Why I threw a man off my property today:
We get a knock on the door today. I random man is driving by the house and sees my 1986 Porsche 911. He wants to buy it. And he starts talking to Frank, assuming it’s his. Whatever, that’s just low level sexism. No big.
We get a knock on the door today. I random man is driving by the house and sees my 1986 Porsche 911. He wants to buy it. And he starts talking to Frank, assuming it’s his. Whatever, that’s just low level sexism. No big.
2/ He asks to see ar. I love talking about Porsche with people, so sure! I’m not looking to sell it, but I’m always interested to hear numbers.
We walk into my garage, which is obviously a mechanic’s garage with lifts and serious tools. Incredulously he asks who works on them.
We walk into my garage, which is obviously a mechanic’s garage with lifts and serious tools. Incredulously he asks who works on them.
3/ I say I do.
Incredulous, he asks where I learned to do that, and I tell him I grew up in Mississippi, where it’s a popular hobby. We’ve moved from low to mid level sexism.
Now we’re talking numbers. I tell him I’d need 60 to even begin to think about selling.
Incredulous, he asks where I learned to do that, and I tell him I grew up in Mississippi, where it’s a popular hobby. We’ve moved from low to mid level sexism.
Now we’re talking numbers. I tell him I’d need 60 to even begin to think about selling.
4/ He then starts flustering and beginning to explain MY OWN CAR TO ME. He’s literally sitting in my mechanic shop and it talking to me as through I’m too stupid to know what transmission is in my own car.
He then says he has someone willing to sell him an 89 911 for 45k. 🙄
He then says he has someone willing to sell him an 89 911 for 45k. 🙄
5/ I tell him if he knows someone dumb enough to do that, he should go buy that one. 45k is insanely under market for a 89 911, no matter the miles.
He’s talking to me like I don’t understand the Porsche market and trying to take advantage of me. We’re at high level sexism.
He’s talking to me like I don’t understand the Porsche market and trying to take advantage of me. We’re at high level sexism.
6/ Then he gets mad. And looks at my beloved Boxster and says, “That’s the worst car Porsche ever made.”
And then he points to my Cayman and calls it the, “Poor man’s Porsche.”
That’s when I’d had enough.
And then he points to my Cayman and calls it the, “Poor man’s Porsche.”
That’s when I’d had enough.
7/ I roll my eyes and tell him, “If you’re going to insult my collection, you need to leave.”
And then @thefrankwu throws him off our property while I walk away. What an asshole!
And then @thefrankwu throws him off our property while I walk away. What an asshole!
8/ For the record, the Boxster is one of the very best Porsches ever made, especially for the price.
Fun fact: The Sopranos called it “A Porsche in panties” when it came out, and toxic masculinity proceeded to make it one of the best values in sports cars.
Fun fact: The Sopranos called it “A Porsche in panties” when it came out, and toxic masculinity proceeded to make it one of the best values in sports cars.
9/ Yes. This is literally what happened with the Miata, Audi TT, Boxster, Saturn Sky and a whole bunch of other amazing experiences they dismissed as “Hairdresser cars.”
Toxic masculinity doesn’t generally work in our favor, but it does if you like small sports cars.
Toxic masculinity doesn’t generally work in our favor, but it does if you like small sports cars.
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