Are we old P-Owners Cranky?
04-24-2016, 02:28 PM
#16
Rennlist Member
Happy Birthday! I turned 68 last October
it's all about getting old gracefully and I really don't mind it at all. So cranky
.NO!
Just today I decided to go for a pastry and an espresso at an Italian store in Bonita beach and the Manager flirted with me outrageously (and it had to be outrageous for me to even notice it!).
She mentioned she noticed my blue Porsche as well and told me she was a "car girl" and gave me her card with her cell # on it.
She was kind of flat chested so I decided not to tell her I was a "boob guy". Who knows maybe I'll try the other side of the coin!
Tom
Just today I decided to go for a pastry and an espresso at an Italian store in Bonita beach and the Manager flirted with me outrageously (and it had to be outrageous for me to even notice it!).
She mentioned she noticed my blue Porsche as well and told me she was a "car girl" and gave me her card with her cell # on it.
She was kind of flat chested so I decided not to tell her I was a "boob guy". Who knows maybe I'll try the other side of the coin!
Tom
One of the saving graces for those of us that have "seen a lot of life and its surprises" is that we can accept shortcomings a lot better than those who have not and that we can move "the bar" up and down as we please without apologizing to anyone!
04-24-2016, 03:06 PM
#19
Rennlist Member
63 and on Porsche #5. I was only cranky when I had BMWs or the Lexus (pretty happy in the R8 I must say). And, just so you don't let that flirtation get to you, I was driving along in the R8 a few years ago and this spectacular, substantially-younger woman in a volvo pulls up beside me at a light and mouths 'BEAUTIFUL' to me; I had the window rolled up and the light had just gone green so I only had time to point at myself with an enquiring look, to which she broke into hysterical laughter and sped off; oh well :-)
04-24-2016, 03:09 PM
#20
Burning Brakes
Wow! I thought that I was the only "old man" on the block (67.5)! Took a lot of years before Porsche affordability, starting ten years ago with my '88 3.2. GT4 on the way and my nephew-in-law is nagging me to sell him my GTS! Well, '96 & '88, I think, are keepers. Get a little cranky when people say "Porsch" or refer to them as "just another sports car"; they just don't get it! Girl/lady friend got a little cranky the other day when I accidentally slipped the clutch at a stop and killed the engine.
She looked at me and said: "You don't drive it enough"!
She looked at me and said: "You don't drive it enough"!
04-24-2016, 04:10 PM
#21
Wow! I thought that I was the only "old man" on the block (67.5)! Took a lot of years before Porsche affordability, starting ten years ago with my '88 3.2. GT4 on the way and my nephew-in-law is nagging me to sell him my GTS! Well, '96 & '88, I think, are keepers. Get a little cranky when people say "Porsch" or refer to them as "just another sports car"; they just don't get it! Girl/lady friend got a little cranky the other day when I accidentally slipped the clutch at a stop and killed the engine.
She looked at me and said: "You don't drive it enough"!
She looked at me and said: "You don't drive it enough"!
Btw, there is a difference between being cranky and knowing you are right more than everybody else on the board
Have fun out there
G
04-24-2016, 04:24 PM
#22
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Ha! Just had my 73rd and celebrated my cars 10th. Still have great reflexes although I notice it does take me a little bit longer climbing out these days
Btw, there is a difference between being cranky and knowing you are right more than everybody else on the board
Have fun out there
G
Btw, there is a difference between being cranky and knowing you are right more than everybody else on the board
Have fun out there
G
04-24-2016, 07:11 PM
#23
I'm cranky in my Porsche when people play police officer and block the left lane to enforce the speed limit, or when they make unnecessary lane changes at the last second without even looking to see if anyone is approaching.
04-24-2016, 07:17 PM
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04-24-2016, 09:31 PM
#27
63 and on Porsche #5. I was only cranky when I had BMWs or the Lexus (pretty happy in the R8 I must say). And, just so you don't let that flirtation get to you, I was driving along in the R8 a few years ago and this spectacular, substantially-younger woman in a volvo pulls up beside me at a light and mouths 'BEAUTIFUL' to me; I had the window rolled up and the light had just gone green so I only had time to point at myself with an enquiring look, to which she broke into hysterical laughter and sped off; oh well :-)
Tom
