Nobody likes Porsche Drivers?

[MarshPhantom]

SEE YA said:

Cpb1702 said:

It has a Porsche badge on it and its made by Porsche - that makes it a Porsche for me!

+1

[KFC]

I can't say I've noticed any difference in being let out (or not) when driving my bright red Cayenne to when I'm trying my grey Smart car.

[Cpb1702]

MrBarry123 said:

fking hell - lighten up.

The OP stated that his Cayenne made him feel superior to other knobheads as if the car some way elevated his social status.

I'd imagine that the majority of Cayennes are leased nowadays and therefore, whilst still a lovely automobile, not something which demonstrates how wealthy/successful/fabulous you are anymore but rather how much credit you're happy to expose yourself to.

For the record, I'm all for leased cars and completely understand why people opt for them.

I got the car as wanted better safety for family, and was best car for the money at the time and if you looked at depreciation and yes I do lease as I prefer to put my money elsewhere.

You are right a car does not make one person superior over another.

The thread is about jealousy towards a car.

[Mike22233]

Mr2Mike said:

The old Seat Ibiza had a Porsche badge on it as well, as do various fashion items like sunglasses. That makes them Porsches for me!

+1

[MrBarry123]

Cpb1702 said:

I got the car as wanted better safety for family, and was best car for the money at the time and if you looked at depreciation and yes I do lease as I prefer to put my money elsewhere.

You are right a car does not make one person superior over another.

The thread is about jealousy towards a car.

Yep and I'm sure we all agree with you OP - premium cars can breed jealousy in others unfortunately. Just a symptom of the society we live in nowadays.

[Tannedbaldhead]

SEE YA said:

Cpb1702 said:

It has a Porsche badge on it and its made by Porsche - that makes it a Porsche for me!

+1

Reminds me of a quote from Alan Breck Stewart to David Balfour "There are Highland Gentlemen and there are Highland gentlemen.

It seems to me that in the same context there are Porsches and there are Porsches.

[crostonian]

MrBarry123 said:

crostonian said:

MrBarry123 said:

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So no OP, people aren't discriminating because of your leased Cayenne.

How do you know the OP's Cayenne is leased and why does this make any difference?

fking hell - lighten up.

For the record, I'm all for leased cars and completely understand why people opt for them.

I was envisaging this turning into another of the typical PH anti leasing threads.

[GreenArrow]

Amazing thread this one!

I will try and give the Op a serious reply. Porsches in general sometimes generate more hostility than other cars amongst other road users. I think it goes back to the yuppie tag from the 1980s when they were associated with all that was wrong with Thatcherism. Personally I love them (Porsche's not Thatcherism).

However in the case of the Cayenne it is hostility towards the largest SUVs which is frequently a result of how aggressively some of them are driven (RR Sports IMO and Audi Q7s are the worst), combined with the aforementioned prejudice against Porsches that combines to create this reaction.

Hope this helps!

As for all the "not a proper" Porsche comments made against Cayennes. I have some sympathy with those remarks as I would rather Porsche only made sports cars, but I also feel that as long as the sale of Cayennes creates sufficient profits for Porsche to come up with gems like the GT3/GT3RS I don't mind so much!

[Blakewater]

nlm13 said:

My wife has a Speed yellow Boxster, so not very subtle. She get let out of junctions etc all the time, but she doesn't drive like a knobhead, or treat other non porsche drivers as a knobhead either. Maybe its just the OP?

Assuming your wife is reasonably attractive she will be perceived differently as a woman in a sports car to a bloke in a premium brand SUV. All the time people on here stereotype drivers of certain brands of car and certain vehicles and a lot of people do go on the road and treat others according to those stereotypes.

[Cpb1702]

GreenArrow said:

Amazing thread this one!

I will try and give the Op a serious reply. Porsches in general sometimes generate more hostility than other cars amongst other road users. I think it goes back to the yuppie tag from the 1980s when they were associated with all that was wrong with Thatcherism. Personally I love them (Porsche's not Thatcherism).

However in the case of the Cayenne it is hostility towards the largest SUVs which is frequently a result of how aggressively some of them are driven (RR Sports IMO and Audi Q7s are the worst), combined with the aforementioned prejudice against Porsches that combines to create this reaction.

Hope this helps!

As for all the "not a proper" Porsche comments made against Cayennes. I have some sympathy with those remarks as I would rather Porsche only made sports cars, but I also feel that as long as the sale of Cayennes creates sufficient profits for Porsche to come up with gems like the GT3/GT3RS I don't mind so much!

Great comments and sensible points

[ORD]

To be entirely clear, the Cayenne is not a proper Porsche. It is a VW with Porsche suspension and a little bit of tarting up.

If it is a diesel, it definitely isn't a Porsche!

[DonkeyApple]

Cpb1702 said:

nlm13 said:

My wife has a Speed yellow Boxster, so not very subtle. She get let out of junctions etc all the time, but she doesn't drive like a knobhead, or treat other non porsche drivers as a knobhead either. Maybe its just the OP?

Some cars cleary bring out jealousy in people more than others a Porsche more than an Aston for example

I suspect if that is the case it has nothing at all to do with jealousy.

Maybe the answer lies in the Porsche forum where owners instruct drivers of other cars that they cannot speak to them as their own car is not worth enough money.

Maybe the sort of people attracted to the Porsche brand are also the type of people that generally aren't that likeable? Maybe there is no issue with the car at all?

The number of people on PH who think their Porsche elevates them to some mythical superior state of being does suggest that may be where the issue lies and that it is an effect that tarnishes Porsche ownership for normal people and genuine enthusiasts?

Certainly just 5 mins in the Porsche forums gives you the impression they have the highest density of jumped up debt monkeys of ill breeding and vulgarity than any other forum on PH.

[MrBarry123]

crostonian said:

MrBarry123 said:

crostonian said:

MrBarry123 said:

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So no OP, people aren't discriminating because of your leased Cayenne.

How do you know the OP's Cayenne is leased and why does this make any difference?

fking hell - lighten up.

For the record, I'm all for leased cars and completely understand why people opt for them.

I was envisaging this turning into another of the typical PH anti leasing threads.

Not at all in my case.

I'd lease my breakfast if I could.

[AW111]

MrBarry123 said:

Not at all in my case.

I'd lease my breakfast if I could.

You know pubs rent beer, don't you?
Try drinking breakfast

[SEE YA]

DonkeyApple said:

Cpb1702 said:

nlm13 said:

My wife has a Speed yellow Boxster, so not very subtle. She get let out of junctions etc all the time, but she doesn't drive like a knobhead, or treat other non porsche drivers as a knobhead either. Maybe its just the OP?

Some cars cleary bring out jealousy in people more than others a Porsche more than an Aston for example

I suspect if that is the case it has nothing at all to do with jealousy.

Maybe the answer lies in the Porsche forum where owners instruct drivers of other cars that they cannot speak to them as their own car is not worth enough money.

Maybe the sort of people attracted to the Porsche brand are also the type of people that generally aren't that likeable? Maybe there is no issue with the car at all?

The number of people on PH who think their Porsche elevates them to some mythical superior state of being does suggest that may be where the issue lies and that it is an effect that tarnishes Porsche ownership for normal people and genuine enthusiasts?

Certainly just 5 mins in the Porsche forums gives you the impression they have the highest density of jumped up debt monkeys of ill breeding and vulgarity than any other forum on PH.

Maybe a few people however do not judge us all the same.

[DonkeyApple]

MrBarry123 said:

Not at all in my case.

I'd lease my breakfast if I could.

You could try RBS. They have an excellent track record of collateralising st.

[DonkeyApple]

SEE YA said:

Maybe a few people however do not judge us all the same.

Agree. Those few just seem very extreme in contrast to the utter nobs who pollute any brand though.

[J4CKO]

I don't think it is the Porsche brand, I had a red 944 cabriolet for a while and it generated really positive reactions.

[cologne2792]

Probably the most concise thread ever -

In the very first post the OP simultaneously shot themselves in the foot, answered their own question and allowed the rest of us to arrive at an informed conclusion!

[TVRJAS]

Buy a TVR if you want to get let out at junctions

Amazes me how many people let me out even at times when I'm not expecting to be let out.