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    May 5, 2006 1:23:00 AM

    Louis Offline
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    WTF? Anyone experience this?

    So I'm on my way home from work tonight and as I'm turning left on a green light I notice a Mustang convertible with a punk in it revving and accelerating right up behind me as I complete the turn - I have to make another almost immediate left to go into my apartment complex so he has to hit the break - as I turn in (my top is down so is his) I hear him utter "p*&@y" and accelerate away.

    WTF? What gives? Anyone experience anything remotely similar. I've been getting nothing but complements about the car everywhere I go, people asking questions, positive comments. This was the first negative comment and all I can thing about is that the little punk is jealous. I was gonna turn back and smoke his ass but decided to be more mature and let it be. Oh well; any comments?

    May 5, 2006 2:11:51 AM

    Dasein
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    Re: WTF? Anyone experience this?

    It's upsetting but I'd say let it go.
    You have the P-car, he has the POS-car.
    He's jealous.

    May 5, 2006 2:15:08 AM

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    Re: WTF? Anyone experience this?

    Don't let them drag you down to their level.

    May 5, 2006 2:24:26 AM

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    Re: WTF? Anyone experience this?

    Welcome to the world of Porsche ownership. It makes idiots out of those around us.

    Dan

    May 5, 2006 2:29:18 AM

    IKE JR
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    Re: WTF? Anyone experience this?

    Hey man, don't worry about this kind of people, here in BRAZIL has a lot of jealous like this, the best thing to do is pretend that is nothing happening and leave away.

    May 5, 2006 2:35:36 AM

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    Re: WTF? Anyone experience this?

    I completely agree with SciFrog.

    Who cares about some punk in a mustang anyway? I would have done the same thing as you did and not give the guy any attention. Remember, your 987s is a beautiful and desired car so it can attract negativity (envy, etc). Again, don't let them drag you down to their level.

    May 5, 2006 2:41:43 AM

    harlandoc
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    Re: WTF? Anyone experience this?

    Who cares about white squirrels, anyway? And what does this have to do with automobiles?

    May 5, 2006 2:45:55 AM

    JMShrink
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    I agree with all the comments here. I've noticed a problem with Ford and GMC trucks and SUVs on the road. What can I expect with a bunch of union workers here in the Motor City?
    Anyways, I ignore them. It's satisfaction enough in knowing I could smoke their a** if I so desired..

    May 5, 2006 2:51:22 AM

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    Re: WTF? Anyone experience this?

    Quote:
    harlandoc said:
    Who cares about white squirrels, anyway? And what does this have to do with automobiles?



    CHURL!!!

    Hey, I understand that you're upset about your car... but you're way out of line to attack other members here!

    May 5, 2006 2:59:48 AM

    SVNSVN
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    Yeah, Louis- the world has too many haters! Just try to dwell on all the positive feedback you receive!

    May 5, 2006 6:15:10 AM

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    Re: WTF? Anyone experience this?

    Quote:
    BudWeiser said:
    You have the P-car, he has the POS-car.
    He's jealous.



    LOL Good one. Also, don't let the white squirrel hater bring you down

    May 5, 2006 7:05:12 AM

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    Re: WTF? Anyone experience this?

    Many times mahman... I have done my fair share obliging to it. It really depends on you and the road conditions but my say is NAH, Nada, and No! Smile and drive on!

    I do notice that when I drive around during the weekends and the roads are clearer none actually show up... how about that.

    May 5, 2006 10:22:09 AM

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    Re: WTF? Anyone experience this?

    dont worry....
    although when it hapenned to me once i stopped ,went outta my car and gave him my left right up his face....after this ,his faced seemed like a wet pu*sy

    May 5, 2006 10:38:10 AM

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    Re: WTF? Anyone experience this?

    Dilinger???

    May 5, 2006 10:39:18 AM

    BC
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    Re: WTF? Anyone experience this?

    Quote:
    Louis said:
    Quote:
    BudWeiser said:
    You have the P-car, he has the POS-car.
    He's jealous.



    LOL Good one. Also, don't let the white squirrel hater bring you down



    lol

    May 5, 2006 11:42:45 AM

    nicholas j
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    Re: WTF? Anyone experience this?

    Ditto to that. A Mustang???? Hmmmmmm1 Manager of a car wash? Fruit "supervisor" in a Convenient Store? VP of inventory at Taco Bell? The options are endless. Guaranteed you don't speak the same language. Your P car exceeds his net worth by 80K.

    May 5, 2006 11:49:46 AM

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    Re: WTF? Anyone experience this?

    On public roadways, the guy driving the Porsche has nothing to proove. The guy driving the Ford is already lagging behind before even opening his mouth or revving his engine.

    May 5, 2006 11:54:21 AM

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    Re: WTF? Anyone experience this?

    Quote:
    Dilinger said:
    his faced seemed like a wet pu*sy



    ,,, Lol ..

    throt..

    May 5, 2006 2:03:30 PM

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    Hey, I USED TO DRIVE A 5.0 MUSTANG EVERY DAY!!! You elitist snobs!!! LOL!!!! You can laugh, but when you can bolt on heads and intake and a blower in your driveway over a weekend, and run 11's on street tires at the drag-strip, on a poor-man's salary, that's AWESOME, that's not something to peer down your nose at. Don't allow one bozo to tilt you into flaming people who simply don't have the income you've got. We were all young once.

    Listen, when I was a kid and the modified 5.0 craze was in full-bloom, I remember just cruising around just HOPING to find something to race! The fact that the guy yelled that at you makes him just another idiotic loser, and I'm afraid that you can find idiotic losers behind the wheel of most anything, even Boxsters...

    When I still lived in Gainesville (home of the University of Florida), I had the exact OPPOSITE thing going on all the time. UF is attended by scores of wealthy south-Florida kids driving M-series BMW's and Porsche Boxsters. It was the students in the Boxsters, though, who seemed the most hell-bent to drag race anything and everything they felt to be "beneath them". If they had nothing to prove, nobody ever clued them in on it. I can't tell you how many oblivious dudes piloting Boxsters between 1997 and 1999 had the misfortune of picking a stoplight fight with me, in my "lowly" and "pedestrian" 1997 Saleen S351. Hey, it's just a crappy Mustang, right? Unbeknownst to them, it's a $61K MSRP Mustang with 507 h.p., 13" Alcon brakes, and a 100% non-Mustang trick chassis underpinning what really is only Mustang sheetmetal on the outside.

    You could always see the conversation between the frat buddies in the Boxster..."hey, dude, check out the crappy Mustang with the poser graphics, let's show him what this thing will do....."

    rev rev....

    10 seconds later and a haze of 295-18 Michelin Pilot smoke:

    "DUDE, HOLY ****, WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT???"

    And then you could picture his buddy in the passenger seat laughing hysterically, anxious to get back to the frat house to relay his friend's unfortunate encounter with a "cheap" Mustang.

    So in conclusion, rag all you want at Vanilla Ice in the Mustang. He was totally out of line. But don't make me have to come to your town in my Mustang (I've still got the car) to teach you a lesson! LOL!!!

    May 5, 2006 2:05:20 PM

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    Re: WTF? Anyone experience this?

    That sounds like pure jealousy too me, when I was in college I had a mustang GT. If there was a Porsche around while I would weclome a race I would respect the car and it's driver and if he raced me I would have considered it an honor

    A while back there was a punk kid in an old audi driving next to me. I was two cars length behind the car in front of me while he was tale gating the car in front of him trying to squeeze in front of me. There was no room for him and no one could go anywhere. While he was not using his signal or making any indication that he wanted to change his lane despite the fact that he would not accomplish anything, he reved up his engine trying to squeeze in front of me, I ignored him, thinking moron what are you trying to do. So he turned around and said F...you, I just looked at him like you got some nerve kid.....he then rear ended the Mercedes in front of him. Lessons learned

    May 5, 2006 2:18:45 PM

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    Re: WTF? Anyone experience this?

    Last week, some lunatic in a Mustang passed and cut in front of me. I floored it and kept up with him until we went into a curve where he lost me. We must have been doing 70 mph! Wish I was driving my Porsche but the mower fit better in the wife's SUV!

    May 5, 2006 2:27:41 PM

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    Re: WTF? Anyone experience this?

    Quote:
    Louis said:
    So I'm on my way home from work tonight and as I'm turning left on a green light I notice a Mustang convertible with a punk in it revving and accelerating right up behind me as I complete the turn - I have to make another almost immediate left to go into my apartment complex so he has to hit the break - as I turn in (my top is down so is his) I hear him utter "p*&@y" and accelerate away.

    WTF? What gives? Anyone experience anything remotely similar. I've been getting nothing but complements about the car everywhere I go, people asking questions, positive comments. This was the first negative comment and all I can thing about is that the little punk is jealous. I was gonna turn back and smoke his ass but decided to be more mature and let it be. Oh well; any comments?



    Ah ... at first I thought you were driving a 997 or 997S, then I saw the "06 987S Seal Grey/blk/blk" in your sig. no wonder, because you are driving a girl's car. Real man drive Carreras.

    May 5, 2006 2:34:29 PM

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    Quote:
    Kevin034 said:
    Quote:
    Louis said:
    So I'm on my way home from work tonight and as I'm turning left on a green light I notice a Mustang convertible with a punk in it revving and accelerating right up behind me as I complete the turn - I have to make another almost immediate left to go into my apartment complex so he has to hit the break - as I turn in (my top is down so is his) I hear him utter "p*&@y" and accelerate away.

    WTF? What gives? Anyone experience anything remotely similar. I've been getting nothing but complements about the car everywhere I go, people asking questions, positive comments. This was the first negative comment and all I can thing about is that the little punk is jealous. I was gonna turn back and smoke his ass but decided to be more mature and let it be. Oh well; any comments?



    Ah ... at first I thought you were driving a 997 or 997S, then I saw the "06 987S Seal Grey/blk/blk" in your sig. no wonder, because you are driving a girl's car. Real man drive Carreras.



    <sigh>


    May 5, 2006 2:56:39 PM

    MBW_UK
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    Re: WTF? Anyone experience this?

    I was overtaken by a guy in a Peugeot last night. He'd seen me coming on to a roundabout and floored it to get passed me.

    Anybody can drive quickly in a straight line, it can be a buzz of course!
    I'd rather try a few twistys though, sort out the feeling of the car etc, more of a chellenge.

    If he felt good for having 'dropped' a Porsche, fair enough.
    I'm happy to keep to more sensible speeds (he must have been going 110mph) safe in the knowledge that if so inclined I could drop him.

    Different stokes for different folks.

    As for the jealousy stuff, not my problem. (Not until I bump into Bossnine by the sounds of it )

    You could always suggest they go and buy one!
    Earning the money might be an issue, but everybody here has managed

    May 5, 2006 3:05:42 PM

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    Re: WTF? Anyone experience this?

    Quote:
    Kevin034 said:


    Ah ... at first I thought you were driving a 997 or 997S, then I saw the "06 987S Seal Grey/blk/blk" in your sig. no wonder, because you are driving a girl's car. Real man drive Carreras.



    Lemme take this opportunity to gently remind people that, when talking about driver's cars, Karl Ludvigsen, THE guy who wrote 1500 (1.5K) page book on Porsche history, called the Boxster "Porsche's masterpiece."

    May 5, 2006 3:45:55 PM

    69bossnine
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    Re: WTF? Anyone experience this?

    I would say that the female form is God's masterpiece....

    Not sure where I'm going with that, but there ya go.

    May 5, 2006 4:02:15 PM

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    Re: WTF? Anyone experience this?

    Quote:
    Kevin034 said:
    no wonder, because you are driving a girl's car. Real man drive Carreras.



    I think Kevin's comment has to be understood as irony with a real background (correct me if I'm wrong ): our beloved masterpiece indeed might attract more lunatics than the Carrera due to the silly girly car image which many not so enlightened guys have in their mind
    I for one just ignore those guys suffering from self consciousness problems - let them have their fun with telling their friends how they smoked a girly Porsche (not good for the drug industry though, because otherwise they had to become Viagra key accounts )
    BTW this silly status thing might be of lesser importance than I thought it might be: got lot of thumbs ups and acknowlidging nods when driving in my new 987 S - even from Carrera drivers

    May 5, 2006 4:06:59 PM

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    Re: WTF? Anyone experience this?

    Porsche-Jeck, maybe all those fellas giving you the nods and winks weren't really interested in your car...????

    May 5, 2006 4:08:37 PM

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    Quote:
    69bossnine said:
    Porsche-Jeck, maybe all those fellas giving you the nods and winks weren't really interested in your car...????



    There's a reason I didn't get my 987S in yellow

    May 5, 2006 4:15:31 PM

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    Re: WTF? Anyone experience this?

    Quote:
    69bossnine said:
    Porsche-Jeck, maybe all those fellas giving you the nods and winks weren't really interested in your car...????



    Haha, good one Remind you, though I'm living in the Rheinland I do not live in Cologne (which is the informal capital of the Rheinland and the informal capital of the German gay community at the same time )
     
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