Shaking my head in disbelief or What's the difference between Porsches and porcupines

[PeterM1965]

I was at Caffeine and Carburetors in New Canaan this morning when the following happened. I was parallel parked in a line of Porsches when a blind ass@#$% in a brand spanking new "911" cabriolet tried to park behind me. He pulled into the spot, there was nothing behind him, and inched his way forward until he struck me in the rear.

I along with several other yelled "Stop!" after he hit me.
I shouted "What the hell are you doing?"
He replied "You could have told me I was going to hit you!"
"That's what God gave you fu*king eyes for! was my reply.
While asking if there was any damage he told me there was no reason to swear at him.
There was no damage to either car, when he got out he looked at his car first, and offered a conditional apology.
I laughed in his face as he continued to try to blame me and the others for not warning him and that I was blowing it out of proportion.

The best part of the story. I told him "I hope you are this nonchalant when somebody hits you," his reply "I've been hit by cars twice as expensive as yours.

The perfect example of the stereotypical new Porsche owner and made me think of the the old joke: What's the difference between Porsches and porcupines.

[Peanut]

See you did all wrong.
He needed a beep........beep.......beep...Beep..BEeppp BEEEEEpppp..BEEEEEEEEEEPPPPPP!!!!!! Screaming from inside the car. .

[LiveFromNY]

And people wonder why I left Greenwich for Austin.

[w00tPORSCHE]

I do think that several (not all) modern Porsche owners buy it for exclusivity and they have very little clue about the history of what the marque stands for ... Or should I stay stood for. Porsche AG themselves know their current crop of customers well and pampers them with options like reverse camera and Burmester audio on their 991 line up.

In this case it is just total lack of respect for others property and someones mind being preoccupied with their e-life. I am sure he must be thinking about his FB or twitter account or would
Have checked his email on his phone for the tenth time in the last 30 minutes.

I do hope its not a case of stereotypical air cooled owner who stereotypes a water cooled owner
I am water pumper owner.

[PeterM1965]

w00t, Not at all on the water cooled angle. I had a 996 C4S, great cars. It is more stereotyping the Porsche owner who buys one because he thinks it'll impress somebody rather than because he thought it was a great car. This guy was probably looking at the people hoping that they were noticing him rather than paying attention to my car right in front of him.

[Flieger]

I bet your car would sell for more than his...

[steve shea]

That is funny. A few years ago I was flagged down by a lady driving a new Cayenne. I was in my 58 speedster. She introduced herself as an officer of the local PCA and asked me to join. I explained that I had been active years ago and had moved on plus I was interested in the older cars and hands on wrenching. That I did not see much of that with the new models. I explained that I liked the early 911 and 912 and 356's. She knew I was in a speedster but said "what is a 356?"

[Flieger]

... "what is a 356?"

PCA definitely varies a lot region to region.

[Scotty B]

Then there are these guys...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Pj8QKTvRTQ


Stupid prank yes, but WAAAY over-reacted to

[joegt3cup]

"The best part of the story. I told him "I hope you are this nonchalant when somebody hits you," "

And thats when you should have clocked him !