[Gorzaloon]

But today was different: I must have seen at least 20 Ferraris (the new ones), a handful of the super-charged convertible Bentleys and a smattering of Lambos and other exoctics. (Porsches don't even seem to rate anymore.) Maybe it's the economy or maybe it's getting near the end of the year for tax write-off purposes, but it was interesting seeing so many on parade.

I suspect Porsche got a bad culture rap in the 80's-90's.

We had a young engineer, a recent graduate, show up in a new black Porsche.

People constantly ribbed him..making wiping-the-finger-up-the-nose gesture to him, explaining that they had a big party this weekend, and did he have an 8-ball hanging around, etc., others were asking for rentals of women.

He finally left and found a job somewhere else.

[oceanview]

Porsche is in a bad spot. They make most of their money from SUVs now. The Boxster is seen as a "chick car". They make too many 911s to command the price of exclusivity (except for the turbo, GT2 and GT3), and a $48K Corvette runs head to head with it - for $25-30K less.