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Why do I always pass other 944's when I'm not in mine?

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Old 07-24-2007 | 10:10 PM
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Default Why do I always pass other 944's when I'm not in mine?

Lets count:

a teen/20's age guy in a black NA on Franklin Farm road today.
a dark grey 944s2 parked in off idelwood rd yesterday
a silver 968 on Friday on the beltway
and a silver NA near Tysons earlier last week.

...and I've been driving my dad's M3 in all cases! I guess either I just never notice them when I'm driving mine or everyone is out in them since the weather is nice.

So any of you guys on rennlist?
Old 07-24-2007 | 10:18 PM
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not me. But that has happened to me before as well, it sucks =(
Old 07-24-2007 | 10:30 PM
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I've seen 5 in the last two years around Town... dissapointing. There is a gold late model rolling around New Tampa. Is that any of yours out there? There's Pete's (silver) and Headhunters (grey), a beater early red that is in sad shape, and a decent red late... headhunter sold his so that leaves PeteL and me in New Tampa area. Any other listers up this way?
Old 07-24-2007 | 10:34 PM
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Easy fix: Drive your 944.
Old 07-24-2007 | 10:45 PM
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Whats funny is I wonder why people dont wave back, untill I realise Im not im my '44.
Old 07-24-2007 | 10:46 PM
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race it, youll see a bunch of em just about every month.
Old 07-24-2007 | 10:52 PM
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Two good options there. The car's getting some fancy shmancy tuning work done at the shop, including fun things like replacing studs I broke and can't get out myself.

Once it's all done I'll be back to driving it every day I'm not on my bike. I dunno about racing it, but I'll be looking into DE's for sure.
Old 07-24-2007 | 11:02 PM
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Same around here too very rarely do I see other 944's while driving mine, mostly Boxsters.
Old 07-24-2007 | 11:14 PM
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same thing happens to me.just recently ive been seeing alot of 951s. must be a sign that i need to get my car on the road again.
Old 07-24-2007 | 11:22 PM
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i always see random ones on the highway- going the opposite direction- in my truck. Never in my car going the same way.
Old 07-25-2007 | 12:18 AM
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I feel for you man. The same thing happens to me when iam driving my Jeep (my DD) I always se Porsches on the road but then when I takle out the 944 I do not see as many.

Of course that could just be becuase I am enjoying driving my car so much I am not as worried about the nice cars that are around me. Epecially when you get tempted by a cury stech of road r on ramp that screams at drive hard through here you will not regret it.
Old 07-25-2007 | 01:02 AM
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i pulled off the road today in my 951 and found a guy sitting in an 83 944...nice guy, but the car wasn't in the best shape. and then just yesterday i saw like 4 944's all within a block of eachother. Otherwise the only place i see them is in the Costco parking lot. figure that out..
Old 07-25-2007 | 01:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Giantviper
I feel for you man. The same thing happens to me when iam driving my Jeep (my DD) I always se Porsches on the road but then when I takle out the 944 I do not see as many.

Of course that could just be becuase I am enjoying driving my car so much I am not as worried about the nice cars that are around me. Epecially when you get tempted by a cury stech of road r on ramp that screams at drive hard through here you will not regret it.

Is it a Jeep Wrangler? If it is, then you know about the wave.

I was in my 944 passing a Jeep going the other way and I waved at him.

Then I realized I wasn't in my Jeep.

Today I say a 944 n/a in traffic. I tried to get closer so I could say hello. Just before I pulled up next to him I realized I was in my Jeep.

After driving trucks for the past 15 years, I think the reason you don't see more is because you can't! Some guy in a lifted something or another pulled up to me once. When you look up and see the shift linkage on the transmission, you know you are low
Old 07-25-2007 | 03:19 AM
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I just saw a maroon 944 today, I've seen it in that parking lot before. I need to meet the owner. On the other side of the same parking lot, the manager of trader joe's has a S2 cab and a 996.
Old 07-25-2007 | 05:56 AM
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Happens to me.
When I drive the 924S, I see 911's. Very few waves.
When I drive the 911's, I see lots of 944's. Plenty of waves.

When I drive the wife's Saturn, I see them both all over....


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