I respect anyone driving a Toyota Camry or a Ferrari. One is extremely practical and the other is an awesome car and a true status symbol. A Porsche, on the other hand, can be had for 50k and is neither practical nor an awesome car and true status symbol. When I see a Ferrari, I think "baller." When I see a Porsche, I think "Douchebag who makes 120k a year and wants me to think he is impressive.
Last week I was cycling in the middle of nowhere in a really rural area. I heard a car behind me approaching fast, so I turned around just to check. Sure enough, a white porche came up next to me and he thought it would be funny to FLOOR it and peel out right in front of me. Not sure he was trying to impress, no one was around and he was alone.
I tried to get his license plate, but didn't have time. Boy was I mad at that idiot.
Hummer. Anything else is a distant 2nd place.
Hummer is right up there with the Range Rover and Cadillac Escalade.
http://www.motoringexposure.com/11098/the-top-10-high-end-douchebag-cars
Piped out jacked up truck w/ truck nuts.
Sorry, but that title has to go to the base BMW and Mercedes models. Lower entry point than the Porsche, and an even shittier car.
Hummer.
Porsche is one of the runners up.
I don't really judge people by their cars like you.
I will drive what I like to drive.
I know Porsche owners who really like to drive their car and it is still financially within range for enough people to get one.
You can't have that kind of fun in a Camry.
And Justin Bieber drives a Ferrari, so he is the kind of person you respect, I guess.
A 911 costs $90k. Anything less is used to raise money to develop the 911.
vodka sauce wrote:
I respect anyone driving a Toyota Camry or a Ferrari. One is extremely practical and the other is an awesome car and a true status symbol. A Porsche, on the other hand, can be had for 50k and is neither practical nor an awesome car and true status symbol. When I see a Ferrari, I think "baller." When I see a Porsche, I think "Douchebag who makes 120k a year and wants me to think he is impressive.
I agree if you have a Boxster...if you have a 911, that's a legit car.
Kind of like getting a "C" class Benz...if you can't afford the good ones, don't bother.
BMW. Everybody and their mom has one. It's become a symbol of "making it" when people land great jobs (although many people buy used ones just to make people think they've "made it"), but to me it's just a symbol of douchiness.
Top 3 Douche cars:
(1) Toyota Prius.
(2) Hummer...any model.
(3) Minivan, any make and model.
Hummer, and it's not even close. I've always found Porsche owners to be a bit douchey, but what about old Porsches? I love classic cars, and to me the mid-late 80's Porsche 911 is a beautiful and classy machine. Does your Porsche hate encompass all years, or just the newer models?
pretty much any "luxury" car seems a little excessive but that's just me. Might as well get a Honda and use the extra money for something else. A car is a tool not a status symbol.
I work as a valet so I've driven cars of all shapes and sizes. Cars themselves aren't douchy, but the owners can be, and I'd say that the biggest jerks are Porsche owners. Some bmw people are cool but the ones with three series models are typically clueless to the fact that no one is impressed by their car. And no one really drives hummers anymore.
Corvette. Nothing screams "midlife crisis" quite like a buying a Corvette.
*a 4-door 3 series BMW (mostly likely a 32x). there's only one reason why you would get a 4-door 3 series BMW in 4 doors and it's because you can't afford 5 but want to act like you can. the 335 is a nice car in 2-doors but never should driven with 4-doors. BMW makes leasing these pieces of junk easy with cheap deals.
*911 that isn't manual transmission. Unfortunately this has become the norm and not the exception. If you are going to spend $100K on a sports car that is made to be driven aggressively, then why on earth do you get one in automatic? When I look inside of a 911 and see that big automatic transmission between the front seats, I immediately think dbag.
*all C class Mercedes. You clearly can't afford what you want people to think you can afford and Mercedes knows that so you are driving a lousy car for the money.
*all bright yellow cars (particularly Hummers).
*BMW M3s. The car itself is a great car but I don't think I ever have seen one without some Asian kid or pimp looking dude behind the wheel. I never would want to be associated with these dbags.
This is a great debate for second place we have going but Hummer is still a long, long ways ahead of the pack.
genuine random a hole wrote:
Hummer. Anything else is a distant 2nd place.
Yup. Buying a Hummer is the automotive equivalent of wearing multiple layers of polos with popped collars: it is an intentional sign of douche baggery. The whole point of driving a Hummer is to scream to the world "I'm a douche bag and I don't care!"
They haven't even made Hummers for 3 years. Get with the times.