Adrian,

True, we forget sometimes how good we have it here in the US. I remember when I lived in Italy a couple of years ago -- I took European delivery of a MB so I can have a car for my 6 month stay. The first time I went in for a fillup I thought (after doing a mental conversion from Deutsche Marks to Dollars) "$1.70 per gallon, that's not too bad" -- until the pump went over "16.00" and I realized it was $1.70 per liter!! Ouch! That was an expensive drive from Stuttgart to Rome. And we complain over here as soon as price of a gallon of regular unleaded goes over $2.00.

.:programmatore:.

 

Fishman,

Where are you from?? Scranton/WB Area?? I'm in Clarks Summit, actually Ransom TWP.. Are you a PCA member?

I always get the rice burners on the Scranton expressway or 81 and the occasional thumbs up from the guys!! Once in a while a girl or two may give me a "nice Car'

 

Yeah 996 Aero, I am from Scranton. I have a lot of friends that live in Clarks Summit. I'm not a PCA member, I'm thinking about joining, but there are a couple of people that are members that I know from elsewhere (that I sort of have problems with to varying degrees of severity) that have made me hesitant to join. But I probably will join eventually.

By the way, I love your car.

 

OK. I got a good story.. Didn't happen to me personally, but I witnessed it with my own two eyes (and if I hadn't, I would have probably thought that the individual telling the story had "embellished", but I swear this is as accurate as it can be):

I was walking in Yorkville down Cumberland Avenue in Toronto (which is kind of a posh area in T.O. with shopping and patios). My gf's cell phone rang so we stopped for her to take the call. Since I had nothing to do, I was just checking out the scenery and noticed a fairly attractive mid-to-late-thirties brunette having a drink with another lady on a patio (for Torontonians, the patio next to Hemingways). Then, I see a 911 pull up and park on the street. As the car is parking, I notice the two women just stare at the car (and it was pretty obvious since one lady had her back to the street and turned around completely). The men got out of the car, and entered the bar/patio area, at which point, the women turned and stopped looking at the two men and pretended to be engrossed in conversation with each other.

As fate would have it, the hostess seated the two men next to the women (but definitely not at the same table). The two men ordered drinks and no more than 30 seconds had passed when I see one of the women say something to one of the men and then stick out her hand to introduce herself. It appeared that all parties exchanged hellos, and then I see the brunette get up, go to the bathroom, and it looks like she actually RE-DID her makeup and fixed her hair while she was gone.

Anyways, my gf's call ended so we kept walking down the street, but because she was shopping, we ended up passing the spot about 15-20 minutes later, at which point it looked like the women and men had drawn their table closer together--AMAZING. (It was at this point that my girlfriend muttered something about how, "those men deserve to get taken".) Now, I've never had something like this happen to me, but I'm glad to see that Porsche is good for more than the racetrack.

"Porsche: Accept No Substitutes"

 

Well, that would never happen here in Los Angeles. I'm originally from Toronto and I know exactly where you're referring to. Women here in LA (especially mid-thirties) avoid men in Porches like the plague. If that scenario played out here at the Chateau Marmont on Sunset for example, the women would have up and left when the men sat down next to them! LOL

 

Speed yellow must be the ticket....

Got a few stares/looks myself, depended on the area.

I'm getting ready for some stares....I just put in my order for a '67 Mustang Fastback Shelby Eleanor movie car clone. (They're all clones b/c the car in Gone in 60 wasn't a real Shelby to begin with)

 

Your GF is correct. If a man needs a 911 to attract a lady...

 

Paul:

When you can back to Toronto, we can conduct experiments. Just for kicks, we'll have another member film and post links here under the heading, "When Animals Attack".