the_buch

Probably could have. Now I want a time machine

golfnutintib

these threads just **** me off
what the hell is wrong with you people?
just get in your damn cars, find a great road (better yet, a racetrack) and drive!!!

then

you

will

SMILE

again

jennifer911

So, it appears Sartre was right when he wrote, “Hell is other people”.

Astur

Ummm, you sound a bit "cranky" to me! How old are you???

BIG smoke

"You're only as old as the woman you feel."


Cranky?
More than yesterday, less than tomorrow.

golfnutintib

i was born cranky
age has absolutely nothing to do with it

Fahrer

I am 62 years old and still with my first Porsche for 7 years now. A bit cranky sometimes but it is Spring now and I just got a new set of Michelin PS2s!!!.... time to drive.

mickfluff

If your a Purist your cranky plain and simple... not sure I ever met one with a sense of humor or one that didn't hate, loath and secretly wish harm upon a modded car

rdstemler

I'm not cranky, though the personalized plate on my C4 is "GEEZR" !

Tcc1999

God, I truly hope not. "Other people", in the context of the play "Huis clos" (No exit), refers to the idea that we can only know ourselves by how others perceive and think of us. In "No Exit" the three characters are damned to an eternity in Hell (alone in a room) and can only know themselves through the uncomplimentary interpretations of the other two. So, in Sarte's view, Hell is not so much other people, in general, but the fact that for an eternity the torture is that all you have to define yourself are perspectives of others who have a low opinion of you.

I suppose then it follows (if you give credence to Existential philosophy and totally ignore solipsism), that you can define yourself as cranky only if others see you as such.

As usual though, I'm just a dumb biologist, what do I know of philosophy.

larrytrk

Just turned 75, PCA member for 45 years, 5 Porsches over the run,
Wife calls me a curmudgeon the hell with all of you! 😉

Buddhamonk

I'm a younger 911 owner. I'm 35 yo and every time I meet an older porsche owner I'm always thinking "why is he so cranky?"

is it the decades of owning an 911 that makes people cranky? or do cranky people self select themselves as 911 owners? only time will tell

5CHN3LL

The Porsche puts a smile on my face regardless of whatever happened at work.

When I had the 986, it was even better - in the 12 seconds it took the top to stow itself, I could feel the weight of the day lifting from my shoulders and clearing from the foreground of my mind.

While it's true - largely because of financial realities - that the Porsche-driving demographic is older than average, I'd like to think that Porsche drivers are happier people. So many of us are driving a 911 as the realization of a childhood dream...how can that reality not make someone happy?

If you're one of the cranky ones, take a moment to let the reality of the moment hit home...recognize that 11-year-old-you would think you are The Man...(Wait, you're saying that when I get to be your age, I will be having sex AND I'll be driving a Porsche? Holy s**t, grown-up me is AWESOME!!!).

997_Toronto

Seems like I've ended up in my old Harley riders group where almost everyone was 20 years older than me...and cranky all the time :P

But I did see a 35yr old post a response so guess I'm in the middle now and not yet that cranky, but time will tell.

Bruce In Philly

Ouch... dude that hurt. If that isn't cranky, then I don't know cranky. Cranky is as cranky does. Careful with that axe Eugene.

Peace
Bruce in Philly