Needsdecaf

Woah. Major issues there.

fast1

It looks like some posters are a little sensitive.

MinMay

I could care less if it was a Corvette or a Honda or another Porsche revving his obnoxious straight pipe around the neighborhood. I already know that Corvette are fast cars, and yet, I bought a Porsche not to say "i'm faster than you", but for it's beautiful shape. Have some

Hurricane

Wow....someone is a little bitter...

Did Ferdinand Porsche kill one of his family members years ago or something? Sometimes you just need to let go of your hate...

Hurricane

And the guy joins rennlist this month just to post in this thread? Does he spend his hours alone just surfing for any Corvette references in non-Vette forums?

sctanton52

I gotta admit close around my home base I tend to keep my speeds down. I also am a wee-bit lucky as on my Cul-de-sac I have two Lambo's and a 458 Spyder, also a couple of Vettes, so I am not the fastest looking, nor the loudest. But we all keep our speeds down, lots of kids and dogs to watch out for. The worst for actual speeding are the moms in the Escalades taking the kids to school, or sporting events etc. I'll see if I can find it, but I have a GoPro video of a drive this last fall in France, where I came around a 2 lane highway corner, going a bit fast in Box-GTS with the PSE on. There was a walking group of maybe 6 adults, I was able to easily miss them, but I got a group single finger wave. I think they also swore at me in French. I waved back with all five fingers

AF330i

LMAO ... it sure does !!

randr

I'll PM you

babyjocko

Perhaps you misread. He quoted a poster saying he hoped the Vette with the POS exhaust goes to the junkyard. That sounds rather insulting to me even if its not his Vette that has the "POS" exhaust.

He didn't overreact and was not too sensitive. Instead it is many Porsche owners on this board that are sensitive and overreact when anyone even implies a 911 is not the most fantastic car in the world.

Perhaps, posters here should just ease up and take what you can from this message board and realize there are great cars in the world other than a 911.

Porsche_nuts

WHAT??? Blasphemy!!!

fast1

Now this is a good example of why I frequently visit this forum. It's to be informed.

Needsdecaf

Anyone who owns a 911, purchased with their own money, knows that a 911 is overpriced. And that Porsche gouges you on the options.

Yet we buy them anyway.

Jabs1542

Something useful: Our cars allow you to set the cruise control at very low speeds, like 25 mph. I have to do this all the time on a particularly long, low speed road that is highly radar patrolled.

Something entertaining: I am aware of over a dozen bicycle/pedestrian and car incidents. Every one of the involved cyclists/walkers were injured, being very hostile at the driver, and blaming the driver for the incident. And in every case, the cyclist/walker was at fault and was fined. It's funny how pedestrians think they have the right of way everywhere they walk, and it's hilarious watching them get popped for j-walking when there is a cross walk two car lengths away. Know the law and follow the law, traffic moves much better that way

fast1

Don't know about you, but as far as I'm concerned pedestrians have the right of way everywhere they walk. For example about ten years ago I saw a pedestrian walking across an expressway. I immediately put on my emergency flashers and slowed considerably, although pedestrians aren't supposed to be walking across expressways. I was later to find out that the pedestrian was highly intoxicated and arrested by the police.

Porsche_nuts

I agree. My feeling is that if I am driving a 1 - 2 ton vehicle that can easily kill or cripple a pedestrian or cyclist, they have the right of way. That however, does not mean they are right all the time - sometimes they are just stupid (or inebriated, have medical issues, or just not paying attention).