Peculiar Post

[mr986tt]

Originally Posted by blinkwatt

At work,almost everybody calls me "rich white boy" after there hear I drive a Boxster. A guy last week asked me if it was a Fiat! I insisted to him that it is a Porsche and he said, "No,no this has got to be a Fiat". A few months back a homeless guy started assualting me at a light after I told him I have no cash, "Boy I wish my daddy had money to buy me a $50k Porsche. Spolied a55 white boy".

WOW that's 2 much. And I thought I had it bad. Heres another interesting 1... http://www.audifans.com/archives/1998/08/msg00382.html

[Grizzly]

I took my Boxster to work for the first time yesterday. Admittedly it has had a little work done to it, but it's still unmistakably a Boxster. I didn't say a word, just parked in my space in the garage, as always. At my first meeting of the day, a dork that I work with (and self professed car guy) entered the conference room and loudly announced to the 20 plus people in attendance that I'd bought a Ferrari. The phone didn't stop ringing all day. Today I drove the truck.

[Ronzi]

"A guy last week asked me if it was a Fiat! I insisted to him that it is a Porsche and he said, "No,no this has got to be a Fiat"."

This is getting serious. I had EXACTLY the same thing happen to me last summer. I was sitting at a stop light and this guy in a pickup next to me leaned out the window and said "What kind of car is that?" When I replied "It's a Porsche" he said "Oh. I thought it was one of them Fiats."

Are they having us on? Is there some conspiracy to dog on Porsche drivers by "mistaking" their car for a Fiat?

[Jeph]

Originally Posted by Ronzi

Are they having us on? Is there some conspiracy to dog on Porsche drivers by "mistaking" their car for a Fiat?

I don't know, but just in case, next time some one asks what kind of car it is... Tell them it's a Fiat.

Anyway, this car has been out for a while. I find it surprising people people don't know what it is. But the fact that they're asking has got to be bit flattering, right?

Any you guys ever been camera phoned? I got my first picture taken today at a red light (thank goodness for limo-tint). I had no idea this car was camera phone worthy! My phone's camera doesn't get put to use for anything less than a F430.

Originally Posted by Grizzly

a dork ... (and self professed car guy)

Hey, I fit that description.

[Ronzi]

"Any you guys ever been camera phoned? I got my first picture taken today at a red light (thank goodness for limo-tint). I had no idea this car was camera phone worthy!"

Hmmm. I know there is a web site for Hummer-haters, where people post pictures of themselves giving Hummers the finger on the highway. Maybe the Porsche-haters have something similar. Or am I just getting paranoid?

[Marc Gelefsky]

Lots of first time Porsche owners here eh?

[insite]

man, i could care less what other people think. i love my car, period. it's not about being seen; there are owners and there are ENTHUSIASTS. to the question, "why did you buy a boxster?" i reply, "get in and i'll show you."

the first time i take a run at a fast 90 right holding 65mph without touching the brakes and they mutter their first "oh GOD," i'm quite sure they understand why i bought a boxster.

i get hit up all the time about my kar. great topic that i don't like to discuss. it is after all just a car. my reply to the haters or ones that like to stereotype is...hey i work work and workkkkk.