Unwanted attention when you got a 944?
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mr brightside
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I got called a w***er for overtaking today....some chavette in a punto going the other way, she was that far in the distance when the abuse began i couldn't even see what she was doing.
"We aim to make speeding as socially unacceptable as drink driving."
Yes minister, go back to your expenses claims.
"We aim to make speeding as socially unacceptable as drink driving."
Yes minister, go back to your expenses claims.
With my previous various black 944s, and current black S2, I get the occasional tosser - more than the old Audis I used to drive, and scratches and dents parked in London, but don't really have comparssion with any other car for that.
How-ever... the guards red turbo is, um, red-rag? Best was being over-taken by a Saxo full of kids in a built up 30 limit parked cars etc, just before it turned left in front of me. Grrr.
How-ever... the guards red turbo is, um, red-rag? Best was being over-taken by a Saxo full of kids in a built up 30 limit parked cars etc, just before it turned left in front of me. Grrr.
same for me, long straight,wide piece of road, me quite heavy on right foot,from nowhere seal gray? caymen, seemed to be sitting on my spoiler,waiting for it to wave goodbye to me but it never happened, left me feeling slightly confused but very happy with my 19yr old babies oomph!!
James_G
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As an owner of a 944 and a 3 series, I am trying to ignore this anti BMW driver ranting, although even I think all 5 series drivers (current shape at least) are all thrusty idiots, who needed to be there yesterday.[
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Nope, I get no trouble whatsoever in the Porsche. The only time I've been approached in a petrol station was about 10 minutes after I bought it, by a nice old chap who told me he had a Alfa 75 3.0 V6 tucked up in the garage at home, and wasn't it nice to see a Porsche being driven (it was January and there was snow on the ground). Secondly, I find that people do actually get out of my way on say, the M25, when I am cruising along in the outside lane in the Porsche. I've had no unwanted attention from the Police nor do I ever find myself being challenged to a race, although I do like to taunt Boxster drivers every now and then with the old slip road challenge.
The BMW however is a different matter, but that comes as absolutely no surprise.
Sometimes though, I think anything that sets you apart will encourage people to "hassle" you a bit, be it a Porsche or something like a private number plate. I've been borrowing a friends Hyundai Coupe for the last few days, nothing special to look at, cheap and neither especially quick, nor desirable or interesting. But it has a private numberplate that spells his name, and just driving it you realise that it really does upset people. So I've had a few days of a white van being permanently attached to "his" bumper. Luckily with age had come a certain zen calmness and I've handed it back with not a single beeped horn!
]Nope, I get no trouble whatsoever in the Porsche. The only time I've been approached in a petrol station was about 10 minutes after I bought it, by a nice old chap who told me he had a Alfa 75 3.0 V6 tucked up in the garage at home, and wasn't it nice to see a Porsche being driven (it was January and there was snow on the ground). Secondly, I find that people do actually get out of my way on say, the M25, when I am cruising along in the outside lane in the Porsche. I've had no unwanted attention from the Police nor do I ever find myself being challenged to a race, although I do like to taunt Boxster drivers every now and then with the old slip road challenge.
The BMW however is a different matter, but that comes as absolutely no surprise.
Sometimes though, I think anything that sets you apart will encourage people to "hassle" you a bit, be it a Porsche or something like a private number plate. I've been borrowing a friends Hyundai Coupe for the last few days, nothing special to look at, cheap and neither especially quick, nor desirable or interesting. But it has a private numberplate that spells his name, and just driving it you realise that it really does upset people. So I've had a few days of a white van being permanently attached to "his" bumper. Luckily with age had come a certain zen calmness and I've handed it back with not a single beeped horn!
darren hoggett
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From the vast majority of road users I get respect, though there maybe several reasons for this. The 944 S2 Cabrio I have seems to have gained more respect over the years, especially as there aren't that many around these days. Some people think it's a Ferrari, which is quite amusing, but everyone I know thinks the car is much better looking that the Boxster, which I totally agree with - especially the bland 986 version. Plus girls do not like Boxsters - I have yet to meet one who does! [ Though if you bought your girlfriend one, she would hardly say no! ]
Another thing about owning a 944 Cabrio is that they look much more expensive than they actually are, though they were £40K in 1990, which was a lot of money back then! I once remember having an argument with a guy who claimed he owned an early 2.5 944 and simply would not believe that my car was a 944 as it looks quite different from the early tin-tops! 'What do you think it is then?' I asked. He just shook his head. I still think Porsche have yet to produce a car as good looking as the S2 Cabrio, which is partly why I can't part with it, despite its all too frequent electrical gremlins.
It seems to be 911 owners get most stick from other road users. I know several owners and they just say it is an occupational hazard!!!
Another thing about owning a 944 Cabrio is that they look much more expensive than they actually are, though they were £40K in 1990, which was a lot of money back then! I once remember having an argument with a guy who claimed he owned an early 2.5 944 and simply would not believe that my car was a 944 as it looks quite different from the early tin-tops! 'What do you think it is then?' I asked. He just shook his head. I still think Porsche have yet to produce a car as good looking as the S2 Cabrio, which is partly why I can't part with it, despite its all too frequent electrical gremlins.
It seems to be 911 owners get most stick from other road users. I know several owners and they just say it is an occupational hazard!!!
Fat Albert
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I have had some guys trying it on, I just let them past usually and get on with it, they then realise they are going faster than they are comfortable with and slow down to let me past again to show them that straight-line speed is not what it's about...
Whatever you do, when you first get your red 944 and have Die-young Slipmaster Tyres fitted to the rear, do not try driving around the outside of a d**k in a saxo. Their laugh is a bit galling when you are parked facing the wrong way on the roundabout....[]
Whatever you do, when you first get your red 944 and have Die-young Slipmaster Tyres fitted to the rear, do not try driving around the outside of a d**k in a saxo. Their laugh is a bit galling when you are parked facing the wrong way on the roundabout....[
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psi
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I get loads of unwanted attention in my elise but I don't notice any in the 944 apart from a few appreciative looks from what I can only assume are previous owners. In the elise I've had people spit at meand once found a woman peeing up against it at fleet services along the M3. I was with a mate and we are sure her partner was actually taking pictures of her peeing against my car...sadly I've yet to find the site that they may be on[:-]
ChasR
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I will have to comment later on with the attention I get.
With the Ka, no one took me seriously especially as I zipped about town. In the 1970 Beetle, it was great! I had almost everyone letting me out of most junctions. The Volvo 740 I had people kept away from it on the road and where I parked it (the car I picked up zero dents in!) All that car had were two scruffy numberplates!
With the Pug 306 GTi-6 things did change. Every GTi and his dog tried it on with me, as did executives in their Lexus GS300s and Jag 3.0 X types. Most of the time I would let them pass, but there were times that I simply used the loud pedal...
So far, the Porker hasn't been too bad, but I did get someone pull out right in front of me on an NSL road stupidly close in front of me. I promptly dropped down to 3rd gear and swiftly disposed of them in my dust.
With the Ka, no one took me seriously especially as I zipped about town. In the 1970 Beetle, it was great! I had almost everyone letting me out of most junctions. The Volvo 740 I had people kept away from it on the road and where I parked it (the car I picked up zero dents in!) All that car had were two scruffy numberplates!
With the Pug 306 GTi-6 things did change. Every GTi and his dog tried it on with me, as did executives in their Lexus GS300s and Jag 3.0 X types. Most of the time I would let them pass, but there were times that I simply used the loud pedal...
So far, the Porker hasn't been too bad, but I did get someone pull out right in front of me on an NSL road stupidly close in front of me. I promptly dropped down to 3rd gear and swiftly disposed of them in my dust.
924nutter
PCGB Member
I think it might be a geographical thing. You should try driving home on a sunny day like today in a 944 turbo cab in the south east. Talk about a road full of pr1cks. In a 50 avarage speed limit some tw4t leapforgged me, then a tQsser in a go faster Vauxhall sxi broke about seven highway codes, ok it was just two, to overtake me. When I had the audacity to keep up with him I got the universal hand getsure. Not to mention the Audi deisel estate which started expelling great clouds of black smoke when I cruised up behind him this morning. I just laugh mostly and let them get on with it and fool themselves. There are 25,000,000 cars on the road you can't demonstrate to them all.
As a former ahem, m3 owner, I can only say the change in other drivers is miraculous []
Only incident so far was in the local petrol station when some shirtless tatooed baboon started ranting at me - he leapt out of his v. sad halfords special, tried to get into my car, stopped me leaving by standing almost on the bonnet and shouting 'come on then' - I'm still totally clueless as to what his problem was, as was everyone else - only wish I'd filmed it on the phone.
]Only incident so far was in the local petrol station when some shirtless tatooed baboon started ranting at me - he leapt out of his v. sad halfords special, tried to get into my car, stopped me leaving by standing almost on the bonnet and shouting 'come on then' - I'm still totally clueless as to what his problem was, as was everyone else - only wish I'd filmed it on the phone.
Fat Albert
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I used to work for Budget Rent A Car in the mid-late '90s, and our fleet Manager would get all the new cars on launch day. As head of IT I would ensure that he had the best available laptop and it was upgraded every 3 months......
When he was unable to test them himself he would look at his shiny laptop and wonder who else would like a play....?
Well, one of the funniest things was when the Skoda Octavia was launched, on Launch day I had the keys pressed into my hands of a sh*t brown Diesel varient (luckily the 130bhp one) bear in mind the reputation that Skoda had at this time (I was a skoda salesman in the late '80s!) and the fact that the Octavia was a Golf in drag.....
I ventured out onto the M1 and headed north at many leptons, people woudl look in their mirror, not recognise the car, pull over and I would sweep past. It wasn't long before I had a queue of reps in Mundanes and Vespas trying desperately to get back past, as there was no way they would let a sh*t brown diesel Skoda beat them! My favourite one was the grey-haired beardy in a Peugeot 405 estate trying to out-brake me up the inside into a Roundabout to get back in front!
When he was unable to test them himself he would look at his shiny laptop and wonder who else would like a play....?
Well, one of the funniest things was when the Skoda Octavia was launched, on Launch day I had the keys pressed into my hands of a sh*t brown Diesel varient (luckily the 130bhp one) bear in mind the reputation that Skoda had at this time (I was a skoda salesman in the late '80s!) and the fact that the Octavia was a Golf in drag.....
I ventured out onto the M1 and headed north at many leptons, people woudl look in their mirror, not recognise the car, pull over and I would sweep past. It wasn't long before I had a queue of reps in Mundanes and Vespas trying desperately to get back past, as there was no way they would let a sh*t brown diesel Skoda beat them! My favourite one was the grey-haired beardy in a Peugeot 405 estate trying to out-brake me up the inside into a Roundabout to get back in front!
Not noticed any unwanted attention in the 944 yet.. but not done a lot or driving in her yet, I usually just sit at the motorway limit or maybe a shade above, typically in lane one and let all and sundry overtake me.. I have nothing to prove..
I used to have an impreza, and drove it Like I stole it, so rarely had anyone near enough to overtake me
I must say though one of my favorite cars was an old Vauxhall Omega, it was an ex plod one so white, no badges, steel wheels and the 3.0 V6 up front with shortened gear ratios and and LSD.. I could sit in lane one at 60mph and watch the traffic build up behind me as nobody would overtake. If someone did I would rocket up behind them and watch their speed fall back to 60mph
Third gear on that car was epic, you could sit in third at 60mph and floor it up to around 110mph. It had some special police gear ratios and it really weas a great car.!
I used to have an impreza, and drove it Like I stole it, so rarely had anyone near enough to overtake me
I must say though one of my favorite cars was an old Vauxhall Omega, it was an ex plod one so white, no badges, steel wheels and the 3.0 V6 up front with shortened gear ratios and and LSD.. I could sit in lane one at 60mph and watch the traffic build up behind me as nobody would overtake. If someone did I would rocket up behind them and watch their speed fall back to 60mph
Third gear on that car was epic, you could sit in third at 60mph and floor it up to around 110mph. It had some special police gear ratios and it really weas a great car.!
944 man
Active member
Conversely: no. Despite the fact that my old 944 is covered in sponsors decals I dont think that people really pay a deal of attention (apart from small boys). Its certainly very different from my Impreza, which is a cabbage magnet of the first order - despite being a 100% standard Classic 'Wagon. The car's purpose is relatively obvious so I wonder whether that disuades people from showing off?
pixieporsche
New member
I know what everyone means, my current gold 944 in only a couple of days of ownership has had some idiot put a dent in the rear wing through total lack of care in a carpark, my last three Porsches got lots of unwanted attention, all guards red, not only did I get unwanted attention I got people asking if they were mine or calling me because I owned a Porsche, theres some very sad people in this world with nothing better to do.
pauljmcnulty
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Coming to this late, as I wanted to put some miles on the new car before commenting. Now done this [8D], and found out that I need to fill up quite a bit sooner than in the Lux. [&o]
I noticed the difference driving 30 miles in the red Lux, swapping over, and driving the same route home in the "Tarmac Grey" S2. It got absolutely zero attention, despite my willing the other people in the traffic jam to galnce appreciatively at my new car. I've had less hassle in it than in our dog-mobile Legacy, and a whole load less than in my 17-foot-long Turquoise van that is completely invisible to other drivers.
I just think that people subconciously stereotype the cars around them, and take action without thinking. Hence, "supercar" equals "I won't let you get past me, let you out of junctions, allow you to filter in when lanes merge" etc. I reckon that most people see a red Porsche coupe as a supercar, in the same league as a yellow Lambo or a red Ferrari. Dark grey metallic just doesn't get them agitated.
We've seen often enough here the stupid comments about "Boxster drivers all do this" or "BMW drivers are all *@&^$%". We shouldn't be surprised that some people see all Porsche drivers in a similarly blinkered and uneducated way.
I noticed the difference driving 30 miles in the red Lux, swapping over, and driving the same route home in the "Tarmac Grey" S2. It got absolutely zero attention, despite my willing the other people in the traffic jam to galnce appreciatively at my new car. I've had less hassle in it than in our dog-mobile Legacy, and a whole load less than in my 17-foot-long Turquoise van that is completely invisible to other drivers.
I just think that people subconciously stereotype the cars around them, and take action without thinking. Hence, "supercar" equals "I won't let you get past me, let you out of junctions, allow you to filter in when lanes merge" etc. I reckon that most people see a red Porsche coupe as a supercar, in the same league as a yellow Lambo or a red Ferrari. Dark grey metallic just doesn't get them agitated.
We've seen often enough here the stupid comments about "Boxster drivers all do this" or "BMW drivers are all *@&^$%". We shouldn't be surprised that some people see all Porsche drivers in a similarly blinkered and uneducated way.
hiya mate with you all the way,re: your impreza, in the years {9 to 10} after waving bye bye to my 928s2, one of the cars i purchased was wr blue wrx sti [4 door] bug, i have never owned a car that seemed to wind people up and get such a negative reaction, filthy looks, w.....r signs, waiting all day at junctions for a gap as no bastard will let you out and last but not least every other hot hatch and jap sports [but not evos] etc etc sitting on the back of your spoiler at every given chance,
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