JoeW

Things that tick me off:

"How much did it cost?"
"(see sig.) For a car that's so old?"
"Think it'll beat a Vette?"
"How old are you?"
"How do you get in and out of those seats?"
"Wouldn't you rather have a SUV?"
"You're washing it again?"
"Why can't I sit on it?"
"Will it fit a couple sets of clubs?"

and the most irritating of all --

"I didn't know you made so much?"

J

mozhacker

I haven't owned a Porsche long enough to have a list like you guys, so I only have one item right now:

1. people who pull up next to you at a light and for no reason choose to spit on your car.

I drove to a wand spray wash right after, but it really sucked.

Chris CT 996

Titan: You're right too...us single P-car owners should start doing our best to educate the unmarried soccer moms out there.

Mo: Man, that sucks; sorry to hear it.

TitanL9

Chris... Where I live, the soccer moms are predominately married and nothing to fantasize about. However, there was this one I recall....hummm.

Scott_in_Houston

Whoa! I've never had anything close to that. The annoying questions list above is what I get the most. Escpecially, "What do you do for a living again?" In an obvious attempt to figure out how I have one.

The "how much does it cost" question REALLY REALLY REALLY annoys me. It's a lose-lose answer for us. I've started saying, "I am not sure. It's my grandmother's." (only when it's totaly strangers I'll never see again)
When friends of friends or even your own friends ask, I just say, "Too much."

Where was the spitting incident? Did you say anything?

Keyvan

1. Every time a girls gets into my car they always have to say 'I've been in a Ferrari you know'???!!!! I usually mutter to myself 'I've had prettier girls in my car you know.'

2. When I first got my car I got the middle finger on two separate occasions.

3. As I was driving somebody threw a glass bottle at me, luckily it it my rear screen and bounced off...no damage.

4. Somebody thew hard candy at my car and now there is a little dent on the roof.

Chris CT 996

Titan: LOL as they say. Well, come to think of it, my GF is a soccer Mom...

BostonMarkC

Wow, I can't believe the abuse some of you have taken (spitting, bottles, candy). I usually get "props" from people on the roads.

teflon_jones

when strangers ask what i do for a living i either tell them i'm a pimp or a drug dealer. it shuts them right up! i'm only 26 now, and was 23 when i bought the car, so people tend to believe it.

i've also been asked if i'm a professional athlete on several occassions (i'm 6'4 270, built like a big linebacker, also can pass for a hockey player, and i used to play both sports). i could tell that the last place that asked me didn't believe it when i said no. they kept asking me about sports stuff... i was tempted to say "ok, you got me, my name is xxxx xxxxxxxx, want an autograph?"

9 0NE 1

I've once been told by a "tree-huggin" hippie earth biscuit before during at a stop light confontaion. (minding my own business of course)

"It's people like you who run corporations that destroy the earth and make all the poor people suffer". They he cuts me off in his old Subaru wagon and gives me that finger.

Hummmm, I'm a car mechanic at a greasy garage....it was the day I was signing papers for my new home that I was dressed in a white shirt and tie. I wonder where that came from?????

Scott_in_Houston

Keyvan,
It seems the UK is much more prone to the negative stuff than in the U.S.
It happens in both places of course, but it seems the attitude of entitlement and generally more socialist in the UK prompts much stronger responses from folks.
Would you agree?

mozhacker

Location: Manhattan Beach/El Segundo border area, red light at corner of Rosecrans Ave. and Aviation. I was in middle lane, two guys in one of those monster SUVs - Yukon, Tahoe, something like that pulls up to stop on my right.

Driver leans out, makes some weird face and spits on right window/door. Then he and his buddy laugh and make disco moves or something that causes the truck to rock up and down, with of course the accompanying insanely loud + megathump bass of what I presume is the latest 8-Mile wannabe music.

Hardest part was sitting there for the minute or so before the light changed wondering what else they would do. Odd part I wasn't so much afraid as just pissed off, but not wanting the cretins to actually drive into the side of my p-car, I just sat in the car instead of getting out. And this is LA, for all I know, they might have had guns.

Itzkirb

THAT FU*KING SUCKS MAN!

It pisses me off just reading about it.

rons2112

mozhacker , the same exact thing happened to me in my car. Stopped at a light, punks in a car next to me decided to spit on my car several times. I just sat there dumbfounded at the level of maturity on these kids. Several other cars around me honked at them. I am glad now that I didn't get out, only bad things could have happened. I went home, washed the car, and was happy in the knowledge that I am able to afford such nice toys, and they can't.

Bass GT3

Scott,

I drive a loud and leery Zanzibar red GT3 about here in the UK, and the overwhelming response i've had is superb. Most people come over at the filling station for a chat and a look, and those that look a bit sick because i drive it, keep it well buttoned!.
Attitude plays a big part in peoples reactions. Drive around like you have a piece of **** under your nose, and people will take umbrage. look like you are stoked to be driving it and people pick up your buzz.
Anyway, as I'm 38 but look 15, especially dressed in my combats and a tee, people probably think it's my dads, and i've nicked it for the day!
It's not all bad over here you know. Except the weather......and the beer....oh yes, and the public transport.
At least we drive on the proper side of the road!

regards,

Steve B