DeanG Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Remember the old joke about car club meetings? Something like: Corvette owners will attend if the beer is free and the directions are simple. Porsche owners will attend depending on who else will be attending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcarguy Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 LOL! Speechless. Simply speechless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klasik-69 Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Ok, I feel like I got kicked in the teeth and thrown under the bus. I own 3 Corvettes & 2 Porsches......and my beloved R-300. So what does that make me.....cheap ? ......arrogant ? LOL. If you can't laugh at yourself, you can't laugh. A lot of what you guys said is true. Most Vette owners are cheap bastards & drive like old ladies. Most Porsche guys have an attitude....and really drive slow. I belong to both a Corvette & Porsche club. Vette guys think I'm friggin nuts for wanting to race. Porsche guys think I lack finesse. Seven guys think I'm weird for owning Vettes & Porsches. I love speed, I love HP & I love fast cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mondo Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Variety is the spice of life.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcarguy Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 (edited) I own 3 Corvettes & 2 Porsches......and my beloved R-300. So what does that make me.....cheap ? No, that makes you one of the guys with the most toys. :auto: "If you can't laugh at yourself, you can't laugh." I resemble that remark. "Most Vette owners are cheap bastards & drive like old ladies." It's their loss. "Most Porsche guys have an attitude....and really drive slow." It really is their loss. "I belong to both a Corvette & Porsche club." Don't tell the guys on this forum; you know how they feel about cheap and slow. :jester: "Vette guys think I'm friggin nuts for wanting to race." That's because they've probably never owned, or even driven, a 7. "Porsche guys think I lack finesse." Merely grasping at straws; an attempted slam at something they can't even begin to fully understand until they get behind the wheel of a 7. I call that :bs: "Seven guys think I'm weird for owning Vettes & Porsches." Owning Vettes (plural) and Porsches (again, plural); wish I had your 'weird' issues. "I love speed, I love HP & I love fast cars." Yep, I resemble that remark also. "Ok, I feel like I got kicked in the teeth and thrown under the bus." As for buses and teeth kicking, you're not alone. I read this on the locost forum today. I'll just give you the bus n' teeth part; "The sad part is that you have got to have a pretty nice Locost to get north of $10K. To sell at $16K or above is virtually unheard of, no matter what condition the car is in. I wish it weren't so, but unfortunately that is the case. It is not a Caterham nor a Birkin or even a Stalker." Yeah, the not 'even a Stalker' part kind of got to me . . . . then I moved on. :cheers: Edited March 5, 2014 by xcarguy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klasik-69 Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Do you ever wonder why some people buy high performance cars and drive them like it was a Prius ? Why waste the money...................is it the looks they want ? The highest priority in our Corvette club is "Where are we going for brunch ?" One guy drove around without any gauges (no speedo, no tach, no fuel gauge, no nothing) for two years because it would cost $300 for a new board. So I asked him, "Are you F&*king kidding me ?" He went around telling others I was a very rude person. I told them he was an A$$hole. Now Porsche people will not ask where the next brunch is, they will host it under a tent with a caterer, 5 piece orchestra and make sure they have a lot of Grey Poupon................and make sure the society editor of the local newspaper is there with their photographer..............yep, one big photo op ! Seven owners......................Get the Hell out of my way, I'm going to lunch and I'll get there before anyone else, and if I have to, I'll cut through the Walmart shopping center parking lot, run over shopping carts, jump the fence, pass the cop eating the donut, AND I will make sure I pass your slow a$$ on the way there !! ATTITUDE I like ATTITUDE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James A Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 How in the world did this thread get so long without mention of BMW owners? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcarguy Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Do you ever wonder why some people buy high performance cars and drive them like it was a Prius ? Why waste the money...................is it the looks they want ? The highest priority in our Corvette club is "Where are we going for brunch ?" One guy drove around without any gauges (no speedo, no tach, no fuel gauge, no nothing) for two years because it would cost $300 for a new board. So I asked him, "Are you F&*king kidding me ?" He went around telling others I was a very rude person. I told them he was an A$$hole. Now Porsche people will not ask where the next brunch is, they will host it under a tent with a caterer, 5 piece orchestra and make sure they have a lot of Grey Poupon................and make sure the society editor of the local newspaper is there with their photographer..............yep, one big photo op ! Seven owners......................Get the Hell out of my way, I'm going to lunch and I'll get there before anyone else, and if I have to, I'll cut through the Walmart shopping center parking lot, run over shopping carts, jump the fence, pass the cop eating the donut, AND I will make sure I pass your slow a$$ on the way there !! ATTITUDE I like ATTITUDE. Somebody pass me a butter knife . . . I'll spread my own Grey Poupon, thank you very much! And while I'm at it, I'll beat my own drum, too. Yep . . . ATTITUDE . . . gotta love it. :iagree: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z3 Stalker Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Yer!!! and what wrong with BMW's LOL:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnCh Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 How in the world did this thread get so long without mention of BMW owners? I was initially planning to throw BMW owners under the bus instead of Corvette owners, but decided it was just too damn easy. I mean the list of personality issues with people who drive "The Ultimate Driving Machine" is simply immense. (does that help? :jester:) -John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcarguy Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 I was initially planning to throw BMW owners under the bus instead of Corvette owners, but decided it was just too damn easy. I mean the list of personality issues with people who drive "The Ultimate Driving Machine" is simply immense. (does that help? :jester:) -John Do Ferrari owners even know we exist? :jester: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowss7 Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Do Ferrari owners even know we exist? :jester: The ones at NJMP do and giving us point byes really pisses them off. :driving: Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimrankin Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 I thought it was my advancing age making me so confused but it's obviously a multiple personality disorder brought about by the cars I've owned through the years, and a bit by where I've lived. Hot Rod drag racer (California) Sports car enthusiast (New England) Big "merican" iron (south and mid-west) "7" (so confused by the telephone poles flyin' by like a picket fence I don't remember or care where home is) Just a few of the favorite cars I've owned... and wished I'd never sold: '55 Bel Air convertible; '57 Bel Air hardtop w/factory dual quads; '57 olds 98 hardtop with a transplanted 394 Starfire engine;'66 Nova (bracket racer) 3 MGA's; '59 Morgan, and of course the ones I still have now. But, to my credit, unlike the typical Porsche, BMW, Jaguar or Corvette owner I HAVE NEVER OWNED A JACKET WITH A CAR NAME ON IT ;-). If your going to have an addiction, it mighty as well be cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James A Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 OK, thank you John, now the thread is complete, BMW owners have been thrown under the buss!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnCh Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Glad to help. And for what it's worth, I was speaking from experience; I previously owned a 2002 and an M Coupe. Although the lithium and electroshock therapy fixed most of my issues, my shallowness and superior attitude remain. Of course, that's why I still have the Porsches... -John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucky dawg Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Having had a 'Vette for 8 years prior to my Caterham, I can honestly say that just because a certain behavior is a stereotype, it doesn't mean the stereotype is wrong. There were lots of very nice Corvette owners, many who drove their cars quite aggressively. There were plenty more guys, well in or past middle age, who made the purchase just to cross one more item off their bucket list. They could generally be recognized by: 1) Content to drive in the far right lane, getting passed by Camrys, Priuses, and whatever else was on the road; 2) The passenger seat occupied by an understanding wife who was usually knitting something for a grandkid; 3) Excitement over the new chrome exhaust, wheels, or emblem that adds nothing to the performance of the car; 4) An appreciation for power adjustable side bolsters that would go extra wide, or the driver would never come close to fitting in the seat; 5) Caravanning to a club event at a speed slow enough that all cars can stay in a single line without leaving anyone behind (can't risk someone using the gas pedal to catch up). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitcat Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Tom: As I recall, some Ferrari drivers even do lurid spins whilst pointing rambunctious se7en drivers by. In defense of 'Vette, BMW and Porsche drivers, there would be far fewer track days if those brands quit coming. And I'd love to own each of those makes' newest models (I'd even be willing to be publicly ridiculed for doing so:)). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James A Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Well I have owned a Porsche GT3 and currently own an E30 M3, and E36 M3 so even though I have two Caterhams I am a member of the 'unwashed'. But you know what, its all in good fun! Or, I am completely schizophrenic as a car owner, because the GT3 was fantastic on the track, the M3s are a lot of fun on the track also, great drift cars! I really like every car I have had or have. Excess gold chains aside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z3 Stalker Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 I have owned, Vette's, Trans Am's, Bemer's and at present have an Audi S4, I guess I'm totally mixed-up LOL!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcarguy Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 I've never owned a Vette, Porsche or a BMW . . . . . Does that make me a purest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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