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Old 08-04-2004, 09:18 AM
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All my stories involve explaining that the 911 isn't a VW, the 928 isn't a Ferrari, and the 944 isn't a Mazda.

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Old 08-04-2004, 09:42 AM
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One that stands out is when I was leaving a nightclub pretty late one night and as I'm getting into the 83, which was as clean and glowing as a gray car can look, I notice this girl call out to me and say:

"Hey, can you please take me home -I've got to get out of here."

I was a bit stricken by it, but she was really pretty and I was somewhat flattered, so I gave her a ride. I'm sure the shiny little Porsche was what gave her the confidence to trust a total stranger.
Old 08-04-2004, 12:22 PM
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I have only had my car checked out once, as it doesn't seem to draw attention. However, one night my wife and I are dining in a small resort town on Vancouver Island and have a table at the front. The car is parked on the street right in front of our window. Soon, three young skateboard dudes are milling in the general area (this is a quiet main street) and seem to be checking out the car. My wife doesn't believe it, as she thinks my car looks like a Datsun (240Z), not a Porsche (911.)

Soon these three are doing a slow walk by. Two are studiously ignoring my car, but one of them is staring at it so intently, he walks right into a lamp post!
Old 08-04-2004, 03:35 PM
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I pull into a local convenience store in my black 944 and there is about 8 or 10 Vettes sitting there....must have been a local event somewhere....the Vette people were standing outside their
cars and when I pulled past them they all turned and one girl says "You wanna race"....I just stopped and said "I could take you in the turns".....they laughed...it was all in fun....

also.....sometimes I park by the front of the house and sitting on the porch in the evenings.... while some teenage boys walked past and said....."cool car....hey it's a Porsche"....its funny to watch the passing drivers turn heads to see it as they drive by.....
Old 08-04-2004, 09:07 PM
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Hey Joe Anstett, would you happen to be talking about Taylors ice cream parlor on main street. I live in Long Valley and go there often, get the looks from people outside lol. By the way if your available there will be the annual PCA-NNJR Porsche picnic this sunday in Long Valley all welcome to attend.

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Old 08-04-2004, 10:03 PM
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This really weird looking dude was walking past my car and stopped and said "cool, heh heh heh he", I said hey is your name Beavis? he said yah.
Old 08-04-2004, 11:15 PM
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My wife and I are heading home after dinner when we were buzzed by 3 'ricers'. They were zipping around us kind of taunting and I was ignoring them when my wife asks " are you going to let them get away with that ?" I smile and say 'nope' drop it to 3rd and dust 'em all off. Then turn off the 4 lane into our town never to see them again
Old 08-04-2004, 11:29 PM
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It's fun driving the 951 cup with all the stickers around town.. People (especially kids) stop and stare.. Great fun.



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