.....yeah I know what you mean, its my partners, I prefer my Bentley

 

The Ferrari's in the shop...

 

Its a Porsche forum and you use the....F word

 

I was going to suggest the response

............its a loaner whilst my 918 Spyder is in the shop for service........

then I though that the jealous moron would have no idea what I was talking about.

 

This afternoon my wife parked the Macan at an upscale grocery store

An upscale grocery store? Like Tifannys, Gucci, and Louis Vuitton now sell bread and milk?

Wife should say nothing. No need to respond. Just smile and move on. He is looking for a response.

 

Yeah I know. I't my 16 year old's first car and she drove me here in it.

 

Great responses!
Thanks!
We will adopt them.
Cheers!

 

"Thank you" seems somewhat lame or trite.

Second question (but related):
This afternoon my wife parked the Macan at an upscale grocery store, and a nearby customer (standing next to his minivan) says to her: "S...ty car!"

1. Thank you is never lame or trite in this situation if said with a genuine smile.

2. Ignore. Smile and carry on.

 

I get how much does that cost a lot from strangers. My canned response is ha ha, too much, smile and walk away.

Sounds like that guy was doing a neg, which if you ever watched the pick-up artist on vh1, is a pick-up technique where instead of complimenting someone you point out a flaw or make a negative comment that will incite a response and open up a conversation because the woman will be quick to defend herself. It's also the opposite of what she expects a la George Costanza in the excellent Seinfeld episode where he does the extact opposite of what he normally does to great success.

 

So to pick up someone these days, you insult them and slag their stuff. Times have changed ...

 

1) Polite comments from strangers can be very nice . I thank them and if they seem mature, polite, and sincere I answer their questions . I once saw a couple taking pictures of my 911 in traffic and I rolled down the window and pulled over to let them take pictures next to the car . One of the employees at Whole Foods liked my Boxster so much that I let him get in the car and took a picture for him and sent it to him via text.
I feel part of the fun in owning these cars is to share the car in some way with others .

2) The negative comment i would either ignore or say "we have different taste in cars . Enjoy your minivan ." There's no purpose in debating an idiot .

 

with all my past cars I have always said the same thing. "Yahhhh its alright. its an A to B car, ya know !"
I hate rich highy and mighty pricks so I downplay my own wealth all the time.

 

Oh yeah, my Ferraris are cloaked in a Hyundai suit, no less>

 

"My dog ate my Prius. He's bipolar and needed a lithium fix".

 

To the first I always just say "Thanks, I love it." I've gotten the "nice [car|truck]" comment for years on a lot of previous (and less expensive) cars including a Ford Contour SVT, to a Jeep Islander, even on the Q5 once. I think usually they are genuine. And if not... meh.

To the latter, I would just shrug and say "yep" and walk away.

Not my circus, not my monkeys.

 

I'd probably say it's pronounced Pecan! Make them think about it for a spell!

 

I would respond, "sounds nice, you are nice to say that, have a nice day".

 

Since I currently drive a Boxster, I get comments a lot at stoplights. My standard response is a "thanks" and a smile. One of the stranger (to me) question was "what you got on the dash?" I had to ask him what that meant. He was referring to the top speed listed on the speedometer.

I live in the Deep South, and people are generally not wealthy. My Porsche dealer serves a rather large geographic area, and they have doubled their p-car sales from 26 to 54 cars a year since I bought my Boxster 4 years ago. Not a lot of Porsches in this area. I do my best to be pleasant and aimiable when someone takes the time and interest to comment on my expensive, flashy, car. I think I'll get much less attention in the Macan vs the white Boxster.

 

"What you got on that dash?" is great. I get some similar comments in Baltimore. If they say nice car, I say thank you. More often people ask if I like it. I tell them I like it a lot & really glad I do because I saved up a long time to buy it. People seem to understand that & relate to the anxiety of buying something really nice for yourself and then worrying that it won't live up to your expectations. I've never had a negative encounter with this approach.

 

Second question (but related):
This afternoon my wife parked the Macan at an upscale grocery store, and a nearby customer (standing next to his minivan) says to her: "S...ty car!"
She replied, "Yea I know, but someone has to drive it."
What would you have replied? http://www.macanforum.com/forum/images/MacanForum/smilies/tango_face_devil.png

I can relate to this experience - oddly enough I had a similar experience yesterday. I was getting gas, and a lady pulled way, way too far forward to fill up and was well past the (imaginary) center line and was partially blocking the section I was going to be pulling up to use. I pulled within about a foot of her front bumper so the pump could reach my Macan, and since there was only 2 pumps per side she easily could/would back up a little bit when she was done filling up her older beat up Honda CRV. She looked at me and smiled when I got out and started filling up, but when she was leaving before I was done, she rolled down her window and literally screamed "how DARE you pull so close to my car you F**KING A**HOLE WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!!!!".

Normally I'm very quick with retorts, but I literally looked like this LOL. The funnier part is that she got stuck in a jam trying to get out and was sitting there about 10 feet away from me attempting to pull onto the main road for a good 30 seconds nervously looking at me in her side mirror, and part of me wanted to just walk up to her and say very calmly "ma'am if you weren't blocking my gas pump because you pulled about 10' further than you're supposed to I wouldn't have had to pull close to your gorgeous Honda." But in all honesty it's not even worth it, and if someone has the balls to scream something offensive at you for something completely innocuous it's hard to judge how mentally stable they are. I wouldn't want someone to pull a gun, run me over or do something else super crazy, so I just shrugged my shoulders and started chuckling.

 

I always respond with "Don't speak to me, peasant!" Is that not the correct response?






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i always respond with "don't speak to me, peasant!" is that not the correct response?






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rofl!

 

OMG peasant?

 

And btw, I usually reply with a polite thank you and, depending on what they are driving, I'll reply, too bad I can't say the same.

 

for a second question...if someone says that my GTS is sh__ty, I would response with a sad face "yeah I paid for it with a shhhhhhit load of cashshshshshsh" and then walk away.

 

I was filling up at a Shell station and a black dude next to me commented "Nice shoes. What size are those?" I replied "Thanks, they're Pumas. Size 10." Dude goes "Naw, man! Your wheels! Are those 20s?" LOL

 

LOL! That's exactly how I would have responded. Except that I don't have any Pumas & while my feet aren't dainty girlie feet, they're not that big

 

I'm ok with anything except someone who calls it a "Porsh". It's a pet peeve of mine!

 

really? my first wife's parents were born in Berlin so I learned a lot of German, well OK, most food-words and booze-words , and I was schooled in the proper pronunciation of Volkswagen, Mercedes, Porsche, BMW, etc. My rule of thumb is to use the German pronunciations if talking to native german-speakers, otherwise I think it sounds too pretentious, and I use the generally accepted American pronunciations. just wondering, I haven't yet joined the PCA, but would this get me kicked out?

 

I reply with

"It's PorschAA."

 

I think the Canadian pronounciation would be "Porsch-eh?"

 

And whoever you're talking to probably smiles and nods. But make no mistake, inside you are validating the stereotype that Porsche's are driven by arrogant pricks. They notice.

 

@rhoyle Hey, I'm offended by being called an "arrogant prick". I'm an "complete a-hole". An "arrogant prick" isn't willing to fully commit and should be shunned. 0

 

There is no substitute:

 

There is no substitute:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-COBUIBY16U

I think everyone's missing the obvious "it depends" qualifier..

Is he/she pointing a gun at you?..
If not...all the previous response work...
If yes... your call