Do you get much jealously ?
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johnwilliams77 said:
Fair enough, hardly a surprise to you, is it?
Actually, yes it is. As I said, I've had virtually no negative comments over a number of years - and certainly none in a Porsche. Most people seem to like nice cars and make positive comments regardless of whether they can afford them.davek_964 said:
Actually, yes it is. As I said, I've had virtually no negative comments over a number of years - and certainly none in a Porsche. Most people seem to like nice cars and make positive comments regardless of whether they can afford them.
You learn something new everyday.Just jealousy and resentment. People don’t like to be reminded of how badly their lives have turned out and how narrow their horizons are. They actively avoid being reminded about it, so react venomously when it’s in their face.
My red S2000 got the odd resentful comment when the roof was down, my brand new red Elise 111R in particular - the usual “did mummy buy you it”. I had some nerve living within my means and saving up to buy a sports car at 25 it seemed.
People didn’t like when I replied in a thick Glasgow accent and said “no it’s because I’ve got this thing called a f
king job”.
Grey M3 didn’t get anything but I didn’t have it long, 5-series nada too. Suspect they’re still in the “I could have that if I wanted” bracket.
The 911 had some clown shouting out of his car at me to slow down at a roundabout which he had veered into without looking and got a fright when he realised I was there. Must be the guy in the sports car speeding, rather than me not paying attention.
As for going to LIDL in a GT3 - do what you like. Just bear in mind my first paragraph and that’ll hopefully explain the response you get. it shouldn’t be the case but it is. For a true reflection of what people are thinking, just watch the reaction from a 7yr old kid. If they approve, adults probably won’t.
My red S2000 got the odd resentful comment when the roof was down, my brand new red Elise 111R in particular - the usual “did mummy buy you it”. I had some nerve living within my means and saving up to buy a sports car at 25 it seemed.
People didn’t like when I replied in a thick Glasgow accent and said “no it’s because I’ve got this thing called a f
king job”.Grey M3 didn’t get anything but I didn’t have it long, 5-series nada too. Suspect they’re still in the “I could have that if I wanted” bracket.
The 911 had some clown shouting out of his car at me to slow down at a roundabout which he had veered into without looking and got a fright when he realised I was there. Must be the guy in the sports car speeding, rather than me not paying attention.
As for going to LIDL in a GT3 - do what you like. Just bear in mind my first paragraph and that’ll hopefully explain the response you get. it shouldn’t be the case but it is. For a true reflection of what people are thinking, just watch the reaction from a 7yr old kid. If they approve, adults probably won’t.
WCZ said:
garystoybox said:
Why would this annoy them? I honestly don’t understand? When I had very little, driving round in a old Fiesta pop plus 950, with lots of debt and low income not once would I look at a top end car and feel envy/hatred or jealous. I honestly just thought, hopefully that will be me someday. What someone else drives has no impact on my life at all so why get annoyed other than to scream to the world that you are aggrieved with the way your life has turned out?
it's never annoyed me either, even when I had nothing but inequality upsets some people, that's just the way life is and I acknowledge that.The people do give the w
ker sign or hurl abuse at people driving nice cars probably have no interest in cars and look at the badge/wing/colour and make their judgements. A few posters here have received abuse from driving 986 Boxters! It seems odd to me in a way. Something like the GT3 or the GT3RS seems to be a kind of target of being a nob.
I suppose that is fair enough and in some way it may have been earned.
The strange thing for me as a multiple owner of this model is that most of the owners are not at all fashionable,but people who like to track their cars and have fun.
I grew up quite poor and so this type of car was a dream. Now being much older I sometimes see people, especially with kids who want to see one of the cars. I generally offer them to have their kids sit in the car. Maybe this will make a future petrolhead. Kids should have a dream too.
As for impressing others, or their bing resentful, not my issue but theirs.
In any case, there are proper exotic cars hugely beyond my world, so its not special.
I suppose that is fair enough and in some way it may have been earned.
The strange thing for me as a multiple owner of this model is that most of the owners are not at all fashionable,but people who like to track their cars and have fun.
I grew up quite poor and so this type of car was a dream. Now being much older I sometimes see people, especially with kids who want to see one of the cars. I generally offer them to have their kids sit in the car. Maybe this will make a future petrolhead. Kids should have a dream too.
As for impressing others, or their bing resentful, not my issue but theirs.
In any case, there are proper exotic cars hugely beyond my world, so its not special.
in 15 years of Porsche ownership I have never had a negative comment.
Cars ranged from 986S to 991 GT3
The car that did attract the most attention was the Black Sport Design Panamera Turbo S; however, the comments were 100% positive ! I lost count of the number of people that stopped to ask questions about it, wherever I went. (I suppose it was a bit 'darth vader-ish')
Current GT3 does attract a bit of attention, but its always been exceptionally positive; I must be lucky
Cars ranged from 986S to 991 GT3
The car that did attract the most attention was the Black Sport Design Panamera Turbo S; however, the comments were 100% positive ! I lost count of the number of people that stopped to ask questions about it, wherever I went. (I suppose it was a bit 'darth vader-ish')
Current GT3 does attract a bit of attention, but its always been exceptionally positive; I must be lucky
It's odd. I have an 05 plate 987S as one of my 'fun' cars, also an 88 3.2 Carrera that I don't really use much. My day-to-day car has been an E-Class for quite some time now, and the wife has a 220i. We both drive all of these cars (except that the wife won't drive the 3.2 Carrera).
The car that's worth the lowest amount of all of them is the 987S. It's also the car that attracts the most negative attention - a customer commented last week that I 'must be paid too much driving a car like that', just before he got into his 68 plate Golf R...... The 987 is also the car that gets the most 'hate' reaction from other road users.
The car that's worth the lowest amount of all of them is the 987S. It's also the car that attracts the most negative attention - a customer commented last week that I 'must be paid too much driving a car like that', just before he got into his 68 plate Golf R...... The 987 is also the car that gets the most 'hate' reaction from other road users.
An amusing one that i was told, is re my Griff 500.
The first owner bought it from H.R. Owen in April 98. It was Owens showroom demo car.
He told me how, on driving away from the showroom in his brand new blue £39,995 Griff, that he hadnt got more than 50 yards up the road, when two builders in a scruffy Transit van slowed down and yelled out “ f w “ at him !
The first owner bought it from H.R. Owen in April 98. It was Owens showroom demo car.
He told me how, on driving away from the showroom in his brand new blue £39,995 Griff, that he hadnt got more than 50 yards up the road, when two builders in a scruffy Transit van slowed down and yelled out “ f w “ at him !
Edited by neutral 3 on Monday 23 September 13:32
EGTE said:
I too get almost as many positive comments about my Panamera as I do for my Evora (which is a lot).
For all the "pig-ugly" comments of the past, it certainly seems to have grown on people.
FWIW and all IMHO, the latest Panamera is streets ahead of the original. In fact, in touring guise, I reckon it is one of my current favourites.For all the "pig-ugly" comments of the past, it certainly seems to have grown on people.
Zingari said:
Never happens to me. I let my wife do all the shopping. It surprises her that I don't know the price of a loaf of bread or pint of milk 
They are variable. In Waitrose a loaf can be 60p for their own Essentials range up to £4 for a Gail’s Rosemary and Potato Sourdough loaf. A pint of milk can range too especially as it’s cheaper to buy it as a 4 pint container, we go Organic and it’s £1.80 for 4 pints so 45p but other options available. Never understood why it’s a yardstick when there’s variance. Magnum 475 said:
The car that's worth the lowest amount of all of them is the 987S. It's also the car that attracts the most negative attention - a customer commented last week that I 'must be paid too much driving a car like that', just before he got into his 68 plate Golf R...... The 987 is also the car that gets the most 'hate' reaction from other road users.
I think that for the average non petrol head, a 987 looks like a modern, new Porsche (ie. They won't really be able to tell the difference between a £10k 987 and a £100k 991 gt3). I have found that most people like "old" porsches but deem the owners of "new" porsches to be posers and show offs
Schmed said:
RSVP911 said:
RDMcG said:
Of course there are many who have done well in the current connected world - some are immensely successful . These are not the people who are ranting against flash cars. I do not think that they are in the majority- just an opinion. However, even for the successful there is a blindingly fast rate of change due to the rate of technological innovation. You need to constantly re skill or be left behind.
The next few years with AI, 5G, quantum computing and so on will once again be transformative. Very tough to keep current. It was much slower when I was young, and I was lucky enough to grab a little piece the technological change as personal computing, networks, the web and mobility changed the world.
I have no sympathy for those who believe that the world owes them a living ,but I think that there are many places where life is becoming almost feral, with no peer group of people on the move to success, lots of substance abuse, poor parenting and so on. I certainly see it in parts of the US and Canada and I understand that there are some very depressed parts of the UK too. It's tough to move out of these places.
Just an impression. Now, back to Porsches
I have to say I genuinely love your posts - they are always incredibly balanced and insightfulThe next few years with AI, 5G, quantum computing and so on will once again be transformative. Very tough to keep current. It was much slower when I was young, and I was lucky enough to grab a little piece the technological change as personal computing, networks, the web and mobility changed the world.
I have no sympathy for those who believe that the world owes them a living ,but I think that there are many places where life is becoming almost feral, with no peer group of people on the move to success, lots of substance abuse, poor parenting and so on. I certainly see it in parts of the US and Canada and I understand that there are some very depressed parts of the UK too. It's tough to move out of these places.
Just an impression. Now, back to Porsches
They’re often the ones that are spiteful to the point of keying cars, being abusive etc.
Having said that the one time I saw a car keyed was when I was about 15 and the lad who did it was my ‘mate’. I was disgusted frankly.
I think if you turn up at Lidl in a car painted in Lizard green or lava orange avec scaffolding and an ironing board stuck on the back then it’s not unreasonable to expect a few negative comments.
If you pitch up in a 911 with a standard silhouette and you still get abuse, then clearly the offending person is suffering from a lack of education.
If you pitch up in a 911 with a standard silhouette and you still get abuse, then clearly the offending person is suffering from a lack of education.
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