I get the same effect everywhere I go in the XFire. I have owned a Porsche Boxster S before and this car recieves much more attention. Its very amusing, in almost two months of ownership, i have had almost 3-5 comments a day on the car. Witnessed a car accident because the driver was starring in the direction of the crossfire. People line up and look at the car at valet parking.. I am always fearful of someone scratching or keying the car, but I have realized people admire the car (also being it an American make) and are not jealous of it, only amazed by it.

look at my photo album for a picture of onlookers peering in at a hotel in niagara falls valet parking..

 

Many good comments, One amazingly stupid statement stands out though...

I was stopped at a light when the guy next to me leans over and yells:
"What's the speed-thermometer on that?"

That's not a typo, I made him repeat it three times.

My response:
"160 Farenheit, 260 celsius."

Matt

 

LOL!!!! RGT !!!! THATS AMAZING!!!! I would have pee'd my pants right then and there!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

I had a local policeman follow me into the Starbucks parking lot. He didn't want coffee......he simply said as he got out after parking next to me that he wanted to check out my car. He even asked if he could look inside. I coyly smiled and responded "As long as that is the only time you ever ask to look inside my vehicle, help yourself." He just chuckled and checked it out. :wink: :P


The other well worth it moment was again at Starbucks. I pulled up, my window was down and the guy walking by said "hot car". Then as I got out he said "hot chick". Gotta love it. Of course it may have been the short skirt as I got out of the car...........you know how those low vehicles are. ops: :wink:

 

I was at Circuit City parking lot when the driver of a gray Porsche Carrera commented " Nice car. How do you like it? " I replied " I love it. It's a great car! "

 

Every place I go I get so many people wanting to talk about the car - "what kind of car is that" :?: , "bet that set you back a few bucks" :wink: , "does that thing live up to all the hipe" :twisted: , "does that car really go 160" 8) , "I don't like American cars, but I love this one" :roll: , etc, etc, -- it's funny. Am going to start carrying window cleaner to clean the palm prints off my drivers side window from all the lookers checking things out when I'm parked at any eatery -- but it's nice

 

A very attractive woman followed me in to the parking lot this morning to say "I covet your car!" 8) What more can anyone say? :lol:

 

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I Was at Car Toys Recently and One of the Really Hot Customer Service Associates [You Know the Type That are So far out of your League You Just Figure Your Being Patronized for a Sale] Asks Me ..."What Color is the Interior? I Was Stumped for a Few Seconds as I Had Not Had to Answer that One Yet.

 "Nice Car! How Much Does it Cost?" Mind You I'm Used to this Comment From the 40 Something Males that Approach me on a Regular Basis. However, In this Particular instance, the Pre-Teen Who Asked Me Drew a Smile, a Pause & A Polite Yet Somewhat Bemused Reply. I Guess He Was Thinking About the Number of Days of Allowance He Would Have to Save to Buy His New DreamGirl! I Guess I Should Admire His Foresight. I Never Ever thought of Car Pricing When I Was Riding Bicycles!

"Can I See the Inside?" This Ussually Follows a Grab at the Door Handle Which Brings a Reply From the Automatic Window. They Don't Seem to Mind Too Much As Conversation Ussually Flows For 5 Minutes Regardless Of the Place, Circumstance or Inconvenience. My Debit Card Was Cannabalized at a Drive up ATM While a Valet Admired the Interior and Commented On the Fact He had Never Actually Seen One on the Road. I Took This as a Sign to Go with the ATM PIN Based Card Exclusively As Most Experts Advise Anyway.

��.��. If You Have Read Any of My Posts You Would Probably Conclude I'm Completely Out of My Gourd. Having Said That, I Don't Post Too Often So My Typing Idiosyncrosy does Not Seem to Hurt my Overall Output. I Could Use Someone to Check my Spelling, However, As I Let a Few Typos Slip Through Every Now and Then. ThankFully the CF Community Seems To Friendly to the Misspellers Among Us! I'm Still Waiting for that 1ST ... "I'll Trade You My New Boxster for That Beautiful Machine!"

 

This is kind of off topic, but why do you capitalize some words, but not others. It seems like it is rather cumbersome to type like that. I was just curious.

 

Best comment so far (and there have been many):

From Nigerian parking attendant "Wow. Your car is great. When you drove in the morning I saw your car and thought it was beautiful. You know if I had this car back in Nigeria, I would be the President of Nigeria. You can also be the President of Nigeria. How much this car? Wow. You must be a smart guy. You are a cool guy."

I drove off wetting myself laughing. What a nice bloke.