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My daily commute finds me on the 10W everyday and it was a particularly heavy traffic day in LA. So, while sitting in traffic in a driving rain listening to the weather person saying there is a 70% chance of rain today, I decided to do what I enjoy the most, look at other Porsches. In the hour it took to go the next 6 miles, I observed the following P-cars:

4- 1984-1989 Carreras
3- 964
3- 993
5- boxsters
30- 996
1- 928
1- 924
1- 944 cab

What does this all mean? Nothing. Although seeing all these great cars makes me want to drive the P-car as well, I am thankful I have a daily driver so I do not have to drive my P-car in the rain.

Eric in Chicago

48 Porsches in 6 miles?? One would think that every 4th person in Ca owned a P Car. Chicago has more than a few but I would be hard pressed to see more than 5 or 6 on a summertime drive!
Did any of them give you a flash?

JPS

That's funny...I counted the other day from Sausalito back to SF...about 10 miles MAX, and this was on a Sunday afternoon...I counted 13.

Mike in Chi

I drove in this morning for a change.

Saw a 964 Targa and a 993 Coupe.
And neither had a layer of salt.

adsc4s

Hi Eric, I didn't get the flash because it was bumper to bumper and I was driving my daily driver 4runner! Keep in mind, during rush hour, there are literally hundreds of cars on this short stretch of freeway.

Phil

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Originally posted by Mike in Chi:
<strong>I drove in this morning for a change.

Saw a 964 Targa and a 993 Coupe.
And neither had a layer of salt.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">How do you "normally" get to work?
helicopter?
Or
do you not "normally" work on days ending in Y???

Randy M

Here in Oregon I see alot of rusty trucks that drop parts on the road periodically. I can go a whole month or two before seeing another 993. Boxsters are seen every few days and 996's maybe once a week.

Mike in Chi

Phil

I normally take Metra, our local commuter rail system.

It's Eric's tax dollars, hard at work. Thanks Eric, along with 4,000,000 other taxpayers.

Unfortunately, I don't see many porsches when I look out the window, although, there was a really nice 993 cab parked at the Morton Grove station each morning for a while.

The only people I know who work on every day that ends in y are car dealers -- you guys really need a union.

STLPCA

You guys in CA (& probably S FL) live in a different world than the rest of us re: P car sightings. Apart from the 4-5 parked by other tenants in my office bldg, I might see as many as 2 P cars in a day . It's not unusual to see none during a 100 mile highway drive. A Porsche here is a relatively exotic car.

Mike in Chi

Oh, yeah. The only guys I know who ever commuted to work by helicopter were in the 1st Air Cav.

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adsc4s

No flame intended but there is nothing as exotic as our 993's!

JW in Texas

Ditto up here North of Dallas. I see one very rarely unless you count Boxsters <img border="0" alt="[icon107]" title="" src="graemlins/icon107.gif" />

STLPCA

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Originally posted by Jay Walker II:
<strong>... unless you count Boxsters</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Oh, I'm sorry ... do Boxsters count? If so, add a few a week to my post <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />

hn

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Originally posted by adscab911:
<strong>My daily commute finds me on the 10W everyday and it was a particularly heavy traffic day in LA. So, while sitting in traffic in a driving rain listening to the weather person saying there is a 70% chance of rain today, I decided to do what I enjoy the most, look at other Porsches. In the hour it took to go the next 6 miles, I observed the following P-cars:

4- 1984-1989 Carreras
3- 964
3- 993
5- boxsters
30- 996
1- 928
1- 924
1- 944 cab

What does this all mean? Nothing. Although seeing all these great cars makes me want to drive the P-car as well, I am thankful I have a daily driver so I do not have to drive my P-car in the rain.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">With that many Ps you saw in 6 miles, let me guess, you were somewhere in or close to Santa Monica?

adsc4s

HN, you are correct. I was actually travelling West towards Santa Monica and looking at the cars travelling East leaving the Santa Monica or Westside area.