SillyGoose

And for that reason, I will always buy expensive sports cars and exotics

Penn4S

Did you just get out of school?

SillyGoose

This forum is intended for all discussion related to the 992. This includes not only technical or aesthetically related discussions, but also the social aspects of owning a 992. My threads and comments are perfectly appropriate for this forum and I promise that if you take my posts seriously, you will slowly see the brilliance behind my thinking.

Bob Z.

I'll take you seriously when I see "Rennlist Member" in Red in your User ID area.

jkautz

Not nearly enough comic relief on the forum.

Thank you

chance6

I object to the title of this thread and fully disagree with it.

carson2

How long do you think we'll have to wait for this?

ant922599

Talk to me Goose.....

SillyGoose

I believe a lot of people buy really expensive cars as a way to advertise their wealth, and that the enjoyment of fast acceleration times and the thrill of driving is just a secondary reason why they would make such a purchase. Nobody actually needs to buy a Porsche to get from point A to point B. It is very much an "image" thing for most owners whether they like to admit it or not. I think about things like this every now and then. Rennlist is a unique place because I think we can agree that most of the people who post here have a well above average income, are almost exclusively men, and are probably on the older side in general. What other forum on the internet is like this that is frequented by such a demographic?

Anyways, I believe that a lot of men think that owning such automobiles will enhance their social status, which is interesting to me, because to me, it seems like in many ways, the opposite is true. I'd just like to start a discussion about this. I'm like one of those youtube social experimenters in real life, except everything I do is real, and is almost never recorded.

hbear

Maybe it’s just me, but I haven’t ever heard a women say she rather be taken out in a Civic over the 911. That is unless they are sitting in the back seat.

Ultimately the person driving matters the most, but all else being equal the one driving the 911 or displays the ability of resources does carry more status.

SillyGoose

That's why I pondered the idea of putting 28 or 30 inch rims onto a 992. The only person who would be willing to ride around and be seen in that is someone who has recently retired after a long career of selling drugs or me.

But what I'm really trying to say is that excessive flaunting of wealth backfires in many ways, particularly amongst people under the age of 35. In other words, it is "cool to be poor" nowadays amongst young people. Maybe my observations are wrong, but maybe I am not. Most millennials just don't share the same intense enthusiasm for $100,000+ cars, and would fit in more with the crowd driving a 2005 Toyota Camry. Spending such large amounts of money on what is essentially a rich man's toy exhibits low IQ behavior in a way, but then again like I said, I could be wrong. At this point, since the 28inch rim idea is way too expensive, I think a Panamera 4s optioned out with all the good sport features, full leather, wrapped in chrome gold vinyl with HRE P201 rims would be a great middle finger to them.

JonasCord

Penn4S

You should be posting in the "Self Help" forum instead. I have for sure seen the the brilliance of your posts and think you need to pay up, become a paying member and then stop posting till you hit puberty.

goin2drt

Now that’s a stupid post.

LexVan

Agree. He likes to publicly shame users for not being Members.