Good deed story of the day: A stranger saved my Porsche
04-03-2007, 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by mrsullivan
... most of us see a lesson to be learned here...
Don't park your car in a grocery parking lot where a runaway cart can hit your car. The next time there may not be someone there to save your ***.
That's the lesson I would learn if that had happened to me. And if your Porsche is your only car then park it as far away as possible in the corners of the lot to minimize that potential, if avoiding small dings is really more important than walking less. (The other lesson about doing unto others as you would have them do unto you should have been learned a long time ago as a child. If you needed to learn that now, you've got a lot to learn yet.)
But the reality is that if your p-car is your only car, you're going to have to come to grips with the fact that it's not going to stay pristine forever. If you can afford a $100k car, you can probably also afford a $5k beater as a daily driver so as to minimize the beating that your $100k car will otherwise take on a daily basis.
I don't claim to be affluent but I was able to afford to buy a brand new car last year as my daily driver so I can keep my 997 pristine, the way I like it. My daily driver is now peppered with quite a bit of stone chips and is showing the 16k+ miles on the clock. But that's why I got it. To take the abuse that I don't want my 997 taking.
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04-03-2007, 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by RonCT
Great story, but some of the replies are disappointing. Would I sprint over to save his car from damage? Of course I would and I wouldn't lose a second of precious time to ponder what brand, vintage, condition the car was in, nor who the driver might be. I would do this because it's the right thing to do. Remember that situation in NYC where people walked by while that woman was being killed - nobody lifted a finger to do or say anything, not even to call the police or scream for help for her. Granted, saving a car from a carriage is a totally different thing, but it's the concept of taking action to help others that is the point.
I wouldn't "pay him" either. If the shoe were on the other foot (and it often is because I go out of my way to help those in need), I'd find it to be insulting. The reward is in knowing you did the right thing, whether it's saving somebody's car from hundreds in damage, saving a kid who is about to ride his trike out into traffic (I've done that one too), etc.
Please tell me I'm not alone in going out of my way to help others...
I wouldn't "pay him" either. If the shoe were on the other foot (and it often is because I go out of my way to help those in need), I'd find it to be insulting. The reward is in knowing you did the right thing, whether it's saving somebody's car from hundreds in damage, saving a kid who is about to ride his trike out into traffic (I've done that one too), etc.
Please tell me I'm not alone in going out of my way to help others...
04-03-2007, 12:58 PM
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Here is hoping that all of us and other people would do the same thing if needed. There are a lot of good people in this world and unfortunately a few a holes. Here is to the good people! 
04-03-2007, 01:03 PM
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Originally Posted by rountreed
There are a lot of good people in this world and unfortunately a few a holes. Here is to the good people!
04-03-2007, 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by OCBen
Who you calling an *******? This stranger did a good deed here. Didn't you read the story? It was not about someone damaging someone's car or personal property. Why are you now resorting to name calling and detracting from the feel good story?
04-03-2007, 01:29 PM
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<If anybody were to run to catch a runaway grocery cart from hitting a beater, that person needs to get a life and see a psychiatrist, as he is probably single, a loner, and mentally maladjusted.>
Ben,>
perhaps your other six thousand two hundred and forty seven other posts were gems, but we could have all lived without this one. as long as we are counting...6,244,45 and 46 were pretty creepy also.
guess when you have as much to say it's hard to keep on top of your game, every time.
Ben,>
perhaps your other six thousand two hundred and forty seven other posts were gems, but we could have all lived without this one. as long as we are counting...6,244,45 and 46 were pretty creepy also.
guess when you have as much to say it's hard to keep on top of your game, every time.
04-03-2007, 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by gravedgr
I don't think he is detracting from the feel good story in any way close to what you have done, intentional or not.
And I was only defending the position that what this total stranger did was unique and special, and that we should admire that, and not take away from the story by saying that we too would do the same thing, thus minimizing and trivializing this Good Samaritan's efforts.
04-03-2007, 03:57 PM
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Hey Wolfgang:
Sounds like Forrest Gump lives in your neighborhood!
Sounds like Forrest Gump lives in your neighborhood!
04-03-2007, 04:01 PM
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The original post was a great story.
And, hell yes I would do the exact same thing as this guy did, for any car.
My philosphy is that you are the sum of your actions.
I would politely refuse the money, and move on.
And, hell yes I would do the exact same thing as this guy did, for any car.
My philosphy is that you are the sum of your actions.
I would politely refuse the money, and move on.