http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,12529-2308671,00.html
JC on the attack again [
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"I had to drive in convoy through central London last week behind the Top Gear producer in a bright yellow Porsche Coxster. Or Gayman, to give it its official name.
You might imagine this would be quite a thrill; driving through one of the most vibrant and amazing cities in the world in an egg yellow Porsche. And indeed you'd be right. It was quite a thrill. But only for me, in the car behind
"However if you have a yellow Porsche Coxster it turns out that people will turn round and point. And then they'll nudge their friend, who'll point too. And then they'll both have a jolly good laugh. Twice people leant out of their vans to call my producer friend a student of onanism.
And then there's the reaction he got from people in proper Porsches, by which I mean the 911. They laughed, too. Because turning up in the big city in a Coxster is like turning up to Elton and David's white tie and tiara party in a rented DJ.
Of course, from behind the wheel you are blissfully unaware of the hysteria in your wake. Because of the limited rear visibility you simply can't tell that you've turned London into a scene from a Smash commercial. You're sitting there thinking, I look good. I feel sharp. I've spent £43,930 on a mid-engined sports coupé. What a tool . . . . . . you look.
What you're doing is strutting through town with your flies undone. You're commuting to work with your skirt tucked into your knickers. The Coxster? It's like congratulating someone on the forthcoming arrival of their baby only to find they're just fat.
The poor think you're a git for having a Porsche. The people with proper Porsches think you're a git because you actually don't have a Porsche at all. The Coxster, then, is the most embarrassing car in the world, except for one thing . . . it's beaten, just, by the car you see in the photographs this morning. The Nissan Micra C+C.
Maybe they sat down in Japan and said: "Hey, guys. I hear Porsche are doing a yerrow Coxster. It's supposed to be the most embarrassing car in the world. Do you think we could beat it?"
JC on the attack again [
]"I had to drive in convoy through central London last week behind the Top Gear producer in a bright yellow Porsche Coxster. Or Gayman, to give it its official name.
You might imagine this would be quite a thrill; driving through one of the most vibrant and amazing cities in the world in an egg yellow Porsche. And indeed you'd be right. It was quite a thrill. But only for me, in the car behind
"However if you have a yellow Porsche Coxster it turns out that people will turn round and point. And then they'll nudge their friend, who'll point too. And then they'll both have a jolly good laugh. Twice people leant out of their vans to call my producer friend a student of onanism.
And then there's the reaction he got from people in proper Porsches, by which I mean the 911. They laughed, too. Because turning up in the big city in a Coxster is like turning up to Elton and David's white tie and tiara party in a rented DJ.
Of course, from behind the wheel you are blissfully unaware of the hysteria in your wake. Because of the limited rear visibility you simply can't tell that you've turned London into a scene from a Smash commercial. You're sitting there thinking, I look good. I feel sharp. I've spent £43,930 on a mid-engined sports coupé. What a tool . . . . . . you look.
What you're doing is strutting through town with your flies undone. You're commuting to work with your skirt tucked into your knickers. The Coxster? It's like congratulating someone on the forthcoming arrival of their baby only to find they're just fat.
The poor think you're a git for having a Porsche. The people with proper Porsches think you're a git because you actually don't have a Porsche at all. The Coxster, then, is the most embarrassing car in the world, except for one thing . . . it's beaten, just, by the car you see in the photographs this morning. The Nissan Micra C+C.
Maybe they sat down in Japan and said: "Hey, guys. I hear Porsche are doing a yerrow Coxster. It's supposed to be the most embarrassing car in the world. Do you think we could beat it?"
