Stan Galat posted:I get it, but most Porsche guys are really not ready for somebody like me. I'm for sure not ready for most of them. I fit better with the guys sticking V-Techs in old Minis or bolting a bower on a Flathead.
For me, the "what do you say?" angst is an easy call-- it's a plastic clown car with a fancy lawn-mower engine. Letting the air out of the "P"-car guy all set to tear down my "fake" sets me up to just talk about the car itself. Almost all of them love it, but end up thinking I'm nuts for putting "P"-car level time and treasure into a... what is it again?
A guy with a '17 GTS crawled all over and under the car at a Cars and Coffee this summer and said, "I'd love to invite you to join our Porsche club, but... well...". I finished for him, "it's a mutt".
He said, "yeah" and walked off. I loved that.
I'm OK not fitting anywhere but here.
And yet a couple of legit Porsche owners approached me at a local " cars n coffee" type of place last summer and after giving my car a good going over, urged me to move my car over to a spot beside them. I told them I didn't care who I was parked beside and gracefully declined. They weren't too happy.