Corolla. Who cares? Drag racing is beneath you and the car so the best response is, as has already been suggested, to shake your head and laugh at their preposterous proposal (and their stupid car)!

Brad