Croc Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 When you drive the seven and you pull up at a red light next to either a Porsche or BMW, the driver just avoids looking at you. However, every other car on the road has eyeballs zeroed in on you and/or taking photos of the seven. Are they jealous of someone driving a better car? Can their poor ego not take the fact that they may not be as cool as they like to think they are? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pi7ot Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 :jester: It's not a real car alongside them, so they don't see it. :jester: Maybe they're not driving. They're focused on how to make more $$?? m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnCh Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 I get thumbs up from Porsche drivers all the time. Perhaps the fiberglass canoe is less intimidating than the CSR? -John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croc Posted July 15, 2011 Author Share Posted July 15, 2011 Hmmm.....I think Pi7ot may be onto something. I was at the Holland Tunnel, leading into downtown Manhattan where all those Wall Street Wankers work... The line up at the tolls does look like a VW dealership with all those Porsches lined up waiting. The extra bulk of a CSR over a Birkin SV is unlikely to cause alarm IMHO :jester: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S1Steve Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 (edited) When you drive the seven and you pull up at a red light next to either a Porsche or BMW, the driver just avoids looking at you. However, every other car on the road has eyeballs zeroed in on you and/or taking photos of the seven. Are they jealous of someone driving a better car? Can their poor ego not take the fact that they may not be as cool as they like to think they are? Mike, In your case it's not the car, It's you. They look over and think, Is that the Thunder From Down Under. It must be hard being Mark Webber's twin..... Edited July 15, 2011 by S1Steve Webber with 2 b's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimrankin Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 I don't notice that the Porsche or BMW drivers are less likely to look over or thumbs up but the one thing I do notice is that it only seems like the clowns driving beater Rice Rockets with what looks like a 5 pound coffee can stuck on the end of the exhaust all want to show you how "fast' their cars are. LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James A Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 I think I get more thumbs up from Porsche drivers than any others, BMW drivers seem to like the car a lot also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnCh Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Hmm... It's beginning to sound like Steve nailed it and Porsche drivers just don't like Mike :jester: -John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croc Posted July 15, 2011 Author Share Posted July 15, 2011 Mike, In your case it's not the car, It's you. They look over and think, Is that the Thunder From Down Under. It must be hard being Mark Webber's twin..... Mark Webber's twin? :ack: We look nothing alike - I have more chins than a Chinese phone book and struggle to see my feet when I look down. I also crash less than him.... :jester: More seriously, the rice rocket guys are really friendly here - they always want to chat (side by side at 65mph on the turnpike) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackal Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 More seriously, the rice rocket guys are really friendly here - they always want to chat (side by side at 65mph on the turnpike) My current ride is one that fits into the rice rocket category, and I get that all the time. Some dude hanging out the window screaming some quote from the Fast and the Furious. I notice that the BMW and Audi drivers are the quickest to show off their cars around me though. For reference here is what I drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHKflyer52 Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 When you drive the seven and you pull up at a red light next to either a Porsche or BMW, the driver just avoids looking at you. However, every other car on the road has eyeballs zeroed in on you and/or taking photos of the seven. Are they jealous of someone driving a better car? Can their poor ego not take the fact that they may not be as cool as they like to think they are? Mike, Just my belief but the Porsche and BMW owners that I have encountered (an I am a Porsche owner along with several other makes [six in total]) that have more than just one car (like a lot of the members of this forum have) that they enjoy always seem to know what our 7's are all about and usually want to look over the car or get a ride in it if they do not have one of their own. The ones that are not looking are most likely driving a Porsche or BMW as a status symbol and really have no idea what their cars are capable of or doing let alone what a 7 is able to do or why someone would own one. This is just my belief so take it for what it is worth which is nothing by the way but as a side note I have taken my car to the PCASB Alternate Vehicle Porsche Breakfast that our club has once a quarter and the 7 seems to always have a large number of the members looking at it and asking if they can sit in it and asking all kinds of questions and the members of our club have some very very nice alternate cars compared to my clone 7 which are considered to be rare and very expensive to say the least. Here is a link to our clubs magazine for May that shows my 7 at the April breakfast just for grins. http://pcasb.org/pcasb/DerAuspuff/2011/2011-05.pdf :driving: and enjoying life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croc Posted July 15, 2011 Author Share Posted July 15, 2011 The ones that are not looking are most likely driving a Porsche or BMW as a status symbol and really have no idea what their cars are capable of or doing let alone what a 7 is able to do or why someone would own one. Martin - I think you hit it on the head. I live less than half a mile from Manhattan financial district/lower Manhattan. I am driving through the Holland Tunnel approach area which is the main tunnel to lower Manhattan. It figures that all those investment bankers are largely status queens and I am not seeing the few drivers who are true enthusiasts. They probably stick it in drive, windows up and air con on and waft along cursing traffic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimrankin Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 An all wheel drive actual dual purpose car like yours isn't quite what I was referring to as a "beater rice rocket". It seems like the less the car is actually set up (and probably less insured) the more the owners like to zig zag lanes on the crowded freeway. I have to drive in it every afternoon and watch someone do thirty lane changes, piss off twenty people and then exit the freeway about five seconds sooner than just staying in one lane would have been. Yes, I guess I'm just getting old, but even at twenty I kept my radical dumb ass driving stunts off the public highway (most of the time anyway). LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackal Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 An all wheel drive actual dual purpose car like yours isn't quite what I was referring to as a "beater rice rocket". It seems like the less the car is actually set up (and probably less insured) the more the owners like to zig zag lanes on the crowded freeway. I have to drive in it every afternoon and watch someone do thirty lane changes, piss off twenty people and then exit the freeway about five seconds sooner than just staying in one lane would have been. Yes, I guess I'm just getting old, but even at twenty I kept my radical dumb ass driving stunts off the public highway (most of the time anyway). LOL. :iagree:Real driving requires a stopwatch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboeric Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 Most of the track days I do are with the BMWCCA, where there's lots of BMW and Porsche drivers. Every last one of them is a friendly car guy with interests in far more than just the Germans - they just love cars and driving. Never met a Manhattan banker, but the status seekers don't understand much of anything and aren't car guys and therefore aren't worthy of my attention. Who cares about them? Real car guys understand Sevens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Nothing but thumbs up from local Porsche drivers. The BMW drivers might glance over, but that's about it. Once the light changes a few paddle clicks later and red light groupies become dots behind me anyway. No harm no foul either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croc Posted July 17, 2011 Author Share Posted July 17, 2011 Well I proved Martin's theory yesterday. Started up my 300 mile seven drive by filling up at the first gas station as you exit the Holland Tunnel (main tunnel between downtown Manhattan and NJ). Stop at the pump and some tosser in a brand new BMW M3 with obligatory trophy girlfriend gushes over to me saying "Is this the new Lexus LFA? I have seen them on Top Gear!" How the effing hell can you mix a Seven up with a freaking Lexus! :banghead: Same on the rest of the drive, until I hit the backroads, I was ignored by Porsche and BMW drivers. It is at this point, that I must offer my apologies to the Porsche and BMW drivers on this forum as I realize now that you are true automotive enthusiasts worthy of a pedigree car and not some Manhattan status seeking wanker(banker) who buys a car with his annual bonus based on what expensive status symbol his colleagues have recently bought. Clearly, this also explains the general poor average quality of driving around the NYC area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHKflyer52 Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Well I proved Martin's theory yesterday. Started up my 300 mile seven drive by filling up at the first gas station as you exit the Holland Tunnel (main tunnel between downtown Manhattan and NJ). Stop at the pump and some tosser in a brand new BMW M3 with obligatory trophy girlfriend gushes over to me saying "Is this the new Lexus LFA? I have seen them on Top Gear!" How the effing hell can you mix a Seven up with a freaking Lexus! :banghead: She had to be a true BLONDE would be my bet.....:jester:.......:smilielol5: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimrankin Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 I guess the difference between "BMW & Porsche owners" in general and the ones we meet at track days is just that, the ones at track days love CARS, the ones who we find a bit less than friendly are probably more into what they think the car makes THEM, and they love THEMSELVES. LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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