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Does a flash motor act as a fanny magnet or not?

i have found even my daughters want to know me now ive bought the 964 its great for droping them of at partys and bars in town [:)]
 
Ray,
Are you saying that one of them can curl up in the back without damage to the make-up?
 
Yes I found that when I had my daughter living with me. Would rather be seen in the 968 than the Range Rover.
When out with other Porsches for a convoy out, you certainly get plenty of looks.
 
Does a flash motor act as a fanny magnet? Probably yes...but more importantly, does a 20 year old 964 count as a flash motor? To a modern 20-something with an unhealthy obsession with money and fame and who thinks that "The Only Way is Essex" is a documentary...almost certainly not!

Sorry lads but if you want a fanny magnet, you'll have to trade in the 964 for something more "bling" - a TT convertible or a nice new 997 maybe. Or more likely a Range Rover Sport with chrome spinners. Even a "poor man's Porsche" such as a Boxter is better for pulling - if its brand new.

964s don't say "money" they say "enthusiast" and that just isn't cool to girls.

My current g/f likes mine but it wasn't a pulling factor and the only reason she recognised it was because her brother owns one.

There is a reasonable selection who claim to like retro cars but again, they are more likely to be impressed with a VW campervan with Scooby-Doo paint job. The nearest I got to pulling with mine was one girl who said old Porsche's are quite cool and mentioned "like the one in Cruel Intentions" - so a Jag Roadster then, not a 964. Not even a Porsche. Sigh.

Don't get me wrong; I turn a lot of heads in my shiny red 964...but most interest comes from the odd MILF and a lot of middle-aged bearded men. Someone even looked me up at work and went to the trouble of contacting security to find out who the owner of th red 964 was...again, a bearded man (also a 911 enthusiast).

Of course there's always the possibility that its just because I'm BUTT-UGLY! [:(]. No car can cure that...

Seriously though, the most rewarding looks i get are from young boys (no, not like that!) with their faces pressed against the glass of their dad's boring people carriers. Because I know what they're thinking; they're thinking what I was thinking at that age: "I WANT ONE OF THOSE WHEN I GROW UP!".

Dominic.



 
Don't think the women know the difference between the models.
A clean and tidy 964 will outdo the new jelly mould homogenized bling cars being sold today.
 

ORIGINAL: DW964

Seriously though, the most rewarding looks i get are from young boys (no, not like that!) with their faces pressed against the glass of their dad's boring people carriers. Because I know what they're thinking; they're thinking what I was thinking at that age: "I WANT ONE OF THOSE WHEN I GROW UP!".

Dominic.
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On more than one occasion, when I had the S2, I overheard 10 year old boys asking of their parents as they walked past "is that a Ferrari?" [&:]
 
Dekker - I really wish that were true and maybe you have a different experience to me. I agree that most have no idea about the different models but they can read a number plate and they can tell the difference between a modern car and an old-fashioned car. Actually, many are more impressed by a car's interior than the exterior and the 964 has a less than modern feel inside.

Don't get me wrong, there are some girls who love the look of a 964 but they're a little 'niche' - if you want to appeal to the wider market of semi-educated Essex princesses, go for ostentation over class every time. Bear in mind that these are the same people who think Lady Gaga represents high quality music. Its a shame but also true.
 

ORIGINAL: DW964

Dekker - I really wish that were true and maybe you have a different experience to me. I agree that most have no idea about the different models but they can read a number plate and they can tell the difference between a modern car and an old-fashioned car. Actually, many are more impressed by a car's interior than the exterior and the 964 has a less than modern feel inside.

Don't get me wrong, there are some girls who love the look of a 964 but they're a little 'niche' - if you want to appeal to the wider market of semi-educated Essex princesses, go for ostentation over class every time. Bear in mind that these are the same people who think Lady Gaga represents high quality music. Its a shame but also true.
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I'll give the Essex princesses a miss. Much prefer squeezing into a 'little niche' [:D]
 

ORIGINAL: colin129
On more than one occasion, when I had the S2, I overheard 10 year old boys asking of their parents as they walked past "is that a Ferrari?" [&:]
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I have had the same experience as my S2 used to be red, better than that though I heard one lad say to the other lad "no numbnut its a Porsche it says so across the back" [:D].

I think just about anyone would recognise a 964 as some type of 911, its the most iconic car shape there has ever been surely.
 

ORIGINAL: Neil Haughey

I think just about anyone would recognise a 964 as some type of 911, its the most iconic car shape there has ever been surely.
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Not if some of the comments I heard and questions I answered on Sunday at Chatsworth are anything to go by!
 
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ORIGINAL: DW964

Dekker - I really wish that were true and maybe you have a different experience to me. I agree that most have no idea about the different models but they can read a number plate and they can tell the difference between a modern car and an old-fashioned car. Actually, many are more impressed by a car's interior than the exterior and the 964 has a less than modern feel inside.

Don't get me wrong, there are some girls who love the look of a 964 but they're a little 'niche' - if you want to appeal to the wider market of semi-educated Essex princesses, go for ostentation over class every time. Bear in mind that these are the same people who think Lady Gaga represents high quality music. Its a shame but also true.
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I'll give the Essex princesses a miss. Much prefer squeezing into a 'little niche' [:D]
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Wahey! I set em up, you knock em outta the park!
 
[FONT=verdana,geneva"]On the button Dominic...

When the 964 is out the garage and being washed, passing MILF's do comment and smile. Little boys in tow [FONT=verdana,geneva"]stare and know it's different and want one (especially when they [FONT=verdana,geneva"]stare and hear a de-cat and G pipe working together).

I've given up on chicks thinking they would want a ride... let's face it, most/all have the idea that an MGF is a sports car and I've seen guys driving those who clearly know nothing about cars. Or maybe they do... chicks on the cheap...hmmm


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Wrong tactic Marcus,

you should tell them they wouldn't like a ride as it would scare them.

That will push their "girl power" buttons and they will demand a ride.

 
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